VOA慢速英语--Are Forests an Answer to Carbon Pollution?

Burning coal for energy adds planet-warming carbon dioxide, or CO2, to Earths atmosphere. As the planet heats up, experts warn that simply cutting greenhouse gas emissions will not be enough to avoid possibly disastrous levels of global warming. CO2

VOA慢速英语2017--美国矿业公司搁置与印尼政府的争议

An American mining company has suspended work at the worlds largest gold mine in West Papua, New Guinea in a dispute with the Indonesian government. Indonesia wants changes to the mining company Freeport-McMoRans business. It also wants a majority ow

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-05-03

The mining industry is ready to fight the Federal Government's plan for a nine-billion-dollar new tax. In a response to the Henry Tax Review, the Government says mining companies will be slugged with a new 40 percent so-called super profits tax. Amon

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-02-12

Australia's most powerful indigenous land council has thrown its weight behind a push to stop seabed mining. There has been a surging applications to explore for minerals off the Northern Territory coast. Traditional owners on Groote Eylandt, north a

2017年CRI Paleontologists call for urgent protection on Weng'an biota

Fossils found at Weng'an in Guizhou Province are regarded as the oldest ones to be found in the country, if not the world. Recently, a group of paleontologists gathered at the site to call for more protection of animal fossils that could provide clue

VOA慢速英语--大批游客涌入秘鲁的“彩虹山”

A Flood of Tourists to Perus Rainbow Mountain Tourists struggle for breath as they climb for two hours to reach the top of a mountain in the Peruvian Andes. The mountain is 5,000 meters above sea level. The climbers are tired, but happy to see the be

VOA慢速英语2014--加纳金矿或许存在危险

AS IT IS 2014-10-26 Gold Mining in Ghana Can Be Dangerous 加纳金矿或许存在危险 The rivers in Ghanas Ashanti area have a sickly brown color. The land has gashes, holes cut by excavators. The air is filled with the sound of mining equipment.

VOA慢速英语--Demand for Lithium Creates ‘Water War’ in Chile

Parts of Chile are facing a growing water crisis. The Reuters news agency reports the government is taking steps to protect the countrys water supplies from mining operations. But for many years, the Chilean government approved water extraction right

CNN 2010-04-09

CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Hi, I'm Carl Azuz. You're tuned in to CNN Student News. Afghanistan, Iraq, D.C.: lot of ground to cover today. We start things off in West Virginia. First Up: Coal Mine Disaster AZUZ: Officials there are trying to

2006年VOA标准英语-Landmine Monitor Reports Dramatic Progress

By Ron Corben Bangkok 13 September 2006 The International Campaign to Ban Landmines reports dramatic progress in de-mining around the world. But landmines still inflict a terrible toll in 58 countries worldwide, says the campaign group in its annual

VOA慢速英语2016--More Surprises from the Deep Sea

More Surprises from the Deep Sea Researchers hired to study part of the deep sea floor of the Pacific Ocean found a surprising number of new animal species. Scientists at the University of Hawaii at Manoa studied a 900-square-kilometer area in the ea

VOA标准英语2010年-Police Brutality Alleged Near Papua Ne

Amnesty International says police in Papua New Guinea have burnt down homes and illegally evicted people living near a mine owned by the world's largest gold mining company. In a new report Amnesty International calls on the government to investigate

经济学人118:中国煤炭需求增大 黑暗又危险

Business Mining in Indonesia Now you own it, now you don't 商业 印尼矿业 时有时无 China wants coal. But digging it up is a dirty, dangerous business 中国煤炭需求增大，但采煤生意黑暗又危险 CHURCHILL MINING, a London-listed

津巴布韦土地改革问题写上联邦议程

418 Zimbabwe ' s Land Reform on Commonwealth ' s Agenda Ivan Watson Abuja 6 Sep 2001 01:57 UTC Foreign ministers from Britain, Zimbabwe and six other British Commonwealth countries arrived in the Nige

VOA常速英语2008年-Rights Groups Press New Mining Code in West Afr

By Nancy Palus Dakar 21 April 2008 Throughout West Africa gold, bauxite, uranium and other lucrative minerals are being extracted from the land, but local communities benefit little or in many cases lose out. Human-rights and development experts at a

VOA常速英语2008年-DRC Government Reviews Mining Contracts

By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 28 February 2008 Democratic Republic of Congo's government says it will not publish results of a review of more than60 mining contracts but will work directly with the mining companies to renegotiate terms. The government has f

新西兰英语 196 Gold and Oil Mining

The government will consider mining in some areas where there are national parks. The Minister for Energy and Resources, Gerry Brownlee, said that New Zealand is a country which is rich in minerals. In 2008, we exported $2 billion worth of coal, meta

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

南非煤炭地区有世界最糟糕的空气

Patrick Mdluli considered himself to be a healthy person for most of his life. 帕特里克姆杜鲁里(Patrick Mdluli)认为自己一生中大部分的时间里都很健康。 Then, two years ago, the 35-year-old South African moved to Middleburg, a

VOA常速英语2008年-Mining Resumes in Goa Despite Opposition From E

By Steve Herman Goa, India 07 February 2008 Mining, along with tourism, forms the economic backbone of India's seaside state of Goa. Environmental concerns recently halted much of the iron ore extraction, but the way has been now cleared for resumpti