They may force changes in the utility industry, the group said, including the shutting down of coal plants that are located near load centers, and substituting power from wind turbines or solar plants in remote areas.
The necessary conditions for dictatorship, Atwood noted, include the shutting down of independent media, which mutes the expression of contrary or subversive opinions; writers form part of the fragile barrier standing between authoritarian control and open democracy.
While no one was hurt and Con Edison says the amount of radiation released was tiny, the accident has had serious consequences, including the shutting of the plant for at least five months, and possibly longer, at a time of tight electricity supplies.
Its longtime ruthless repression of political dissent, including the shutting or confiscating of newspapers, has accelerated even as the international embrace of the regime broadens.
Republican candidates were echoing the Republican platform that advocated the deportation of all illegal aliens, would abolish or cripple whole government agencies (including the Environmental Protection Agency), shut down the federal government over Planned Parenthood funding, and maintain that a fertilized egg is a viable human being that can't be aborted.
These latest closes also include the shutting of Rakuten's operations and office in Austria, although customers in the country will continue to be served out of neighboring Germany.
On Sunday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection – which includes the Border Patrol – shut down the San Ysidro port of entry border crossing when members of the caravan attempted to cross illegally, prompting authorities to take the rare step of firing tear gas at the migrants.
Laptop and desktop computers that include the "auto shut off" feature prevent you from wasting energy, while you tend to other matters.
This summer some ordinarily reliable spots for art in New Jersey, including the Montclair Art Museum, have shut for renovations.
Dodd-Frank also gave regulators new tools to deal with big banks, including the ability to shut down or seize a bank or other institution deemed to be "systemically important".
