环境问题挑战新总统(1)【沪江标准VOA080401】
【生词摘录】
emission n.发射,放射,排放
subsidy n.补助金,津贴
fossil fuel n.矿物燃料
pragmatic adj.忙碌的,活跃的,实用主义的
outcome n.结果
magnitude n.巨大,重要,数量
ultimate adj.终极的,极限的
Candidates Challenged to Make Global Warming Priority (1/3)
A new U.S. president takes office on January 21, 2009. Delegates attending the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference earlier this month offered some advice for the incoming chief executive on renewable energy and other environmental priorities.
Bill Becker has a plan for Day One. Becker heads the Presidential Climate Action Project at the University of Colorado, a non-partisan coalition that calls for bold political action on climate change.
"Our mission in this project is to provide the next president with a plan to act within the first 100 days and get as much accomplished as we can both legislatively, but also with presidential executive authorities."
The plan advocates immediate steps to reduce emissions, increase fuel efficiency, end subsidies on fossil fuels and create laws that put a price on carbon.
Roger Ballentine is a former official with the Clinton White House. He says climate change should be a top-priority for the next president, but is uncomfortable with the 100-day action model. Ballentine advises the new president to take a pragmatic approach for getting things done.
"Purely from an environmental perspective the worst outcome is doing nothing, and every day that we do nothing we increase the magnitude and risk and ultimate cost of the problem."
参考译文:
新一届美国总统将于2009年1月21日就职。 参加月初举行的华盛顿国际可再生能源大会的代表们向即将上任的美国总统就可再生能源以及其他环保重点提出了一些建议。
比尔•贝克已经为下任总统提供了一个计划,他是科罗拉多大学的总统气候行动计划的牵头人,这是一个呼吁对气候变化进行大胆的政治行动的无党派联盟。
“我们在这个项目上的任务就是向下一届总统提供一个在总统上任头100天内实施的计划。与此同时,我们既通过立法,又通过总统实施权利来尽力完成."
该方案主张立即采取措施来减少排放、提高燃料利用率、停止矿物燃料的补贴以及制定对碳排放进行定价的法律。
曾在克林顿政府任职的Roger Ballentine称,气候变化应当是下任总统工作的重中之重,但他对这个100天的行动模式表示不安。Ballentine建议新总统采取务实的态度去做这些事情。
“纯粹从环境角度来看,最坏的结果是无所作为,这会让这个问题的严重性、风险性以及最终代价与日俱增。”
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