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‘Expect more’: Climate change raises risk of dam failures
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‘Expect more’: Climate change raises risk of dam failures

Engineers say most dams in the United States, designed decades ago, are unsuited to a warmer world and stronger storms.
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Dam failure threatens a Dow chemical complex and Superfund cleanup
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Dam failure threatens a Dow chemical complex and Superfund cleanup

Floodwaters surged toward Midland, Mich., and one of the nation’s most extensive toxic cleanup sites, raising concerns of a wider environmental fallout from the dam disaster.
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As virus lingers in Michigan, a new crisis arrives: Flooding
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As virus lingers in Michigan, a new crisis arrives: Flooding

Thousands of residents of Midland, Mich., fled their homes as waters rose, trying to keep at a safe social distance even in shelters.
michigan dow chemicals water contamination
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Dam disaster threatens major Dow Chemical complex and Superfund project

Floodwaters surged toward Midland, Mich., and one of the nation’s most extensive toxic cleanup sites, raising concerns of a wider environmental fallout from the dam disaster.
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Michigan dams break, forcing thousands to evacuate
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Michigan dams break, forcing thousands to evacuate

The failure of the dams was expected to bring record-setting flooding, with response complicated by the coronavirus.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Trump accelerates environmental rollbacks at unprecedented pace in first 100 days

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Trump administration moves to eliminate $2.4 billion in environmental justice grants

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Canada’s new prime minister backs fossil fuels while promising Indigenous partnerships

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Regenerative agriculture drought resilience

As regenerative agriculture gains momentum, report warns of “greenwashing”

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Nuclear revival plan faces obstacles at Tennessee Valley Authority

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

CLIMATE
A building with a plaque reading United STates Environmental Protection Agency next to a glass door and elegant lanterns.

EPA shifts scientists from research to chemical approvals, raising alarm over independence

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Hawaii moves to sue Big Oil over climate costs; Trump administration strikes first