British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told the meeting increased production is necessary to ease price uncertainty and volatility. He insisted oil producers need to plough(to invest) some of the petrodollars(指第三世界石油输出国的石油出口收入) back into Britain and other countries in alternative energy investments such as wind farms and nuclear power. (大意是将他们的巨额收益投资到其它国家新能源技术的开发领域还有英国本国)“This gives oil producers the chance to hedge their future production by investing in the alternative energy sources that will be the bedrock of future low-carbon economies." US Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said demand, especially from China and India, was growing faster than supply. Bodman warned without action, the situation will remain unsustainable. For NPR News, I’m Larry Miller in London.
More than 500 wildfires sparked by lightning are burning across Northern California today. One of the largest blazes has spread over nearly six square miles in the heart of the state’s Wine Country. Wayne Connor with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says fire crews are using aircraft in battling that blaze. "We’ve activated a DC-10, which is our flagship tanker. It dropped 12,000 gallons of retardant to the town." Connor says firefighters are having to cope with the sweltering heat (闷热)and rugged terrain(崎岖地区) as they try to contain the wildfires(控制山火).
After the United States consecrated an openly gay man, Gene Robinson, to be bishop of New Hampshire five years ago, the Communion has been fraying at the edges. The conservatives say they are weary of fighting over homosexuality and the authority of the Bible. And so, the Bishops who come from Africa, Asia and Latin America will be meeting in Jerusalem to plot strategy. They represent about two-thirds of the practising Anglicans worldwide , which is why some consider the planning session to be a concrete step toward breaking away. On top of that, the bishops of Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda are boycotting the so called “Lambeth Conference”. Every ten years, Anglican bishops from around the world meet in England to set loose policy on issues of faith, things like gay clergy and blessing same-sex unions. Barbara Bradley Hagerty, NPR News.
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