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Goats and Soda
Fish broker Khout Phany, 39, (under umbrella) sits while fishermen bring their catch to be weighed in Chhnok Tru, a fishing village at the southern tip of the Tonle Sap lake where it meets the river.

The Lake That Feeds The Mekong Basin Is Facing A Shortage Of Fish

Nov 09, 2019

As Cambodia kicks off a three-day water festival, fishermen are struggling to make a living in the face of climate change and hydropower dams.

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The Salt
Gulls were eating more juvenile salmon than biologists realized, which meant fewer of the fish were making it to the ocean.

To Protect Imperiled Salmon, Fish Advocates Want To Shoot Some Gulls

Feb 12, 2019
Biologists think gulls are eating more juvenile salmon than they thought, and fish advocates are proposing to kill problem gulls. But opponents say dam modification is what's needed to protect salmon.
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Latin America
Cemetery workers prepare burial sites for the victims of the collapsed dam in Brumadinho, Brazil, on Tuesday.

Brazil Arrests 5 In Dam Collapse As Death Toll Rises To 65

Jan 29, 2019
Reports say three of those arrested were involved in getting the mining project licensed, and two were consultants with a company that certified the dam for safety.
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China Unbound
Day laborers outside Sob Ruak, Thailand, load energy drinks onto Chinese cargo boats on the Mekong for a trip upriver.

China Reshapes The Vital Mekong River To Power Its Expansion

Oct 06, 2018
Chinese companies are building infrastructure and dams along the vast river that runs through five Southeast Asian countries before emptying into the South China Sea.
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National
A screenshot from a video posted by the City of Lynchburg shows water flowing over Lakeside Drive, which runs atop the College Lake Dam in the Virginia city.

Concerns Of Dam Failure Prompt Evacuations In Lynchburg, Va.

Aug 03, 2018
The College Lake Dam has been strained by heavy rainfall. Overnight, worries about its imminent collapse sent alarm through the community.
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Animals
A beaver lodge sits in the middle of a pond near North St. Vrain Creek in Rocky Mountain National Park.

The Bountiful Benefits Of Bringing Back The Beavers

Jun 24, 2018
Hundreds of millions of beavers used to populate the West but were hunted to near extinction. Turns out, beavers are critical to healthy water ecosystems, so now there are efforts to bring them back.
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Goats and Soda
Debris poured into Quesnel Lake after the Tailings Pond breach of Mount Polley Mine in British Columbia, Canada, in 2014.

U.N. Body Alarmed Over Mining Waste Disasters

Dec 02, 2017
A report by the United Nations Environmental Programme offers recommendations to stop the failure of dams holding mine waste. Will governments and industry leaders sign on?
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Parallels
New housing has been built for villagers who agreed to be resettled from Kbal Romeas. The new village is far from the river, so they have to pay for food and water now. Some complain they have not been compensated as they were promised.

'I Will Lose My Identity': Cambodian Villagers Face Displacement By Mekong Dam

Aug 26, 2017
Thousands are being displaced by new dam construction. "I cannot leave my ancestors here," says a woman whose village will be submerged by the dam. "If I abandon them, I won't know who I am."
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Newscast headlines

Database: Some Nevada Dams Lack Emergency Plans For Failures

Feb 20, 2017

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A national dam safety database indicates that about one in seven Nevada dams that could cause deaths if they fail lack emergency plans.

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Could Draining Lake Powell Save Lake Mead?

May 26, 2016

Could Lake Powell be drained to refill Lake Mead?

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Environment
Reservoir caretaker Doug Billingsley stands in his front yard — just yards away from the Milton Seaman Reservoir north of Fort Collins.

As Technology Marches On, Reservoir Caretakers Stay At Their Posts

Jan 05, 2016
When it comes to dam safety, human eyes are still one of the best tools to recognize problems — so in some areas, workers live in remote locations to watch over the water supply.
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