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Western US states fail to negotiate crucial Colorado River deal: ‘Mother nature isn’t going to bail us out’

Negotiators disbanded on Friday without a plan for the basin supplying water to 40m people, thrusting the region into uncertainty

The Guardian - US

The great Mississippi tops list of most endangered rivers amid fears over Trump rollbacks

Cuts to disaster agency and deregulation of fossil fuels, plus rise of water-guzzling datacentres, highlighted in new report

The Guardian - US

Flush with federal funds, dam removal advocates seize opportunity to open up rivers, restore habitat

An infusion of hundreds of millions of dollars from the federal infrastructure law is helping expedite efforts to remove dams around the country

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First Thing: Fears Iran’s attack on Israel has shifted focus from Gaza aid effort

About 27 children have died of hunger and malnutrition, raising concerns many more will suffer lifelong effects. Plus, dozens of potential Trump trial jurors excused

The Guardian - UK

New Mexico’s rivers are most threatened waterways in US, report finds

Supreme court ruling left more than 90% of state’s surface waters with no pollution protections, since they don’t run continuously

The Guardian - US

Colorado River snaking through Grand Canyon most endangered US waterway – report

Unique ecosystem on the brink of collapse due to climate crisis and mismanagement, says conservation group American Rivers

The Guardian - US

Spring brings commerce, concerns for states along Mississippi River

DUBUQUE, Iowa — As Old Man River slowly awakens from its winter slumber, eagles work the edges of the opening channels and marina docks groan as the slow current wrestles the ice. Anglers — and an occasional whitetail deer — tread cautiously on the big river.

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US to demolish four dams in river restoration effort

Decision by regulators comes after years of advocacy by Native American tribes and environmentalists.

Al Jazeera

The largest dam demolition in history is approved for a Western river

The destruction of four dams on the lower Klamath river will open up hundreds of miles of salmon habitat. U.S. regulators approved the plan Thursday in a unanimous vote.

WEKU

US regulators to vote on largest dam demolition in history

The largest dam demolition and river restoration plan in the world could become reality as U.S. regulators vote on whether to approve the removal of four aging structures, reopening hundreds of miles of California river to imperiled salmon

The Independent UK

‘Ghosts of capitalism’: the push to dismantle America’s decrepit dams

Derelict dams crisscrossing the country’s rivers and tributaries disrupt the paths of migrating fish and pose a flood hazard

The Guardian - US

America's endangered rivers

The Colorado River is "ground zero" for the climate crisis.

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