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2013-03-10 12:43:31| Real Estate - Topix.net

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Bills seek more disclosure, oversight of fracking

2013-03-10 12:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: The growing concern over hydraulic fracturing, the technology that has led to an oil and gas boom in many parts of the country, has caught the attention of California lawmakers as companies seek to expand production in the San Joaquin Valley oil fields. At least eight bills proposing to regulate or tax the industry's expansion are under consideration in this year's legislative session. They include proposals that would require disclosure of the ingredients used in fracking, which uses a high-pressure...

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Bypassing the telecoms: 'Stingrays' allow direct government phone surveillance with little oversight

2013-03-10 02:50:34| Telecom - Topix.net

The third panel at Yale Law School's Location Tracking and Biometrics conference last weekend focused on so-called "Stingray" devices, which is a trade name for a fake cell-phone tower operated by police that tricks your phone into sending its signal to them instead of your cell-phone carrier.

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