Sept. 16, 2025 6 AM PT
To the editor: Great information of dam removals on the Klamath River restoring its free circulation, permitting the return of salmon runs to historic breeding grounds and the restoration of native habitat because of the collaboration by many teams and companies (“One year after dams were torn down, an Indigenous writer sees a healing Klamath River,” Sept. 11).
This previous July, I went on a rafting journey on the Decrease Klamath and loved soaking within the clear, clear, fast-moving river. The guides informed me that earlier than the removing of the dams, the river was algae-choked, with stagnant smelly swimming pools that wouldn’t invite a swim.
On our journey, we encountered a big group of Indigenous youth who have been kayaking from the “supply to the ocean” to rejoice the unshackled river.
With the present assaults on the atmosphere normally, this excellent news is definitely welcome.
Tony Baker, Rancho Palos Verdes
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To the editor: This was a heartening report at a time when a lot of the local weather progress of the previous few years is being undone by the Trump administration (“The U.S. keeps breaking renewable energy records,” Sept. 10). Whereas it bends over backward to prop up the fossil gasoline business, it’s clear that the power market — pushed by goal financial issues — is aggressively transferring to renewable clear power sources like photo voltaic and wind, primarily based on their decrease prices and faster velocity of deployment. These statistics lay naked the folly of desperately clinging to grease and fuel, whose greenhouse fuel emissions proceed to drive local weather change, slightly than working to speed up the transition to scrub, renewable power.
It’s maddening that the present administration continues to work towards photo voltaic and wind energy initiatives. We mustn’t permit President Trump to ship us backward because the world strikes ahead.
Chad Edwards, Altadena
