$17 million in renovations to locks and dams along Mississippi River
TREMPEALEAU, Wis. (WKBT) - $17 million dollars of rehabilitation projects are underway at six lock and dams in our area. The projects range from Lock…
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As deadly Australia bushfires rage, Sydney may be running out water
Australia is reeling from deadly bushfires and the worst drought in decades -- but fears are now growing that things could get worse, as a water shortage in the country's biggest city begins to bite.
Dead whale gives new life to debate over dams in Pacific Northwest
One image was clear -- a dead orca calf being carried across the ocean by its apparently grief-stricken mother. The calf may well have died from malnutrition. The Southern Resident Killer Whales in its pod are facing a critical shortage of their main food source: fat, juicy salmon.
Attempt to change California's definition of renewable energy fails
A controversial effort to broaden California's definition of renewable energy has fizzled out. The proposal would have allowed electricity from a large dam in the Central Valley to count the same as solar and wind.
