Trump Canceled Canada's 61-Year Old Colulmbia River Water Treaty -- 40% of U.S. Hydropower at Risk

[Amaryllis]

Donald Trump just walked away from a 61-year-old treaty that quietly powers nearly 40 percent of America's hydroelectricity. And the man on the other side of the table, Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney, isn't blinking. He isn't calling. He isn't asking for a do-over. He's letting Washington sit with the consequences. Because what most Americans still don't understand is that the water keeping the lights on across Oregon, Washington State, Idaho, and parts of California doesn't actually start in the United States. It starts in the mountains of British Columbia. And right now, the country that controls those mountains has decided it's done being polite.