American Dams Weren’t Built for Today’s Climate-Charged Rain and Floods October 3, 2024 By Kendra Pierre-Louis and Leslie Kaufman As flooding hammered Appalachia in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, residents became intimately familiar with a new norm in the...
AP Reveals Problematic Dams in US, but Not New Jersey August 2, 2023 By Bilal Suleiman TRENTON, N.J. (AP) __ A more than two-year investigation by The Associated Press identified scores of problematic dams nationwide, but...
Identifying Condition of Dams Complicated by Security Concerns, Missing Data May 9, 2022 By DAVID A. LIEB Americans wondering whether a nearby dam could be dangerous can look up the condition and hazard ratings of tens of...
SEC Sues Brazilian Miner Vale Over ‘False and Misleading’ Dam Claims April 28, 2022 By Chris Prentice The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday sued Brazilian miner Vale SA for allegedly making false and misleading disclosures...
Michigan Task Force Set to Make Dam Safety Recommendations February 5, 2021 By Anna Liz Nichols LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A group responsible for offering new safety measures after two Michigan dams failed last summer destroying...
California Governor Signs Dam Safety Bill February 28, 2018 California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Monday that seeks to beef up dam inspections following a near disaster that caused...
Alabama Urged to Create Dam Safety Program April 17, 2014 A group urged Alabama to create an inspection program for the hundreds of dams across the state, most of which...