Indigenous advocates for removal of Klamath Dams speak out against hydropower at COP27
Rep. Jared Huffman (D-02) isn’t the only one from the North Coast making the rounds at the United Nations Climate Change Conference. On Tuesday, Danielle Frank, of Ríos to Rivers and a youth leader of the Hupa Valley Tribe, and Brook Thompson, who is a member of the Yurok Tribe and Karuk Tribe, shared the story of the dams in the Klamath River basin at a panel titled Centering the Protection of Rivers and Rights in Achieving Climate Justice in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. They were speaking alongside Indigenous people from other parts of the world who have also been fighting to protect rivers in their communities. … Six dams in the Klamath River basin have severely impacted water quality, temperatures and flows, which in turn have led to the degradation of the ecosystem. In 2002, the river experienced one of the largest fish kills in its history, leading to a 20-year legal fight to bring the dams down.
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