The Competitive Institute (Washington D.C.) announced an energy conservation award to M. Gorbachev and delivered it to the Soviet Embassy on May 1. "In recent weeks Mikhail Gorbachev has reduced Lithuanian oil and gas consumption by over 80%," stated CEI president Fred Smith. "These unprecedented strides in energy conservation, accomplished in what by Western standards is an incredibly short time, demonstrate the importance of looking beyond our borders for new ideas on how to save energy..."