US would keep more hydropower under agreement with Canada on treaty governing Columbia River

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FILE - Water spills over the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, which runs along the Washington and Oregon state line, June 21, 2022. The U.S. and Canada said Thursday, July 11, 2024, that they have agreed to update a six-decade-old treaty that governs the use of one of North Americas largest rivers, the Columbia, with implications for electricity prices, irrigation, flood control and imperiled salmon runs. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski, File)