3+ week, 1+ day ago   (237+ words) Malicious cyber actors have targeted water and wastewater utilities in at least seven states. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued warnings that attackers were attempting to disrupt critical water infrastructure. Shadowy actors targeted water…...

6+ day, 5+ min ago   (459+ words) Transparency and precaution apply rigorously to individual citizens and their household products, but evaporate the moment they might slow down an industry Washington has decided to fast-track.... The post EPA’s Double Standard on Data-center Transparency appeared first on The New…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (198+ words) Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:54 — 22.0MB) In a historic victory for grassroots forces, an all-volunteer team of churches and activists secured enough petitions to get three major issues on the ballot for Colorado voters to decide: transgender surgeries for…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (282+ words) Goldman Sachs is building a $700 million campus in Dallas, and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq have opened Texas outposts. The state that could survive as an independent nation is becoming the financial capital of the American interior....

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (408+ words) The state has fined Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, Meta, $942 million for its handling of child safety on its platforms and contributing to the state’s teen mental-health crisis.... The post New Mexico Fines Meta $942 Million as “Public Nuisance” appeared first…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1091+ words) The Trump administration has launched a new cybersecurity initiative ostensibly aimed at protecting Texas water systems from foreign hackers. The state and federal officials present the pilot program called Project Watershed 250 as a defensive effort. But it also advances a…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1099+ words) Jackson residents cannot use the 14th Amendment to sue city officials over lead-contaminated drinking water, a divided federal appeals court ruled Friday. Nor, the court held, do public officials have a constitutional duty to tell residents the truth during a “public-health…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (314+ words) The Netherlands has transferred more than a quarter of its gold reserves from North America to Europe, to be used in a “crisis situation.” This follows a similar move by France earlier this year, which sold all the gold reserves…...