Officials have been more cautious this time, trying to discourage new projects from starting while letting existing ventures be completed.
However, in most states, rules used by public service commissions to evaluate transmission investments discourage multistate projects of this sort.
Conservatives in Congress monitor the Web sites of the agency and its contractors for references to sex workers, gay men or drug users, and have forced the agency to discourage these projects.
It is hoped that this will discourage future projects from establishing parallel and redundant data collection systems, but rather strengthen the capacity of the local government to collect complete and accurate demographic data.
Family scuttlebutt has it that the Navy intensely disliked the designer, John Ericsson, and insisted on construction in 100 days, hoping the restriction would discourage the project.
A separate report from the Commerce Department showed groundbreaking for new housing dropped 10.6 percent to an annual rate of 523,000 units as a glut of homes on the market discouraged new projects.
Nearly six in 10 people thought the government should U-turn on the axing of tax relief on investments in community renewable energy, which has been one of the key factors in discouraging new projects.
As for dynamos running on scrap heat: Cheap energy and grid regulations have discouraged such projects.
OO Utah Oil Sandss Project Is Paused - as weak oil prices continue to discourage fossil fuel projects, showing just how much fossil fuels make the US dependent on foreign conditions, rather than foster energy independence, like clean energy.
In December, the Council approved a new law, which Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg vetoed, aligning himself with city health officials, landlords and advocates of low-income housing who argued that it would be crushingly expensive, would duplicate programs and would discourage affordable housing projects by making it harder to secure liability insurance.
