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Activists Warned Officials About Oroville Dam 12 Years Ago — but Nobody Listened

Officials were warned twelve years in advance about potential safety hazards at the Oroville Dam in Butte County, California, which now faces the risk of flooding nearby residential areas as a result of a broken spillway and increased rainfall. Local outlet Mercury News reports: “Three environmental groups — the Friends of the River, the Sierra Read More…