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By Mil Arcega
Washington, DC
06 April 2006
 
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The state of California could become the first to impose emission 1 caps on businesses to limit greenhouse gases.  California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says his state is taking the lead to reduce the consequences of global warming but critics say it will only help other countries that do not have similar environmental laws.

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Many scientists say the dangers posed by our changing climate are real: drier conditions will lead to more forest fires, melting snow packs will threaten our water supplies, and emissions 2 will continue to affect the quality of the air we breathe.

Lawmakers in California are hoping to scale back the potential damage by forcing businesses to roll back emissions of greenhouse gases to 1990 levels, by the year 2020.


Fran Pavley   
  
If the bill passes, state legislator Fran Pavley says it would be the toughest in the nation. "You have to send a signal to the marketplace that we're serious here."

Pavley says there's good reason to.  California, the most populous 3 state in the U.S., is the world's 12th largest source of greenhouse gases.  Industrial plants and power stations account for 43 percent of that, while about 40 percent comes from automobile 4 exhaust. 
 
 
Jan Null 
  
Although scientists agree the world is getting warmer, meteorologist Jan Null says the cause remains 5 the subject of debate. "The question still remains as far as what percentage of the problem is natural variation and which is caused by man."

Critics say one state regulating greenhouse gases will not significantly reduce global temperatures and will make the U.S. less competitive.  Others say the most immediate 6 results will be higher energy prices, and lower returns on investments in California.
 

Allan Zaremberg   
  
Allan Zaremberg, at the California Chamber 7 of Commerce, says the bill will hurt businesses, which will be forced to pass the costs to consumers or move their companies elsewhere. "You can't just make arbitrary caps without regard to jobs, without regard to costs."

A California study pegs 8 the cost of implementing 9 the bill at $7.9 billion.  Environmental groups applaud California's efforts, but mining and manufacturing industries say the benefit will go to countries with less stringent 10 controls, such as India and China.

The plan is similar to the Kyoto Protocol 11, which calls for substantial reductions to the world's greenhouse emissions by 2010.  President Bush, who declined to take part in the 1997 agreement, has said nationwide compliance 12 would cost at least 5 million jobs in the U.S.



n.发出物,散发物;发出,散发
  • Rigorous measures will be taken to reduce the total pollutant emission.采取严格有力措施,降低污染物排放总量。
  • Finally,the way to effectively control particulate emission is pointed out.最后,指出有效降低颗粒排放的方向。
排放物( emission的名词复数 ); 散发物(尤指气体)
  • Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
  • Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。
adj.人口稠密的,人口众多的
  • London is the most populous area of Britain.伦敦是英国人口最稠密的地区。
  • China is the most populous developing country in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的发展中国家。
n.汽车,机动车
  • He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
  • The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所
  • For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说,牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
  • The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
n.衣夹( peg的名词复数 );挂钉;系帐篷的桩;弦钮v.用夹子或钉子固定( peg的第三人称单数 );使固定在某水平
  • She hung up the shirt with two (clothes) pegs. 她用两只衣夹挂上衬衫。 来自辞典例句
  • The vice-presidents were all square pegs in round holes. 各位副总裁也都安排得不得其所。 来自辞典例句
v.实现( implement的现在分词 );执行;贯彻;使生效
  • -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
  • He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句
adj.严厉的;令人信服的;银根紧的
  • Financiers are calling for a relaxation of these stringent measures.金融家呼吁对这些严厉的措施予以放宽。
  • Some of the conditions in the contract are too stringent.合同中有几项条件太苛刻。
n.议定书,草约,会谈记录,外交礼节
  • We must observe the correct protocol.我们必须遵守应有的礼仪。
  • The statesmen signed a protocol.那些政治家签了议定书。
n.顺从;服从;附和;屈从
  • I was surprised by his compliance with these terms.我对他竟然依从了这些条件而感到吃惊。
  • She gave up the idea in compliance with his desire.她顺从他的愿望而放弃自己的主意。
学英语单词
abannition
adduction ion
anti-curl cutter fax
antineutrino
antorbital cartilage
attaintment
BeV (Billion-electron-Volt)
BLLE
Bog Eyed
camera hoisting equipment
cast in oil lead
contacting plug
cost per click
cotyledon toxin
couple something with something
crash trolley
crucial element
crucifixionlike
cup head pin
cupping jar
delinting buffer of cotton seed
different parity
disagreeable smelling gas
disspirit
effective power
elatior
electrolyzing cell
felches
flat wire bar system
flea collar
forced fluidized bed
four-wheeled scraper
fuck start
gesang
give an index to
go-team
gradient speed
hot swelling
hum-bucking coil
hybrid multiplexer
Ichthyodea
irspile
iure
Kunminia
lichtenberger
major decoupling
Malevka
material handling application
mechanical-efficiency
microdissect
micrometeorology
missay
multipoint straightening
nanoscience
negative tetrahedron
New Weird America
Nicd battery
nobilified
non-linear navigation
order cycle period
overbrake
Paenungulata
pegging back
ploughing on
Pogoonatherum
praxeologically
primary cutting angles
radioactiv
rattlesnake ferns
read-write station
right-hand coordinate system
seahawk sonar
single annular tuyere
single-address code
sir anthony
slide rule diagram
social prestige
soil water in liquid phase
sonic signal
South American fox
sphere valve
spinternet
stirring of the dry bones
stratocumulus radiatus
sulfur deposit
suprasternal space
teleprinter terminal unit
thermionic work function
thermocaustica
tomatid-5-ene-3-ol
Tonota
total demineralization
Touba Bogo
tragino
tri-pole
Twinkie defense
uninitiated
United Nations charter
vased
Virchow-Seckel syndrome
Voltage Transients