One of the top issues this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, was climate change. But the business and political leaders gathered for the yearly event in the Swiss Alps were not the only ones talking about the subject. President Bush, in his State of the Union message Tuesday, proposed rules to increase production of renewable fuels, like ethanol from corn. He also said new technologies are needed to deal with what he called "the serious challenge of climate change." California recently passed rules to require industries to release less carbon dioxide and other gases blamed for trapping heat. Some companies believe it is just a question of time before the federal government could do the same. So they are positioning themselves to have a voice in the policy-making.One possibility for the country is a trading system like the European Union has. Companies would have permits to release a set amount of greenhouse gases. Businesses that stay within their limits could trade their surplus to bigger polluters.
1.World Economic Forum 大写
2.gathered-gather 根据语法应该判断出来
3.State of the Union message-国情咨文
4.ethanol from corn 乙醇，玉米
5.challenge-chanllenge 拼写问题
6.positioning-poistioning 拼写问题
7.would-ought to 注意读音
在本周瑞士Davos举行的世界经济论坛，其中一个话题是全球气候变化。并非只有在瑞典Alps会晤的商界以及政界要人们讨论一年一度的世界问题。布什总统在周二的国情咨文中也提出增加可再生燃料的规定，比如取自稻谷的乙醇。他同样提出使用新技术来应对他所谓的“严重的气候变化挑战”。日前，加利福尼亚州通过条例，要求工业厂家减少二氧化碳以及其他导致热量流失气体的排放。一些公司认为，联邦政府迟早也会采取同样的措施。因此，他们力争在政策制定中占有一席之地。一种解决方法是像欧盟一样采用贸易系统方式。公司给与一定的温室气体排放量。有余额的公司可将自己剩余的份额出售给那些污染量较大的公司。
posted @ 2007-01-29 16:38
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