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Breaching dams to save Northwest orcas is contentious issue
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Calls to breach four hydroelectric dams in Washington state have grown louder in recent months as the plight of critically endangered Northwest orcas has captured global attention. Some argue the best way to get more salmon to the starving whales is to tear down four dams on the Lower...
China orders evacuations after landslide blocks Tibet river
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese emergency services said Thursday that about 6,000 people were evacuated after a landslide in Tibet blocked the flow of one of the region's key rivers, creating a lake that could endanger downstream areas in India. The collapse Wednesday morning of a cliff in the deep valley through...
US mayors want federal help to improve old water pipes
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — U.S. mayors say more help is needed from the federal government to replacing old, failing water pipes. Members of the United States Conference of Mayors' Water Council are meeting Friday in Flint, Michigan, which continues to recover from a water crisis. Mayor David Berger of Lima,...
The Latest: 3 near Greece-Turkey border fatally stabbed
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on Europe's response to mass migration: (all times local): 9:15 p.m. Greek police say three females found dead by a river on the border with Turkey and believed to be migrants had been stabbed in the neck. Police said a farmer found the victims Wednesday on the Greek side...
The Latest: Man to be freed in Bulgarian journalist probe
RUSE, Bulgaria (AP) — The Latest on the slaying of a female journalist in Bulgaria (all times local): 8:10 p.m. A senior Bulgarian police officer says authorities will release a man taken into custody and he won't be charged in connection with the slaying of a journalist who highlighted suspected...
Blind Missouri man safe thanks to sharp-nosed dog
HILLSBORO, Mo. (AP) — A missing blind man is safe, thanks to the nose of a 3-year-old black lab mix who sniffed him out. Ruby was part of a weekend search team looking for the man in Hillsboro, Missouri, 40 miles southwest of St. Louis. The man, who has epilepsy in addition to blindness, was reported...
At least 10 decapitated goats found in an Atlanta-area river
ATLANTA (AP) — An environmental advocacy organization says nearly a dozen decapitated goats have been found in Atlanta's major river. Chattahoochee Riverkeeper tells news outlets the carcasses were discovered Wednesday. Riverkeeper Jason Ulseth says he found them while patrolling the area in an effort to...
Toxic site near MetLife Stadium gets $332M cleanup plan
MOONACHIE, N.J. (AP) — A polluted creek near MetLife Stadium and the Meadowlands sports complex that has some of the highest recorded mercury levels of any freshwater ecosystem in the country is moving ahead with a $332 million cleanup plan, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday. Officials...
Duke says its data show no harm from flooded coal ash dump
Duke Energy said Monday that results from water samples collected downstream of a flooded North Carolina coal ash dump show no negative impacts to the Cape Fear River. The data Duke released were from a sample collected over the weekend after a dam breached Friday at the reservoir for the L.V. Sutton Power...
Train derails in NW Iowa, dumping sand, railcars into river
ALTON, Iowa (AP) — No injuries have been reported after a train derailed in northwest Iowa and 20 cars carrying soybean oil and sand fell into the flooded Floyd River. The Des Moines Register reports the bridge beneath the Union Pacific train collapsed as part of the derailment Sunday morning. Officials...
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