"Due to the prominent siting of the advertisement within the Kensington Place conservation area, its elevated position on the buildings and its use of modern and incongruous materials the proposal fails to preserve or enhance the architectural of historic character and appearance of the conservation area and the appearance of the building and represents an unduly dominant and obtrusive advertisement, " the council said.

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The proposal relies primarily on increasing US production, conservation, and a shift to natural gas.

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Nevertheless, conservation groups maintain that the energy crisis does not dim their current proposal to remove the four Lower Snake River dams in order to recover endangered salmon populations.

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Unlike a speech earlier this month in which he dismissed the importance of conservation, Cheney said efforts to promote energy efficiency were "an important part" of the administration's proposal.

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