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California Oil Well Drilling Comes to a Halt After Drill Permit Stall

According to state data, California’s oil well drilling came to a halt as the state stalls on granting new drilling permits. The state’s Geologic Energy Management Division, known as CalGEM, has approved seven new active well permits in 2023. That compares with the more than 200 it had issued last year. The stalled approvals represent…


Commons Ethics Committee Wants Cellphone Data Collection Halted Over Privacy Concerns

OTTAWA—The House of Commons ethics committee has called for a halt to the Public Health Agency of Canada’s plans to collect data from millions of mobile phones as a way to understand travel patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic. The committee passed a motion Monday calling on the federal government to suspend plans to extend the…