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The Latest on flooding: Evacuation order in effect near dam

2015-05-25 01:46:47| Energy - Topix.net

Meteorologists say they have no reports of major damage from Sunday's storms, although 51 of Louisiana's 64 parishes and 30 of Mississippi's 82 counties are under a tornado watch. Entergy Mississippi is reporting more than 2,000 outages in Warren County, where Vicksburg is located, and 960 in neighboring Hinds County, which includes Jackson.

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Electric Utility Blames MWH, Contractor for Dam Troubles

2015-05-18 21:21:44| ENR.com: Headline News

In a lawsuit filed in federal court, the Eugene Water & Electric Board seeks damages for the failure of hoists on a dam on the McKenzie River in Oregon.

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Malaysian dam project opposed by tribes gets green light: report

2015-05-16 12:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: Construction of a Malaysian dam that will flood a rainforested area half the size of Singapore and displace 20,000 tribespeople was given the green light Saturday by the state government, local media reported. "The construction will commence as soon as possible," Adenan Satem, chief minister of the state of Sarawak on Borneo island, was quoted by The Star as saying. The announcement will be a major disappointment for indigenous groups who have staged increasing demonstrations and road blockades...

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Record-breaking World Premiere of Freightliner Inspiration Truck on Hoover Dam

2015-05-06 08:43:20| Trucking - Topix.net

Doing double duty holding back trillion gallons of water and generating electricity for . This projection -- at 1.17 million lumens -- earned Freightliner the Guinness World Record of highest light output projection ever and, with the Freightliner Inspiration Truck, Daimler introduced the world's first autonomous truck licensed to drive on public roads at the historic concrete arch-gravity dam in southeastern "The Hoover Dam provides the ideal setting for a debut as significant to the trucking industry as this.

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