US Senate Panel To Vote on Climate Change Bill Next Month (2/3)

听写
The Lieberman-Warner bill is under consideration by the Senate environment and public works committee, which is expected to vote on the measure the 1st week in December, when the UN Conference on climate change will be underway in Bali. Supporters of the legislation hope its passage will show the world that the United States is serious about reducing global warming. But the bill is facing s stiff resistance from both sides of the political aisleile. Republicans are taking aim at the potential economic impact of the measure, saying it would increase energy costs and lead to job losses. Senator Christopher Bond is a misory Missouri Republican. “Rising energy prices from this bill, I believe will threaten blue-collar jobs in and automotive assembling assembly still a luminance,steel, aluminum, cement plasticsin and fertilizers.” Democrats generally indoors endorse the canpon cap-and-trade plan in the bill, but appose some oppose the provisionprevention that would allocateelicit free emission permits to utilities, power plants in and other industrial facilities, through 2036. Senator Bernie Sanders is a vermoted Vermontindependent towho votes with the Democrats. “This legislation allows major polluters to continue emitting greenhouse gases for free until the year 2036.”

生词
aisle〔美国〕(戏院、客车等内的)过道,通道。
endorse保证,担保;承认,赞成。
provision预备,准备,粮食,食物,供应,规定
allocate 分派,分配
utilities 公共部门


翻译
LW提案仍在议院环境和公共委员会工作组的讨论中,可能在12月的第一个星期在B举行的联合国气候变化会议上投票决议。支持者希望提案的通过能够向世人表明美国对待全球变暖问题的严肃态度。但法案面临着两个政党政治通道的巨大阻力。共和党提出法案的潜在经济冲击将提高能源成本并导致失业。是密苏里州的共和党议员CB :“由于这个提案将提高能源价格,我相信这将威胁到汽车组装、钢铁、制铝、合成塑料和化肥部门蓝领工人的工作。”民主党多数赞成交易污染许可证的提案,但也有些人反对其中向公共部门,能源支柱部门和其他工业部门2036年前分发自由排放许可的计划。投票给民主党的佛蒙特无党派人士BS议员:“这个法案将使主要的污染排放者继续自由排放温室气体直至2036年。”

总结
难,真是难。不仅今天的材料难,也看到通过一个看似理所当然的法案原来还要牵扯这么多其他的经济和政治利益。其实说到底还是政治斗争啊……不知道明天的怎么样。

posted @ 2007-11-26 14:42 vivianliv86 阅读(7) 评论(0)  编辑  收藏 所属分类: 每日VOA 网摘收藏

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