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Tribes, Fishermen Sue Pacificorp Over Klamath Dams |
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LOS ANGELES - Environmentalists, commercial fishermen and Native American tribes sued Berkshire Hathaway Inc. subsidiary PacifiCorp in San Francisco Wednesday, claiming that two of its dams on the Klamath River are killing salmon and causing human health hazards.
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The lawsuit, led by environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Yurok and Karuk tribes, asks a federal court to force PacifiCorp to clean up toxic algae blooms in the reservoirs behind the Iron Gate and Copco dams in Northern California. Other plaintiffs include river recreation business owners and the Klamath Riverkeeper group.
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