Climate Change and the Columbia River Treaty

• Main Author: Osborn, Rachael Paschal
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: UW Law Digital Commons 2012
• Subjects: Water Law; Canada; British Columbia; First Nations
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/wjelp/vol2/iss1/2; https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=wjelp

The year 2014 is a key date for the potential re-negotiation of the Columbia River Treaty between the United States and Canada. The Treaty coordinates hydropower operations at 14 mainstem and multiple tributary dams, with the dual goals of maximizing flood control and electrical power generation. In...