One additional note: in this space back in February 2006, we discussed how Idaho Senator Larry Craig (once named “Legislator of the Year” by the National Hydropower Association) managed to shut down a salmon-counting center in Oregon because it implicated a local hydroelectric system in driving down the salmon population. Perhaps the senator would be willing to take a wider stance on this issue now that he has been relegated to endangered status.

This article was originally published with the title Profit Tears.

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