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Bill aims to spend billions to fix nation’s aging dams

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BOSTON — Lawmakers in Congress on Friday introduced a bill that would pump tens of billions of dollars into fixing and upgrading the country’s...

Mastermind in 2016 killing of Honduran activist convicted

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A Honduran man was convicted of homicide Monday in the 2016 killing of Berta Cáceres, a prize-winning environmental and Indigenous rights...

Plan to raze 4 dams on California-Oregon line clears hurdle

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PORTLAND, Ore. — A proposal to bring down four hydroelectric dams near the California-Oregon border cleared a major regulatory hurdle Thursday, setting the stage...

River herring, once eyed for endangered list, grow in counts

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PORTLAND, Maine — A small fish that has been the subject of conservation efforts for years appears to be growing in number in the...

Michigan flood victims may have to wait for accountability

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LANSING, Mich — A lawsuit that accuses the state of Michigan of failing to regulate and enforce safety regulations on a dam that failed,...

Severe drought crisis deepens along Oregon-California border

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PORTLAND, Ore. — The water crisis along the California-Oregon border went from dire to catastrophic this week as federal regulators shut off irrigation water...

Feud breaks out among GOP lawmakers over Snake River dams

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SPOKANE, Wash. — Some Republican members of Congress from the Northwest are accusing a GOP Idaho lawmaker of conducting secret negotiations with the Democratic...

US West prepares for possible 1st water shortage declaration

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CARSON CITY, Nev. — The man-made lakes that store water supplying millions of people in the U.S. West and Mexico are projected to shrink...

Honduras trial in Indigenous activist’s murder paused

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The trial of an alleged mastermind in the killing of Berta Cáceres, a prize-winning environmental and Indigenous rights defender in Honduras,...

Alleged mastermind of Honduran activist’s murder on trial

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduraspro — The trial of an alleged mastermind of the killing of Honduran environmental and Indigenous rights activist Berta Cáceres began Tuesday, five...