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The Rover pipeline spilled an estimated 2 million gallons of drilling fluid pollutants into wetlands "adjacent to" the Tuscarawas River in Navarre, Ohio, last week, according to a notice of violation filed by the Ohio EPA.

All costs will be borne by Rover, and the Ohio EPA has noted that these notices are not the final action in this process.

More to come.Relatedly: WMFD has some great drone video footage of the Rover pipeline construction, clearly showing how the 100-foot build-out easement affects private property. »

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is planning to introduce an ad-blocking feature in the mobile and desktop versions of its popular Chrome web browser, according to people familiar with the company’s plans.

In one possible application Google is considering, it may choose to block all advertising that appears on sites with offending ads, instead of the individual offending ads themselves.

Google already pays to be part of an “Acceptable Ads” program offered by software company Eyeo GmbH, for example, which develops popular ad-blocking tool Adblock Plus. »

Allowing customers to repair Apple products themselves "sounds like an easy thing to say," she said.

Just ahead of Earth Day, Apple has released its 2017 Environmental Responsibility Report PDF ] with a lofty new goal: ending mining.

Apple says the company is working on a "closed-loop supply chain" that would allow it to stop mining the earth for rare minerals and metals. »

The institute is run by retired senior Russian foreign intelligence officials appointed by Putin’s office.

The current and former U.S. officials spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the Russian documents’ classified status.

They declined to discuss how the United States obtained them. U.S. intelligence agencies also declined to comment on them. »