In just two years since the dam removal, 20,000 salmon have returned to the Klamath River: ‘Faster than expected’
Exactly two years ago, after a years-long effort led by Indigenous groups, crews removed the last of four dams on the Klamath River in northern California, allowing salmon to swim freely for the first time in over a century.
New research shows that over 20,000 chinook salmon have already migrated up the river, past former dam sites and into traditional spawning grounds, “much faster” than the study’s authors anticipated.
Within just the first year, the salmon repopulated close to 90% of their pre-dams range. Additionally, natural flows of the river allowed water quality to improve, and other imperiled species returned.
What’s the nuance? The Klamath isn’t in the clear. The dam removal was one important solution to help return it to its original health, but challenges over water rights, drought, and remaining dams on tributaries still impact both the river and the people, animals, and ecosystem that depend on it.
India has added a record 27 gigawatts of solar energy in the first half of the year
In the first half of 2026, India installed a record 27 gigawatts, up 50% year over year from the 18 gigawatts added in early 2025.
By June, India’s cumulative installed solar capacity surpassed 165 gigawatts. Large-scale solar projects represented 83% of the installed capacity, while rooftop solar accounted for the remaining 17%.
According to the report from India Solar Market Update, the rise in solar power installation was driven by key policy changes and the growing demand for clean energy.
“I learned from [Bob Hope’s] example. When it starts to get tough, you show up, you help, and if you get a little joy while you’re doing it, that’s even better.”
Michael J. Fox, after receiving the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award
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