President Donald Trump on Friday issued a memorandum removing the United States from a deal reached by the previous administration to restore the salmon population in the Pacific Northwest and help develop clean energy for Native American tribes there.

The Biden administration reached an agreement known as the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement with Oregon, Washington, and four Native American tribes that argued that hydroelectric dams in the Snake River have reduced the salmon population, which the tribes rely upon.

In the memorandum, Trump wrote that he “continues to prioritize our nation’s energy infrastructure and use of natural resources to lower the cost of living for all Americans over speculative climate change concerns.”

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