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UK Seeks To Rewrite Trespassing Laws To Facilitate Fracking

A large number of U.K. landowners have rejected the notion of wells being set up on their properties due to concerns over earthquakes, water contamination and nature preservation.

Frederick Reese
بواسطة Frederick Reese
Police prepare to remove a protestor from the top of a vehicle waiting to enter an exploratory drill site for the controversial gas extraction process known as fracking at Barton Moss in Manchester, England, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

The United Kingdom is in the midst of an energy crisis. With electric and gas prices rising in what is developing to be one of the coldest winters in recent memory, Great Britain has grown desperate for relief from what has became a political yoke around the neck of the administration of Prime Minister David Cameron. For the Cameron administration,

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Vague Language In MN Drone Bill Could Affect Privacy Rights

Before drone use by the masses takes off, lawmakers and privacy advocates say there needs to be rules on when and where the technology can be used.

Katie Rucke
بواسطة Katie Rucke
Phantom, a drone designed to take photographs from the air, is demonstrated at the Drones and Aerial Robotics Conference (DARC), held at New York University, on Oct. 12, 2013. (Kike Calvo via AP Images)

Despite a plethora of concerns, namely violating the public’s privacy, drones don’t appear to be going anywhere anytime soon. In order to make sure the rules for using a drone are as clear as possible, Minnesota state Rep. Brian Johnson, a Republican, has reintroduced legislation clarifying when law enforcement can use the technology in the

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Fight To Fly: Women Aviators Soar In WWII, Overcome Discrimination

“I wanted to fly up there with the birds. I just felt like I needed to be up there.”

Carissa Wyant
بواسطة Carissa Wyant
These four female pilots leaving their ship at the four engine school at Lockbourne are members of a group of WASPS who have been trained to ferry the B-17 Flying Fortresses. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Before 18-year-old Alyce Stevens Rohrer had learned to drive, she knew how to fly. This made her perfect to serve in the Women Airforce Service Pilots during the World War II era. Better known as WASP, this paramilitary aviation organization was formed to free male pilots for combat roles, thus employing qualified female pilots to ferry aircraft

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TransCanada Pipeline Explosion Shuts Off Gas For 4,000 Residents In Sub-Zero Temperatures

“We could see these massive 200- to 300-meter high flames just shooting out of the ground and it literally sounded like a jet plane…”

Kiley Kroh for Think Progress
بواسطة Kiley Kroh for Think Progress

A natural gas pipeline operated by TransCanada Corp. exploded and caught fire in the Canadian province of Manitoba on Saturday, shutting off gas supplies for as many as 4,000 residents in sub-zero temperatures. “We could see these massive 200- to 300-meter high flames just shooting out of the ground and it literally sounded like a jet plane,”

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German TV: Snowden Says NSA Also Spies On Industry

Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden claimed in a new interview that the U.S. agency is involved in industrial espionage.

Associated Press
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BERLIN (AP) — Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden claimed in a new interview that the U.S. agency is involved in industrial espionage. In the interview aired Sunday night on German public television broadcaster ARD, Snowden said if German engineering company Siemens had information that would benefit the U.S., but had nothing to do with

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US: Afghanistan To Release ‘Dangerous’ Prisoners

As debate simmers between the United States and Afghanistan, 37 Afghan detainees have been released on President Hamid Karzai’s request.

Associated Press
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. military on Monday slammed a move by Afghanistan's government to release 37 "dangerous" prisoners who it says pose security threats, calling the decision a "major step backward." The release of prisoners has been a sticking point in Afghan-U.S. relations as the two sides struggle over a deal allowing U.S. and

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