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America's Half-Trillion-Dollar Sewage Problem
America's Half-Trillion-Dollar Sewage Problem
Authored by Autumn Spredemann via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
Beneath city streets and suburban neighborhoods, a vast network of pipes and wastewater treatment systems is reaching the end of its life. This subterranean infrastructure is already suffering tens of thousands of failures per year, while exposing millions of Americans to contamination risks.
Utilities, plumbing experts, and environmentalists warn that the scope of the problem has expanded rapidly in recent years. As of 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated that $630 billion in wastewater infrastructure investment would...
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Apr 9, 2026 / Tyler Durden
USPS Pauses Pension Contributions Amid Looming Cash Shortfall
USPS Pauses Pension Contributions Amid Looming Cash Shortfall
Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times,
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has temporarily suspended its employer contributions to a government-wide pension plan after warning Congress that, without changes, it could run out of cash within the next year.
On Thursday, USPS told the Office of Personnel Management—the federal government’s human resource division—that it would pause its biweekly employer contributions to the Federal Employees Retirement System, or FERS.
The move is expected to conserve about $2.5 billion through Sept. 30, the end of the...
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Apr 2, 2026 / Tyler Durden
"Make A Deal Before It's Too Late": Trump Threatens Tehran (Again) As Iran/Oman Draft Protocol To Re-Open Hormuz
"Make A Deal Before It's Too Late": Trump Threatens Tehran (Again) As Iran/Oman Draft Protocol To Re-Open Hormuz
Summary
World's most important oil price hits record high as Trump threatens Iran: "make a deal before it's too late"
Oil drops on reports of Iran-Oman coordination to reopen strait. Iran issues Israel/Gulf logistics hubs target list; IRGC targets Amazon Cloud computing center in Bahrain
US intelligence assessments say Iran is not ready to negotiate given it believes it has the strategic upper-hand, and doesn't believe Trump is 'serious' about talks: NYT
Highest bridge in Iran, connecting Tehran...
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Apr 13, 2026 / Alastair Crooke
Iran’s Determination to Break Out From the Panopticon of Western 360° Containment
The temporary cessation of hostilities across West Asia very much hangs in the balance. Originally, there was to be a cessation of military actions across “all fronts” including Lebanon — that being one of the ten Iranian preconditions to negotiations towards a permanent ceasefire. Trump duly affirmed that Iran’s 10-point framework provided a “workable basis” […]
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