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FBI Can Hack Computers Without Warrants, Judge Rules

2016-06-25 03:03:11| PC Magazine Software Product Guide

A federal court says the Fourth Amendment does not protect Internet browsing.

Judge blocks rules to restrict fracking

2016-06-22 21:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Washington Post: A crew works on a gas drilling rig at a well site for shale-based natural gas in Zelienople, Pa. The Obama administration is expected to appeal a ruling by a federal judge that blocks federal rules for hydraulic fracturing. A crew works on a gas drilling rig at a well site for shale-based natural gas in Zelienople, Pa. The Obama administration is expected to appeal a ruling by a federal judge that blocks federal rules for hydraulic fracturing. A federal judge late Tuesday dealt a blow to the...

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Obama-Nominated Judge Strikes Down Fracking Rule

2016-06-22 13:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

US News: An Obama-appointed federal judge Tuesday rebuked one of the administration's first and most visible efforts to implement new environmental regulations for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the oil and gas drilling technique that helped unleash the nation's energy boom. Judge Scott Skavdahl, of the U.S. District Court of Wyoming, found an Interior Department rule released in March 2015 exceeded the administration's executive authority, siding with Republican critics who saw the regulation as overreach...

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Judge: US Agency Lacks Authority to Set Rules on Fracking

2016-06-22 07:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: A judge ruled Tuesday that federal regulators lack the authority to set rules for hydraulic fracturing, dealing another setback to the Obama administration's efforts to tighten how fossil fuels are mined. U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl said the Bureau of Land Management can't set the rules because Congress has not authorized it to do so. The judge, who was nominated by Obama in 2011, wrote that the court's role is not to decide whether hydraulic fracturing is good or bad for the environment,...

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