Henry Brannan
@henrybrannan.bsky.social
I cover the Columbia River — plus how it shapes our ecology, economy and lives — for The Columbian, The Daily News and WA’s state-funded Murrow News Fellowship.
Past: Report for America, @PBSNews.org, @StreetRoots.bsky.social.
henry.brannan@columbian.com
Past: Report for America, @PBSNews.org, @StreetRoots.bsky.social.
henry.brannan@columbian.com
Re that last bit: I get the top 10% of earners + corporate AI spending are what's holding the economy up right now but I don't see how so much unemployment couldn't harm the economy... and the country's stability more broadly.
November 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Re that last bit: I get the top 10% of earners + corporate AI spending are what's holding the economy up right now but I don't see how so much unemployment couldn't harm the economy... and the country's stability more broadly.
2/2 "... complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom. At stake is virtually every corner of the economy, with the hype and buildout of AI infrastructure rippling across markets, from debt and equity to real estate and energy."
October 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
2/2 "... complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom. At stake is virtually every corner of the economy, with the hype and buildout of AI infrastructure rippling across markets, from debt and equity to real estate and energy."
Background: Challenges the endangered fish face from an ever-warming Columbia are compounded by an equally perilous political environment.
So far this year, the Trump admin has gutted salmon restoration progs + killed hopes for an unobstructed Lower Snake River.
www.columbian.com/news/2025/ju...
So far this year, the Trump admin has gutted salmon restoration progs + killed hopes for an unobstructed Lower Snake River.
www.columbian.com/news/2025/ju...
Trump pulls out of $1 billion Biden-brokered Columbia River salmon restoration plan
The Trump administration on Thursday pulled out of a $1 billion Biden-era plan to restore salmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia River Basin more than a century after overfishing and dams be
www.columbian.com
July 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Background: Challenges the endangered fish face from an ever-warming Columbia are compounded by an equally perilous political environment.
So far this year, the Trump admin has gutted salmon restoration progs + killed hopes for an unobstructed Lower Snake River.
www.columbian.com/news/2025/ju...
So far this year, the Trump admin has gutted salmon restoration progs + killed hopes for an unobstructed Lower Snake River.
www.columbian.com/news/2025/ju...
Background: the tour also followed a huge win by the industry regionally when President Trump ended a $1 billion Biden-era salmon recovery plan that had threated four dams that are key for river-based grain export.
www.columbian.com/news/2025/ju...
www.columbian.com/news/2025/ju...
Trump pulls out of $1 billion Biden-brokered Columbia River salmon restoration plan
The Trump administration on Thursday pulled out of a $1 billion Biden-era plan to restore salmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia River Basin more than a century after overfishing and dams be
www.columbian.com
June 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Background: the tour also followed a huge win by the industry regionally when President Trump ended a $1 billion Biden-era salmon recovery plan that had threated four dams that are key for river-based grain export.
www.columbian.com/news/2025/ju...
www.columbian.com/news/2025/ju...