http://www.mail.com/subjects/126404-dams.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/126404-dams.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2103558-flooding-forces-evacuation-1300-town.html BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A dam that threatened to give way and flood a North Dakota town was holding back the water on Wednesday, though the 1,300 residents of Cavalier were still being told to stay away from their homes. Steady rainfall between Friday and Tuesday dumped about 9 inches of rain on parts of Pembina County, swelling creeks and rivers and sendin... Thu, 23 May 2013 00:17:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2103558-flooding-forces-evacuation-1300-town.html 2013-05-23T00:17:18Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1775716-china-top-dam-builder-going-where-wont.html TATAY RIVER, Cambodia (AP) — Up a sweeping jungle valley in a remote corner of Cambodia, Chinese engineers and workers are raising a 100-meter- (330-foot-) high dam over the protests of villagers and activists. Only Chinese companies are willing to tame the Tatay and other rivers of Koh Kong province, one of Southeast Asia's last great wilderness areas. I... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 06:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1775716-china-top-dam-builder-going-where-wont.html 2012-12-19T06:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1750442-critic-questions-way-coal-firms-build-slurry-ponds.html MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — With a driver and his bulldozer missing in a thick, dark lake of coal slurry, a mine safety expert and critic of the coal industry says regulators are ignoring stricter construction standards that could prevent more failures at hundreds of similar dam-like structures around the country. For at least a decade, state and federal reg... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1750442-critic-questions-way-coal-firms-build-slurry-ponds.html 2012-12-07T16:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1749290-drought-revives-water-war-river.html JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The water wars are raging again in America's heartland, where drought-stricken states are pleading for the increasingly scarce water of the Missouri River — to drink from their faucets, irrigate their crops and float the barges that carry billions of dollars of agricultural products to market. From Montana to West Virginia, offi... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1749290-drought-revives-water-war-river.html 2012-12-06T20:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1742240-high-court-government-liable-flood.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the federal government is not automatically exempt from paying for damage caused by temporary flooding from government-owned dams. The court sided with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission in its appeal of a lower court ruling that said the federal government did not have to pay for damage to thousan... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1742240-high-court-government-liable-flood.html 2012-12-04T14:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1737722-4-workers-missing-dam-collapses-cambodia.html PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Four workers are missing and presumed to have drowned after the partial collapse of a dam being constructed in western Cambodia, officials said Sunday. Maj. Theang Leng, chief of police in the district where the hydroelectric dam is located on the Atay river, said the collapse Saturday appeared to have occurred because the dam ... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 09:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1737722-4-workers-missing-dam-collapses-cambodia.html 2012-12-02T09:59:00Z