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Though these techniques are once again popular, their full impact on blood conservation is yet to be assessed. But they are already of lifesaving importance to Jehovah's Witnesses, whose faith forbids transfusions of donor blood.
The ordinance, which may formally be enacted later this month, would allow the city council to designate neighborhoods as "conservation districts" and appoint a committee of four residents and one city official to review all plans for construction, demolition, or major renovation of building exteriors. If the panel disapproved of...
Meanwhile, the soaring cost of OPEC oil, which has climbed by 160% in the past two years, to an average $35 per bbl., has spurred conservation. In the U.S., petroleum consumption is down more than 8% from 1979 levels, and imports have dropped by 20%, to 6.3 million bbl. daily...
The Kennedy School of Government may lose some support from the Department of Energy for research in conservation and environmental studies, but "each administration is entitled to affect policies, and make choices in what it funds," Hale Champion, executive dean of the K-School, said.
The board's energy conservation plan will be difficult to regulate, especially considering the backlog of cases now facing the board, Cambridge tenant David Travers said, adding that the 1979 rent control hearings are just now being completed.