Beware of bait and switch air duct cleaning schemes
The Better Business Bureau warns homeowners about deceptive duct cleaning firms using low ads to lure customers with mold scare tactics. It cites outfits such as Pure Kleen Priority One Air Solutions and United Restoration active across states, selling costly mold removal after bogus tests. Consumers should verify BBB accreditation check company name and request clear pricing and second opinions before paying. File complaints to warn others.
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U S Weekly Rig Count Rises by One Rig
The Associated Press reports Houston Baker Hughes Inc shows U S active rigs up by one this week to 1 586 total. Of the 972 drilling for natural gas and 603 for oil 11 listed as miscellaneous. Louisiana and Wyoming each up three rigs with Arkansas California and North Dakota up two. Colorado and Texas up one while Oklahoma loses rigs and New Mexico and West Virginia down two each. Pennsylvania and Alaska unchanged. The peak rig count was 4 530 in 1981.
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Western Climate Initiative proposes cap and trade plan
The Western Climate Initiative a coalition of seven western states and three Canadian provinces unveiled a detailed strategy to curb greenhouse gas emissions with a cap and trade system to start in 2012. It targets emissions 15 percent below 2005 in ten years extending from power plants to industry and transport.
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Smartphone apps secretly harvest user data for ads
Lookout Inc scanned nearly 300 000 free iPhone and Android apps and found many secretly pull data from devices and send it to third parties without notice. Data include contacts, photos, texts, and search histories used to target ads, risking hacking and identity theft. The findings were released during Black Hat in Las Vegas. Third parties inject code via developers for purposes like serving ads.
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