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...addition, Kennedy has long been a prime mover behind efforts to limit the political and economic power of the oil conglomerates. At his behest, for example, the Federal Trade Commission is now considering an anti-trust rule that would prohibit oil companies from owning the means of distribution--the pipelines. "Major oil companies use pipelines as bottlenecks to restrict supplies to consumers and to raise prices unfairly," he says...
...direct current line is the safest, and along the alternating current line that the alternating current line is the safest," says Crocker. Meanwhile, says Gloria Woida, a dairy farmer in GASP, "The companies came out and told us to put grounding wires on our tractors and equipment to prohibit shock and other side effects." Cows have died from shock and crop yield is down in the Four Corners area, where high-voltage power lines are even lower in voltage than those going up in Minnesota...
...bill now before the state legislature would prohibit construction of similiar storage pools for radioactive waste...
...differences between DOE bills H.R. 2444 and S.210, will soon send the compromise legislation back to the Senate for final passage. Despite some attempts in the house to tack controversial amendments onto the bill--H.R. 2444 included measures to allow prayer in public schools, ban forced busing and prohibit the use of the student fees for abortions--the idea of a Department is alive and somewhat well. Much as they'd like to shelve it once again, lawmakers on Capital Hill are going to have to decide whether or not they want to add chair number 13 to the president...
Commercial trucks and vans making deliveries must leave the area by 10 a.m. on Oct. 1. The city will allow cars to use the roads surrounding the area but will prohibit them from entering. Authorities will permit only taxis and buses with special permits to enter the restricted zone, the mayor said...