AT: Dam Removal Saves Money Their studies are biased Keppen 2002 Dan Keppen, Executive Director Family Farm Alliance, a Wary “Cast Eye on Dam Removal Economic Studies,” another economic report addressing the Columbia River system Just last month, was¶ removing four dams on the trumpeted by anti-dam activist groups in Western urban papers. It suggested that¶ Lower Snake River could¶ realize between $4.2 billion and $24.4 a tributary to the Columbia - – billion in savings and increased economic activity¶ over 20 years. report consists The of compiled numbers from an array of already published¶ studies (and some discredited) from interest groups, government agencies and¶ the Yakama Nation, while adding analysis analysis prepared by Northwest from the interest groups that authored it.¶ According to an RiverPartners, the Snake River report¶ makes fictional claims and “numerous advocates for a narrow, special interest of¶ removing a critical, reliable and renewable energy resource: the Lower Snake River¶ dams.”
AT: Dam Removal Saves Money Their studies are biased Keppen 2002 Dan Keppen, Executive Director Family Farm Alliance, “Cast a Wary Eye on Dam Removal Economic Studies,” Just last month, another economic report addressing the Columbia River system was¶ trumpeted by anti-dam activist groups in Western urban papers. It suggested that¶ removing four dams on the Lower Snake River – a tributary to the Columbia - could¶ realize between $4.2 billion and $24.4 billion in savings and increased economic activity¶ over 20 years. The report consists of compiled numbers from an array of already published¶ (and some discredited) studies from interest groups, government agencies and¶ the Yakama Nation, while adding analysis from the interest groups that authored it.¶ According to an analysis prepared by Northwest RiverPartners, the Snake River report¶ makes “numerous fictional claims and advocates for a narrow, special interest of¶ removing a critical, reliable and renewable energy resource: the Lower Snake River¶ dams.”
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