The TRAIN Act would nullify the Utility MACT Rule and direct EPA to adopt less burdensome regulations to control power plant HAP emissions.
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For if we gain the power to control the emissions of carbon dioxide, we have gained the power to control every aspect of human life.
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An astonishing 16% of respondents said they would be willing to give up control to the power company even if they received no benefit from lower rates and even if they had no override power over the remote control.
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The power and utility companies like to have control over the power supply and control over the transmission lines.
Second, they are looking for ways to use that information to control the flow of power fast enough to avoid blackouts.
Now five years into the Massachusetts plan, Governor Deval Patrick is about to sign into law a far-reaching cost containment bill that will create an 11-member Health Policy Commission very similar to IPAB except that it will astonishing power to control the practice and organization of medicine.
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The reason the ban is limited to these two countries is that our legal power to control these goods is based on the risk that they could cause harm to UK and other friendly forces.
In addition to the petrol engine and electric motor, the LF-CC hybrid drive system further comprises a generator, a high-performance battery, a power split device which, via planetary reduction gears, combines and re-allocates power from the engine, electric motor and generator according to operational requirements, and a compact power control unit to govern the high speed interaction of the system components.
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Local authorities have been given more power to control where houses are converted to multiple occupancy.
The Fed really had little power to control either bank reserves or interest rates.
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In the short run, however, the province may have little power to control its economic fortunes.
So we've got our kids who are struggling with things that we have the power to control.
The government of Thailand has run up against similar limits to its power to control the international Web.
Inveigling his way into prime minister Indira Gandhi's inner circle, Ambani found the power to control yarn prices.
There should be no doubt whatsoever that these institutions have the power to control the direction of global currencies.
As the government agency that manufactures patents, the PTO has a lot of power to control its manufacturing process.
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Recommendations included giving the council more power to control the number of off-licences selling alcohol, and the provision of English language courses.
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They want and need a government that's on their side, that trusts them, that positively wants to put power and control in their hands.
Meanwhile, some excessively self-absorbed copyright holders have been lobbying on multiple fronts for expanded power to control everything from the Internet to the electronic devices people use to access music or movies.
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"Voices can indeed be changed and the pitch, pace, tonality and voice pattern can be modified to exude power, control, and position someone as the obvious leader, " says Gloria Starr, an image and etiquette consultant.
Omega sued Costco for selling its watches for prices below suggested retail, citing a tiny Omega logo on the goods that it said gave it the copyright holders power to control how creative works are distributed.
Around that time, the cutlers claimed that "foreigners" were largely to blame for poor quality merchandise: "When it is remembered that a 'foreigner' was not simply an alien but anyone, Londoner or otherwise, who was not free of the City - a freedom gained through membership of a mistery - the extent of their power to control the trade will be appreciated, " adds Girtin.
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To the individual, the power to track or remotely control a laptop or phone seems like a good thing.
The decision made in 1997 by Gordon Brown, Britain's chancellor, to remove interest-rate decisions from political control and hand the power over to the Bank of England has immensely boosted the credibility of British monetary policy.
But what about the potential for power companies to control your loads remotely?
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Newcastle University sociologist Dr Judy Richards tells Inside Out that the internet has given women the freedom and power to take control of that aspect of their lives.
If the point is to critique power and centralized control, and the reformers like Mayor Bloomberg are guilty of this approach, then it makes sense to critique the reformers.
Just five years ago, coal was flourishing in the U.S. With electricity demand and the price of natural gas both rising, coal was viewed as essential to keeping power costs under control.
Nintendo's Wii U tablet controller thankfully streamlines that process in a small, but tremendously meaningful way: during initial console setup, you're prompted to sync your television and the tablet controller, allowing the tablet itself to control the TV's power, volume, channels, and input directly.
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