Environmental groups push for removing Colorado River dam
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October 2, 2019
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Environmental groups that have long pushed to bring down a huge Colorado River dam along the Arizona-Utah border are suing the federal government.
They say in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Arizona that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation ignored climate science when approving a 20-year operating plan for Glen Canyon Dam. The dam holds back Lake Powell, one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the country.
Powell and Lake Mead are key to delivering Colorado River water to millions in the U.S.
Save the Colorado, the Center for Biological Diversity and Livi...
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