It powers manufacturing as well as food and commodities production, it fuels transportation, and it is a building block for industries like plastics and electronics.

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California (and the federal government) also pushed the use of natural gas, ignoring the fact that, because everyone had assumed natural gas would remain in a glut, the state and other political entities had been doing everything possible to block drilling, exploration and transportation for new supplies.

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They also block hotel rooms and offer these, with private ground transportation, along with countless optional activities throughout Super Bowl weekend as add-ons to ticket packages.

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It is a building block for a future of smarter homes, cities, transportation, healthcare and others that will be driven by linking the interrelationships between systems and individuals.

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But it would entirely eliminate funding for the Social Services Block Grant program, which helps fund Meals on Wheels, transportation, and other important assistance for people with chronic disease who live at home.

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And it has required all hands on deck, said Kevin Lejda, assistant superintendent of the transportation division, who helped develop the plan to restore service using the manual block.

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But before the U.S. Department of Transportation could grant any permits to Mexican truckers, in 2002, environmental and labor groups filed a lawsuit to block implementation on the grounds that the regulations violated U.S. environmental law.

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