全球油价冲击泰国消费者

Thai Consumers Feel Impact of Global Oil Prices 全球油价冲击泰国消费者 Thailand's energy users are beginning to feel the full impact of rising global oil prices, and economists warn the eff

VOA标准英语2011--Rabbi, Imam and Pastors Defend US Food Subsidy Program

Rabbi, Imam and Pastors Defend US Food Subsidy Program A group of Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious leaders pretended to be poor, as they went shopping in a Washington supermarket this week. Their aim was to protest proposed cuts to a government

What Is the Future of US Nuclear Power Industry?

As Americas nuclear power industry continues to suffer major economic difficulties, some are questioning whether it can - or should - survive. The latest setback came July 31, when state power companies in South Carolina halted construction of two re

US Senate Voted to Repeal Export Subsidies

By Deborah Tate The U.S. Senate has voted to repeal a tax subsidy for U.S. exports that the World Trade Organization says violates global trade rules. The bill, which already has been approved by the

CNN 2011-05-15

The Mississippi river remains near-record stayed across West Tennessee，Arkansas and here in Mississippi as well, swamping residencies, farmland and businesses. A lot of these people don't have flood insurance,and they may have nothing left.In prepa

华盛顿低收入家庭获得太阳能

AS IT IS 2015-09-28 Solar Power Free to Low-Income Homes in DC 华盛顿低收入家庭获得太阳能 Solar panels are an increasingly common sight on the tops of homes in wealthy parts of Washington, D.C. Now the costly technology is moving into a

VOA标准英语2012--Cutting Ethanol Subsidy Might Not Impact Food Prices

Cutting Ethanol Subsidy Might Not Impact Food Prices With the U.S. ethanol industry consuming about a quarter of the nations maize crop, many have blamed biofuels for rising food prices in recent years. The new year brought the end to a $6-billion su

VOA标准英语2015--Amid Slumping Global Oil Prices, Indonesia's Fuel Subsidy Cut Pays Off

Amid Slumping Global Oil Prices, Indonesia's Fuel Subsidy Cut Pays Off JAKARTA At the beginning of this year, Indonesian President Joko Widodo cut long-standing government-funded fuel subsidies. In the past, protests and even riots have followed pric

英闻天下——410 Alternative Energy to Improve China's Air Quality

China's energy production relies heavily on coal-fired power stations. As the world's highest emitter of greenhouse gasses, China consumed more than 400 million tones of coal last year. As many parts of China have been shrouded in a gray haze over th

英闻天下——412 Long Road ahead for New Energy Cars

Worsening air pollution in major Chinese cities has overshadowed the annual session of China's national lawmakers. Pollution control once again became one of the heated topics for panel discussion among the deputies of the National People's Congress

2015年CRI Electric Cars Make Headline Again

Official figures from the Ministry of Transportation show emissions from car exhaust account for 31 percent of the country's total air pollution. In an effort to bring that figure down, the central government has been supporting a series of subsidies

Beijing theaters get subsidy to attract audience

BEIJING, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing municipal government has decided to subsidize large and medium-sized theaters, encouraging them to offer more low-price tickets to audience. From Monday to December, 15 theaters with capacities from 500 to 3,

VOA常速英语2007-Corn-Derived Ethanol Shares Blame for Food Price

By Greg Flakus Houston 16 October 2007 In recent months food costs in the United States have gone up by well over six percent and some economists see government-mandated use of bio-fuels as a key reason. But, as VOA's Greg Flakus reports from Houston

经济学人:德国能源转型 适时求变(中)

The plan will require two transformations, one micro and one macro. The first is an unruly, subsidy-fed explosion of wind, solar and biomass power, a strange mixture of idealism and greed, as one energy boss calls it. The second is the effort to pull

China subsidy mechanism drives rural projects construction

BEIJING, June 4 (Xinhua) -- China's central and local governments had invested 105 billion yuan (16.6 billion U.S. dollars) in its award and subsidy mechanism for village-level public projects by 2011, and around 985,000 public projects were built in

英闻天下——357 Distributed Power Generation Encouraged

The State Grid Corporation of China, the country's largest energy distributor is taking further steps to facilitate the use of distributed power generation. This is an incentive for individuals who have the intention and capability to build their own

电动汽车再次成为焦点

Official figures from the Ministry of Transportation show emissions from car exhaust account for 31 percent of the country's total air pollution. In an effort to bring that figure down, the central government has been supporting a series of subsidies

我国新能源汽车市场增幅大幅下挫

China experienced a drastic slowdown in new energy vehicle (NEV) output and sales in September after authorities cracked down on subsidy scams, the latest industry data showed. 最新行业数据显示，我国有关部门打击骗补后，9月新能源

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0122 - 广场舞大妈会改跳张世超吗？

Topic1-Ministries to Check Subsidy Granted for New Energy Vehicles An announcement released yesterday said that four ministries will soon inspect the use of funds dedicated to the promotion of new energy vehicles. What are the problems with the promo

经济学人386:能源效率融资 钱不是万能的

Financing energy efficiency 能源效率融资 Money for nothing 钱不是万能的 Green loans are proving less popular among homeowners than expected 事实证明绿色贷款在房主中并不如预期受欢迎 RETROFITTING houses to use less energ