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An underground pipeline that runs through multiple Midwestern states has leaked an estimated 138,000 gallons of diesel fuel, according to the company that owns it, Magellan Midstream Partners. Clay Masters of Iowa Public Radio reported diesel leaking from a 12-inch underground pipe was initially spotted in a farm field in north-central Worth County, Iowa, on…
Editor’s Note: This is one of several stories about the Bay Area’s response to Donald Trump’s presidency, which San Francisco is publishing over the next month as part of the February 2017 Resistance Issue. To read stories as they become available online, click here. Deep within City Attorney Dennis Herrera’s mazelike wing inside City Hall,…
President Trump in his office aboard Air Force One on Thursday. PHILADELPHIA — President Trump’s decision to build a wall along the length of the United States’ southern border with Mexico erupted into a diplomatic standoff on Thursday, leading to the cancellation of a White House visit by Mexico’s president and sharply rising tensions over…
Global temperatures could rise dramatically in 2100 compared with current conditions (dark red areas) under some scenarios for global greenhouse gas emissions. NASA Trump officials suspend plan to delete EPA climate web pages By Robin Bravender – E&E News, Hannah Hess – E&E NewsJan. 25, 2017 , 1:30 PM Originally published by E&E…
WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to remove the climate change page from its website, two agency employees told Reuters, the latest move by the newly minted leadership to erase ex-President Barack Obama’s climate change initiatives. The employees were notified by EPA officials on Tuesday that the administration…
Do you want to log in or join Facebook? Security Key for safer logins with a touch People ask all the time what they can do to make their online accounts more secure. Like most security professionals, I recommend setting up two-factor authentication (login approvals). That means when you log into Facebook from a new…
storytext Uber’s CEO drove home a simple message to employees this week: We must work with President Trump. At the company’s weekly all hands meeting, CEO Travis Kalanick addressed concerns about his working relationship with Trump by claiming it’s necessary in order to fulfill Uber’s mission of improving global transportation. “We’ll partner with anyone in…
On the morning after Donald Trump’s inauguration, acting National Park Service director Michael T. Reynolds received an extraordinary summons: The new president wanted to talk to him. In a Saturday phone call, Trump personally ordered Reynolds to produce additional photographs of the previous day’s crowds on the Mall, according to three individuals who have knowledge…
Trump and staff still use private email and bad security settings for Twitter [Updated] Update January 27: Following our coverage, the emails associated with President Trump’s @POTUS account were updated to what appears to be government addresses. “The most awesome stage” Last year, Facebook’s VP of Design thought the TNW Conference main stage was the…
“Report: 3 million votes in presidential election cast by illegal aliens.” — Bloggers on Monday, November 14th, 2016 in an article on InfoWars Fact-check: Did 3 million undocumented immigrants vote in this year’s election? By Allison Graves on Friday, November 18th, 2016 at 10:58 a.m. Two of the world’s biggest internet companies, Google and Facebook,…