Letter: Fossil fuel ban + dam removal = irony

October 20, 2023

KDRV’s news coverage tonight (Oct. 18) showed students protesting fossil fuels and wanting more electricity. Immediately following that presentation, there was coverage of the demolition of the hydro-electric dams on the Klamath River.

Has anyone tumbled to the irony of these presentations?

P.A. Johns

Klamath Falls

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