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California lake dried up to secure $250 million in US drought funding

California lake dried up to secure $250 million in US drought funding

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The federal government announced Monday that it will spend $250 million over four years on cleanup and environmental restoration work around a dried-up Southern California lake fed by the depleted Colorado River. The future of the Salton Sea, and who is financially responsible for it, has been a key question in …

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California lake dried up to secure $250 million in US drought funding

California lake dried up to secure $250 million in US drought funding

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The federal government announced Monday that it will spend $250 million over four years on cleanup and environmental restoration work around a dried-up Southern California lake fed by the depleted Colorado River. The future of the Salton Seaand who is financially responsible for it, has been a key question in discussions …

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Reviews |  Long stretches of the Mississippi River dried up.  And after?

Reviews | Long stretches of the Mississippi River dried up. And after?

Last month, record high water levels in the Mississippi River stranded nearly 3,000 barges – the equivalent of 210,000 container trucks – on the United States’ most important inland waterway. Despite frantic dredging, farmers were only able to move half the maize they shipped this time last year. Deliveries of fuel, coal, industrial chemicals and …

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