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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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Opinion: Trump allies aim to take U.S. energy policy back in time

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Puerto Rico’s climate scientists lose federal support amid new Trump policies

Yellow bicycles beside black fence in Paris.

Paris tests public support for green streets by voting on car-free zones

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Climate scientist Michael Mann speaks at a podium with a porjection of the famous hockey Stick climate graph.

A climate scientist’s legal win just got flipped on its head

CLIMATE
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Court ruling against Greenpeace sends warning to protest groups nationwide

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EPA dismantles decades of work on environmental justice