Biden admin creates pathway with eco groups to shutter energy source serving millions of Americans

The Biden administration entered into a legal agreement with environmental groups and tribes to create a pathway for shuttering four major dams which provide power for millions.

"President Biden understands that the Columbia River System is the lifeblood of the Pacific Northwest, and for the first time under his direction, federal agencies are putting all hands on deck to support regional and Tribal efforts to restore wild salmon in the region," White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chair Brenda Mallory said in a statement.  Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.

Mallory said the agreement charts a new path to restore the river. Environmental activists, Democrats and tribes have argued that the four federally-managed dams, which are located on the lower Snake River winding through Idaho and Washington before feeding into the Columbia River and Pacific Ocean, have decimated salmon and steelhead populations by blocking natural migratory patterns.