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GWEN IFILL: The president's proposal to cut carbon emissions may not take full effect for several years, but the politics kicked in immediately. In states where nearly all of the electricity is generated by coal, like West Virginia and Kentucky, Demo

中国180万煤炭和钢铁工人面临下岗

Almost 2m Chinese coal and steel workers will lose their jobs because of government policies to cut overcapacity, according to the minister of human resources, highlighting looming woes for Chinas workforce. 中国人力资源和社会保障部部长尹

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BEIJING China, the worlds leading emitter of greenhouse gases from coal, is burning far more annually than previously thought, according to new government data. The finding could vastly complicate the already difficult efforts to limit global warming

中国商务部发布对朝鲜禁运部分矿产品清单

China on Tuesday announced embargoes on some imports from and exports to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). 我国于周二宣布对朝鲜民主主义人民共和国禁运部分产品。 In terms of imports, China banned purchases of c

World Energy Market Adjusting to Japan Nuclear Crisis

The earthquake and tsunami（海啸） disaster in Japan has disrupted that Asian nation's power plants, including nuclear facilities（核设施） that are still threatening the area with radiation leaks. The crisis at Japan's nuclear plants has ca

英国学生科学读本 第51期:一块煤(1)

Lesson 51 A Lump Of Coal 第51课 一块煤 Let us take a lump of coal in our hand. It is black in colour, and it will dirty our fingers a little, but we must not mind that. Coal is hard; but it breaks into pieces if we strike it with a hammer, and s

英国学生科学读本 第51期:一块煤(2)

In the layers of clay and sandstone between the seams of coal we often find the remains of plants very well preserved indeed. In the coal itself it is very hard to tell one plant from another, for they have all been crushed together. 在煤层之间的

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Premier Wen expects mutual trust in Sino-Japanese ties Premier Wen Jiabao says the current Chinese-Japanese ties are sound in general, and called for greater understanding, mutual trust and common interests to further the friendship. Wen Jiabao made

英闻天下——126 Pollutant Surge The Major Cause of Smog

Authorities in Beijing have now dropped the yellow alert for smog. The PM 2.5 index in the capital is now sitting at around 100. While still above the Chinese government's safety standard of 75, the PM 2.5 count is down significantly from the near on

英文短篇故事（纽约）311 A Grumpy DMV Clerk

He went to DMV at 8:30 a.m. to renew his learner permit. He stood in line. He received ticket B211. How can the number be so high the first thing in the morning, he wondered. He sat on a bench and looked at the electronic board. It said A345, B208, C

新西兰英语 564 Why did 29 miners die?

Twenty-nine miners died in the Pike River coal mine in November 2010. The government set up a Royal Commission to find out what happened and why. The third stage of this Royal Commission Inquiry finished on Friday. This third stage tried to find out

新西兰英语 539 Pike River Mine Inquiry

The Pike River Mine Commission is still listening to evidence about why 29 men died at the mine last November. Each day, we hear about things that were not right at the mine. There were money problems. The mine was losing money and the men were under

新西兰英语 547 Mining Lignite

Lignite is low grade coal which contains more moisture than high grade coal and is dirty to burn. Southland has ten areas with lignite. Solid Energy, which is a government company, plans to mine this lignite. The company has plans to build a $25m bri

双语有声阅读：火力发电厂

Coal-fired Power Plants The invention of the incandescent light bulb by Thomas A. Edison in 1879 created a demand for a cheap, readily available fuel with which to generate large amounts of electric power. Coal seemed to fit the bill, and it fueled t

听播客学英语 37 运煤到纽卡斯尔

Have you come across the English expression carrying coals to Newcastle? This is what it means. For several hundred years, from the 16th century until about 50 years ago, the North-east of England was a major coal-producing area. There were literally

辛沛沛NO-BOOK 傻瓜机口语极短句 Lesson 256 The fish is rich in oil.

Lesson 256 The fish is rich in oil. 1.The fish is rich in oil.这种鱼脂肪很多。 2.This area is rich in coal.这一地区蕴藏着丰富的煤矿。 3.It's rich in natural resources.这里自然资源丰富。 4.He's rich in experiences.他经历

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Latest stats from the city's Environmental Protection Bureau show the number of days with high air quality reached 57 in the first four months of 2015, up eight days from a year earlier. During the period, the number of days with severe air pollution

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A FREIGHT train, its dozen cars loaded with coal covered in a light dusting of snow, snaked through the narrow valley, sometimes following the two-lane highway and sometimes crossing it. The valley was silent and snowy, and though it was two days int

CCTV9英语新闻：PM2.5 levels down 14.1 percent in 2015

Among many things, water pollution prevention and control was strengthened. The percentage of water rated at level 5 grade, which is the lowest grade, decreased 6.8 percent. Also, daily waste water treatment capacities for cities and towns increased

【英音模仿秀】煤完煤了

模仿文本：First today it was once referred to as King Coal, the fuel which powered the Industrial Revolution, then came climate change, global warming, and apparently burning desire on the part of world leaders to reduce the carbon footprint and