1.   Delegates attending the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference earlier this month offered some advice for the incoming chief executive on renewable energy and other environmental priorities.    

参加华盛顿国际再生能源会议的代表们为马上要上任的总统在可再生能源和其他环境问题上提供了一些建议。

renewable

(a)That can be renewed:

可更新的：

* a renewable membership; renewable subscriptions.

可更新的会员身份；可续订的杂志

(b)Designating a commodity or resource, such as solar energy or firewood, that is inexhaustible or replaceable by new growth.

能再生的：用来标明某一货物或资源（如太阳能或木柴）用不尽的或通过再生长可更新的

2.   Ballentine advises the new president to take a pragmatic approach for getting things done.    

B建议新总统采取实用的办法来完成此事。

pragmatic

treating things in a sensible and realistic way; concerned with practical results 务实的; 实事求是的; 注重实效的:

* a politician valued for his pragmatic approach 因讲求实际而受人尊重的政治家

* a pragmatic solution to the problem 实事求是地解决问题的方法. 

3.   He says the goal is not to subvert a new post-Kyoto agreement, but to contribute to it. 

他称该目标不是破坏新的后东京协定，而是希望对其有帮助。

subvert

 destroy the authority of (a political system, religious faith, etc) 颠覆, 破坏（政治制度、宗教信仰等）:

* subvert the monarchy 推翻君主政体

* writings that subvert Christianity 攻击基督教教义的文字. 

4.   Bill Becker says the Presidential Climate Action Plan details a 'G-8 plus Five' scheme in which polluters from developing countries make early commitments, but defer immediate action.    

BB称总统气候行动计划的详情是一个G8+5国计划，在该计划中，发展中国家的污染者先做最初承诺，但可以推迟立即行动。

defer

delay sth until a later time; postpone sth 使（某事）延期; 推迟:

* deferred payment, ie made in installments after purchase 分期付款

* defer one's departure to a later date 推迟行期

5.   Jonathan Shrier says within the president's first six months, a plan must be readied for the next round of climate negotiations that will set a post-Kyoto agenda.  

JS称在总统上任的头六个月必须为下一轮气候协商做好准备，该协商将会为后京都协议设立具体日程。

agenda

 (list of) matters of business to be discussed at a meeting, etc 在会议上要讨论的事项（单）; 议事单; 议程表:

* What is the next item on the agenda? 议程表上的下一项是什麽?

6.   So we really have to make this a viable kind of arrangement that is going to work regardless who's in the White House after this administration.

所以无论本届政府之后谁会执掌白宫，我们真得不得不做出一个可行的安排，一个有效用的安排。

viable

 sound and workable; feasible切实可行的; 可实施的:

* a viable plan, proposition, proposal, etc 切实可行的计画、提议、建议等

* scientifically, politically, economically viable 科学上、政治上、经济上可行的.