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Telecoms want FCC out of broadband regulation

2013-09-13 06:16:25| IT Services - Topix.net

As phone companies retool their businesses for the Internet, they are calling on Washington, D.C., to liberate them from their longtime overseer, the Federal Communications Commission .

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California Legislature passes fracking regulation bill

2013-09-11 22:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LA Times: A heavily lobbied bill that would give California the nation's toughest regulation of a controversial oil drilling technique won easy passage Wednesday from the Legislature. The bill now goes to Gov. Jerry Brown, who said Wednesday that he would sign it into law. At issue is the practice of hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking. It is a process that involves injecting mixtures of sand, water and chemicals to free oil and natural gas trapped deep underground in shale formations. The...

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E-Cigarette Use Doubles Among U.S. Students as Regulation Looms

2013-09-06 08:57:06| Biotech - Topix.net

The share of U.S. students in middle school and high school who used electronic cigarettes last year doubled, according to a survey that may affect how much oversight regulators place on the nicotine products.

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