您現在的位置: > Language Tips > Audio & Video > Special Speed News  
     





     
    Moving beyond talk on climate change
    [ 2007-01-26 10:34 ]

    This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.

    One of the top issues this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, was climate change. But the business and political leaders gathered for the yearly event in the Swiss Alps were not the only ones talking about the subject.

    President Bush, in his State of the Union message Tuesday, proposed rules to increase production of renewable fuels, like ethanol from corn. He also said new technologies are needed to deal with what he called "the serious challenge of climate change."

    California recently passed rules to require industries to release less carbon dioxide and other gases blamed for trapping heat. Some companies believe it is just a question of time before the federal government could do the same. So they are positioning themselves to have a voice in the policy-making.

    On Monday, leaders of ten big companies proposed federal rules to limit the release of greenhouse gases. The companies are members of the United States Climate Action Partnership.

    One possibility for the country is a trading system like the European Union has. Companies would have permits to release a set amount of greenhouse gases. Businesses that stay within their limits could trade their surplus to bigger polluters.

    Since 1995, the United States has had a trading system for sulfur emissions that cause acid rain.

    But some companies think other ideas, like new taxes on polluters, are a better way to cut greenhouse gases.

    Any new rules would hit some industries harder than others. For example, 40 percent of the carbon dioxide from American industry comes from power producers, especially those that burn coal. The United States is the world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide, followed by China.

    On February 2, in Paris, a scientific group established by the United Nations plans to release a major report on climate change. The report, six years after the last one, is expected to take the strongest position yet about the influence of human activity.

    The group is said to be at least 90 percent sure that human activity is the main cause of global warming in the last half-century. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change puts most of the blame on the burning of fossil fuels. And the report is expected to say that scientists around the world believe temperatures will continue to rise.

    And that's the VOA Special English Economics Report. I'm Mario Ritter.

    runny nose : 流鼻涕

    點擊進入更多VOA慢速


    (來源:VOA  英語點津姍姍編輯)

     
     
    相關文章 Related Stories
     
    Drug resistance fades quickly in key AIDS drug Childhood health: life in a 'germ factory'
             
     
     
     
     
     
             

     

     

     
     

    48小時內最熱門

         

    本頻道最新推薦

         
      Vaccination campaign cuts measles deaths
      PK,“北歐歌手”最愛誰
      Life as a teaching assistant in US
      《越獄》1(精講之二)
      Everything you want to know about snow

    論壇熱貼

         
      how to say "彩鈴" in English?
      請教“電子警察“的英文叫法
      "祖傳秘方"怎么譯?
      周星馳的一句臺詞再譯(c-e)
      “不像話”英語怎么說?
      日常口語趣味翻譯(It's fun!)




    中文字幕乱码久久午夜| 日韩精品无码免费专区午夜不卡 | 亚洲av午夜国产精品无码中文字| 久久久久久久久无码精品亚洲日韩| 精品久久久久久久久久中文字幕| 人妻少妇精品无码专区动漫| 无码精品久久久天天影视| 中文字幕在线免费看线人| 欧美视频中文字幕| 亚洲Av无码乱码在线znlu| 国产精品ⅴ无码大片在线看 | 国产精品无码A∨精品影院| 久久久久久精品无码人妻 | 久久亚洲AV无码精品色午夜麻豆| 婷婷综合久久中文字幕蜜桃三电影 | 久热中文字幕无码视频| 无码H黄肉动漫在线观看网站| A狠狠久久蜜臀婷色中文网| 亚洲成av人片不卡无码久久| 91精品国产综合久久四虎久久无码一级| 精品亚洲成在人线AV无码| 中文精品99久久国产| 亚洲av中文无码| 亚洲欧美精品综合中文字幕| 亚洲不卡无码av中文字幕| 中文字幕亚洲综合精品一区| 亚洲视频中文字幕| 日本三级在线中文字幕在线|中文| 中文无码久久精品| 五月天中文字幕mv在线| 91中文字幕在线观看| 欧美中文在线视频| 亚洲一日韩欧美中文字幕欧美日韩在线精品一区二| 亚洲中文字幕日产乱码高清app | 亚洲一区精品中文字幕| 中文字幕精品一区影音先锋| 久久精品99无色码中文字幕| 无码任你躁久久久久久老妇App | 无码人妻一区二区三区兔费| 色欲狠狠躁天天躁无码中文字幕| 日韩精品无码一区二区三区免费|