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Anonymous ID: 9e7caa Dec. 15, 2018, 2:34 p.m. No.4326194   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6334 >>6391 >>6456 >>6642 >>6820

President Trump says he wants to expand Arlington National Cemetery during surprise visit

 

https://twitter.com/POTUSPress/status/1074067863818903552

President Trump made a surprise visit to Arlington National Cemetery despite the rain Saturday afternoon as volunteers laid wreaths on the headstones of fallen service members ahead of Christmas.

 

During the visit, Trump told his guide that he was considering looking into expanding the cemetery by acquiring more land in the area.

 

About 400,000 American troops and veterans were laid to rest at the cemetery in Arlington, Va., just outside of Washington, D.C. The burial grounds is facing a shortage of space, and the cemetery could lose space in as soon as 23 years. There is an estimated 7,000 burials at Arlington National Cemetery every year.

There are about 100,000 burial spots left, and only one-third of those lots are below-ground spaces.

 

Trump instructed press traveling with him not to report on the surprise detour. Although he did not make any long remarks, the president did say that the volunteer group, Wreaths Across America, was “doing a great job."

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-says-he-wants-to-expand-arlington-national-cemetery-during-surprise-visit

Anonymous ID: 9e7caa Dec. 15, 2018, 2:41 p.m. No.4326279   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6325 >>6334

https://twitter.com/POTUSPress/status/1074066786344153094

 

California utility, under scrutiny over massive wildfire, falsified pipeline safety records for years: regulators

 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-utility-under-scrutiny-over-massive-wildfire-falsified-pipeline-safety-records-for-years-regulators

 

One of California’s largest utilities company was accused Friday of falsifying safety documents for the state’s natural gas pipelines for years, even after it was blamed for a 2010 pipeline explosion that killed eight people.

 

An investigation by the California Public Utilities Commission found that Pacific Gas & Electric Co. had allegedly falsified data from 2012 to 2017 because it lacked enough employees to find and mark natural gas pipelines.

According to investigators, PG&E "had common knowledge among its supervisors that locators falsified data.”

"Utility falsification of safety-related records is a serious violation of law and diminishes our trust in the utility's reports on their progress," commission President Michael Picker said in a statement. "These findings are another example of why we are investigating PG&E's safety culture."

 

PG&E has been under scrutiny for some time over safety concerns – just last year the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection found that the company equipment was responsible for starting 16 wildfires.

While a cause has not yet been determined for the massive Camp Fire blaze that wiped out the town of Paradise and killed at least 86 people last month, PG&E equipment is being scrutinized. A number of victims have sued the utility, alleging negligence.

 

It’s most notable disaster came in 2010 when a gas pipeline exploded and wiped out an entire neighborhood in suburban San Bruno, resulting in eight deaths.