Missouri River

Ten Most Endangered Rivers of 2012 (PHOTOS)

Wm. Robert Irvin | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Coal River, South Fork Skykomish River, America's Most Endangered Rivers, Chattahoochee River, Grand River, Crystal River, Missouri River, Green River, American Rivers, Hoback River, Kansas River, Potomac River, Endangered-River, Video, Green News
Wm. Robert Irvin

If Congress slashes clean water protections, more Americans will get sick and communities and businesses will suffer. We simply cannot afford to go back to a time when the Potomac and rivers nationwide were too polluted to use.

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ND To Allow Missouri River Water Use For Drilling

AP | JAMES MacPHERSON | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Drilling Water Use, Energy, North Dakota, Video, South Dakota Drilling, Dakotas, Water, Missouri River North Dakota, Drilling Water, Lake Sakakawea, Missouri River, Lake Sakakawea North Dakota, South Dakota Energy, Green News

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Temporary, no-cost permits to tap surplus water from North Dakota's Lake Sakakawea will be issued to oil drillers and other in...

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Panel: Corps Not To Blame For Missouri River Flooding

AP | MATT GOURAS | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Natural Disasters, Missouri River Flooding, Missouri River, Flooding, Climate Change, Weather, US Army Corps of Engineers, Extreme-Weather, National Weather Service, Video, Green News

HELENA, Mont. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did what it could with the record flooding on the Missouri River this year although proposed ch...

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Giving Thanks for Some of the Free Stuff

Carl Pope | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Missouri River, Everglades, Water, Nitrogen Fertilizer, Green News
Carl Pope

Natural systems don't take holidays or send us a bill. And they are the only force on the planet strong enough and resilient enough to make up for human folly and shortsightedness -- if we let them.

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Record Flooding Leads To Change In Missouri River Plans

AP | By MARGERY A. BECK | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Missouri River Plans, Video, Missouri River Management, Changing Missouri River Plan, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Missouri River Flooding, Environment, Missouri River, Missouri Flooding, Green News

OMAHA, Neb. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Monday it will change its approach to managing the Missouri River following a summer of record fl...

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Missouri River Flooding Alert Lifted By Nebraska Nuclear Plant

AP | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Energy, Nuclear Power Plant, Missouri River Flooding 2011, Nuclear Power, Missouri River Flooding, Nebraska Flooding, Nuclear Energy, Green News, Missouri River, Flooding, Cooper Power Plant, Nebraska, Weather, Extreme Weather, Green Energy, Green News

BROWNVILLE, Neb. -- An alert issued at a southeast Nebraska nuclear power plant as rising floodwaters from the bloated Missouri River threatened its p...

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Fears Of Levee Failures Rise With More Missouri River Flooding

AP | By JOSH FUNK | Posted 09.08.2011

Read More: Gavins Point, Missouri River, Natural Disasters, Missouri River Levees, Missouri River Flooding 2011, Flooding Levees, Missouri River Flooding, Missouri Floods, Green News

OMAHA, Neb. -- Several hundred thousand acres of rich Midwestern farmland and even some urban areas near the Missouri River are at risk of flooding th...

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Saved -- in Spite of Ourselves

Carl Pope | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Nrc, Ft Calhoun, Nebraska, Meltdown, Cooper, Nuclear Power, Missouri River, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Fukushima, Nebraska Floods, Missouri River Floods, Green News
Carl Pope

Although the Missouri River floods threatening Nebraska's Ft. Calhoun and Cooper nuclear power plants will put tremendous stress on both the systems and their operators, the immediate risk of a meltdown like Fukushima is small.

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Rollin' on the River

Carl Pope | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Mike Johanns, Missouri River, Mississippi River Floods 2011, Atchafalaya Basin, Mississippi River, Claire McCaskill, Rep. Sam Graves, Sam Brownback, Green News
Carl Pope

Yes, Congressman Graves, the river is managing us -- because we took away the space and resilience that gave the Missouri its capacity to manage itself. We can't afford to do away with nature, however hard you have been trying.

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WATCH: River Levee Crumbles On Camera

Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Missouri River Levee Break, Levee Break Video, Missouri River, Hamburg Iowa, Hamburg Iowa Levee Break, Levee Break, Video, Green News

A Missouri River levee failed near the Iowa-Missouri border this morning, forcing a flash flood watch for the town of Hamburg, Iowa. An Arizona co...

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Residents Scramble To Protect Towns As Missouri River Rises

AP | JOSH FUNK and GRANT SCHULTE | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Floods, Natural Disasters, Missouri River Flooding 2011, Missouri River Flooding, Missouri River Floods 2011, Missouri River, Missouri River Floods, Extreme Weather, Green News

OMAHA, Neb. — The scramble is nearly over to fill thousands of sandbags and construct last-minute levees to heights that haven't been needed in ...

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Missouri Flood Waters

Melissa Hapke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Missouri River, Lewis & Clark, 2008 Flood, St. Charles, Missouri, Illinois Earthquake, Slideshow, Home News
Melissa Hapke

"So far I'm safe where I'm at, but I may have to take a different route to work. My house is only three blocks from the Missouri River, but we live on a hill."

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