Controversial dam clears hurdle
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Families affected by the 180m Barra Grande dam in Brazil drop their protest, angering environmentalists.
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The Securities and Exchange Commissionâs approval removed the last regulatory hurdle to the creation of a trans-Atlantic stock exchange.
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The Bush administration yesterday finalized a plan that seeks to protect Columbia River Basin salmon without resorting to removing any dams - even as a last-ditch option.
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Hundreds of Riverside County residents were evacuated as a precaution Friday after water began seeping through a dam's earthen extension and authorities released millions of gallons into a river to relieve pressure.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Out at the Wanapum Dam on the Columbia River, a new turbine is being tested that generates more electricity, but won't kill so many fish - thanks to research dollars from Uncle Sam.
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By Joy L. Woodson, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Feb. 21--For almost a year, Northeast Richland homeowner Michael Harvey and owners of a Shumaker Homes development have been at odds over property lines and something no one can live without -- water.
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By Sean Rose, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  May 27--A dam is in need of repair and there's less water for boating, but for Kentucky geologists, a 40-foot drop in the water level at Lake Cumberland is just fine.
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By Mike Taugher, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Jun. 23--FRESNO -- A federal judge on Friday denied an emergency request to shut down Delta pumping that environmentalists said was needed to prevent an endangered fish from going extinct.
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By Chris De Benedetti  FREMONT -- Environmental groups are disputing it, but state officials say a potential crisis involving endangered fish at the Delta pumps, which threatened the Tri-City area water supply, has been averted.
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By Kelly Hassett, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Dec. 17--A plan for the heavily disputed Buckeye Lake dam project addresses some of the residents' complaints, but homeowners say they're still concerned.
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By Associated Press  GRACE, Idaho -- An aging, out-of-service dam on the Bear River in southeastern Idaho is expected to be demolished by today, a move environmentalists say will improve the habitat for dwindling numbers of Bonneville cutthroat trout.
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By MICHAEL OLIVEIRA  TORONTO (CP) - A bill to protect Great Lakes water from being sold or shipped across the continent passed its final hurdle in the Ontario legislature Thursday, as all three parties voted unanimously to pass it into law.
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By GORDON WEIXEL  The Mandan City Commission decided not to tamper with a Morton County development moratorium on lands in the vicinity of Fort Lincoln State Park.
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Biologists say an endangered minnow is rebounding in central North Carolina, thanks largely to demolition of an old dam.
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The Army Corps of Engineers sidestepped the governor's demand to stop draining reservoirs Wednesday, setting up a legal showdown between the federal government and state officials who blame the policy for intensifying a record drought.
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Authorities released a fierce, brown river of water from a Southern California dam and evacuated more than 1,000 people from its path Friday after a temporary earthen barrier at the site began seeping water.
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NAKAI PLATEAU, Laos  - Two years from completion, the Nam Theun 2 dam being carved out of a jungle-clad corner of Laos has already set a high standard for future hydroelectric projects in the power-hungry region.