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This morning we have another climate emergency wake up call. We can't afford to hit the snooze button again.

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This morning, everyone who lives or works near the Barrett Pond Park Dam in Leominster, Massachusetts has been told evacuate immediately. Yesterday a foot of rain fell on the area and the future of the dam is, at best,...more

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Those Damn Dams Sometimes Aren't Worth the Trouble!

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When Emily Norton, the always ambitious Executive Director of the Charles River Watershed Association, first mentioned the possibility of removing the South Natick Dam a few years ago I thought she was biting off more than...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

An Uncommon Dialogue: All We Are Saying Is "Give Peace a Chance"

Those of a certain age will remember this plaintive, kumbaya-seeking line from John Lennon's Vietnam War protest song. Naïve, perhaps, but an Uncommon Dialogue process initiated through Stanford's Woods Institute for the...more

Nossaman LLP

Water Storage and Dam Management Strategies in Light of Climate Change Impacts

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There can be little argument that many of the more than 90,000 dams in this country are in need of immediate attention. The catastrophic failure of two dams in Michigan last month following an extraordinary amount of rain in...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

2020 Environmental Legislative Update No. 1, "Stream of Consciousness" Edition

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Welcome back to the Environmental Legislative Updates for the 2020 Connecticut General Assembly’s “short session.” Since all is well with the Rule of Law in general, let’s see what new Rules and Laws our legislators have in...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - February 2020 #2

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Former PG&E lawyer named new regional EPA chief in California - Los Angeles Times – February 11 - Days after U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) removed its top official in California, Mike Stoker, the agency...more

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New Lessons from Oroville

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Climate Change Creates Evolving Risks for Dam and Reservoir Systems - Two years ago this month, communities along California’s Feather River braced for the worst when the primary spillway at the Oroville Dam failed, and...more

Perkins Coie

Federal Agencies Must Modify Operations at Columbia River Hydroelectric System to Protect Salmonid Species

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The Federal Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed a district court order requiring that the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Corps of Engineers, and the Bureau of Reclamation conduct spill operations...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

Stop the Presses: Nuclear Power Still Does Not Emit Greenhouse Gases

On Monday, the TVA announced that Watts Bar Unit 2 had successfully completed what is known as its final power ascension test. It is now producing 1,150 MW of power in pre-commercial operation. Though EnergyWire did report...more

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