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...automakers will be required to raise the average fuel efficiency of their fleets to 27.5 m.p.g., up from 26.5 m.p.g. this year. That is a step in the right direction, but an extremely timid one. The Government should be setting much higher goals. An even quicker way to curb fuel consumption would be to boost the gasoline tax, but Bush seems to be locked $ into his "Read my lips" campaign pledge to avoid new taxes...
...world's nations have declared their aim of phasing out production of ozone-destroying CFCs by the end of the century. But that is not good enough for the environment-conscious citizens of Vermont. Governor Madeleine Kunin will soon sign state legislation designed to curb the chemicals more swiftly. Starting in 1993, selling new cars that use CFCs in air conditioners will be illegal in Vermont...
...press conference at which the plan was announced. He went on to castigate the administration of Mayor Marion Barry, saying it "has failed to serve its citizens." Finally, he disclosed a set of measures that may put more dealers behind bars but is likely to do little to curb rampant drug use. Local police will get help from 82 federal agents. A 500-bed detention facility will be built in the District and more beds will be available in a federal prison in Maryland. Drug treatment will gain only 300 beds instead of the 1,040 the city asked...
...crimes as interstate wire fraud are difficult to use against the relatively small swindles usually worked on consumers. The FTC has now joined forces with consumer groups, telephone businesses, securities regulators and banking officials in an organization called Alliance Against Fraud in Telemarketing, which is pressing for legislation to curb telescams. A House bill under consideration would toughen FTC rules on telemarketing and allow state law-enforcement officials, as well as companies and individuals, to sue the crooks in federal courts...
...months. Last week the futures price of West Texas Intermediate, the benchmark U.S. crude, reached $20.15 a bbl., up some 50% since last October. The rally largely reflects an unexpectedly successful campaign by members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, along with several non-OPEC countries, to curb their output and reduce the world's oversupply. Since early January, OPEC production has fallen about 3.5 million bbl. a day, to some 19 million...