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  1. ragnarok1968

    NEWS Lake Oroville Situation

    I have my dad and grandson who live in the Chico Area just a bit north of Oroville. The sad: the spillway is Earth, so a portion of the dam is Earth with no concrete support. the concrete portion is in no danger. they are experiencing very noticeable erosion. Live news feed (KRCR TV out of...
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    • butte county chico area community safety dam safety disaster response emergency news environmental issues erosion flood management flooding highway 70 highway 99 infrastructure lake oroville local news public safety road closures spillway traffic update travel advisory
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    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  2. reghakr

    Obama official says Yucca Mountain nuclear storage site has no chance

    On Monday a senior Department of Energy official said that the long-term nuclear storage facility in Yucca Mountain, Nevada was no longer a viable option The project was stated in 2002 and President Obama withdrew funding for it in 2010. I wonder how much that cost us taxpayers and now...
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    • department of energy energy policy energy security environmental issues funding withdrawal government funding infrastructure long-term storage nevada nuclear storage nuclear waste obama administration public policy taxpayer cost viable option waste management yucca mountain
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    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  3. cybercore

    First dead birds, then dead fish ... now crickets (What species dies next??)

    Link Removed PORT ALLEN, La. — A virus has killed millions of crickets raised to feed pet reptiles and those kept in zoos. The cricket paralysis virus has disrupted supplies to pet shops across North America as a handful of operators have seen millions of their insects killed. Some...
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    • animal deaths aquaculture bait fishing biology cricket farms crickets ecosystem environmental issues epidemiology farming insect farming mass die-off north america pet industry pet supplies reptiles supply chain virus wildlife zoos
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    • Forum: The Water Cooler
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