If we make green changes now in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, to use energy more efficiently etc. And it later on turns out that this wasn't really necessary to "save the environment".
如果我们现在就绿色环保问题做出反应和改变以减少二氧化碳的排放量，更有效地使用能源等，而以后的事实却证明，“拯救环境”只不过是杞人忧天，确无必要。
With global warming an ever increasing issue, most people are looking for ways to improve efficiency and save energy - and therefore reduce power-station emissions of greenhouse gases.
随着全球变暖趋势不断增加，多数人都在寻求提高效率和节约能源——从而减少发电站的温室气体排放。
The report states that even ambitious plans to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions, thought by many to be the main cause of a warming climate, will not be enough to save the reefs.
这份报告还表示，即便制定出雄心勃勃的控制温室气体排放的各种计划，恐怕也来不及挽救珊瑚礁了。 温室气体的增加被认为是全球气候变暖的主要原因。
For some reason, they do not make me feel any more inclined to cut my carbon-dioxide emissions or save the world from loggers and nuclear power plants.
出于某种原因，他们并没有让我觉得，他们在努力减少碳排放或者从伐木者和核电厂手中拯救了世界。
WHEN cars run on electric power they not only save fuel and cut emissions but also run more quietly.
电动汽车不仅节省能源，降低尾气排放，而且开动起来也更加安静。
Barack Obama wants to save the world by curbing carbon-dioxide emissions.
巴拉克·奥巴马想用减少二氧化碳排放来挽救全世界。
The trick of managing both to save jobs and the planet will mostly be left to the EU’s Emissions-Trading Scheme (ETS).
既要保证就业又要拯救地球的任务就由欧盟排放交易机制来实现了。
By minimizing congestion, the approach could save money, reduce emissions and perhaps even quash the road rage of frustrated drivers.
通过最小化交通拥挤，这种方法可以节省金钱，减少尾气排放，甚至可以完全消除沮丧的驾驶者们的怒气。
Nevertheless, as cooling and heating are merely two ends of the same process, it could save money and reduce carbon-dioxide emissions.
不过，由于冷却和加热仅仅只是同一过程的两个结果而已，因此其同样也可以降低成本并减少二氧化碳的排放量。
Consumers would save money and emissions would fall.
消费者可以节省金钱，废气的排放也将减少。
Traffic congestion is a growing problem globally, and minimizing it would save money and cut emissions, as well as reducing stress and frustration in drivers.
交通拥挤在全球范围内都是个越来越严重的问题，使之减小到最低限度可以节省资金，减少尾气排放，还可以减小司机的压力和沮丧情绪。
The EU is planning to phase out use of the incandescent bulbs as part of its push to save energy, cut greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.
欧盟正计划逐步禁止白炽灯泡的使用，这是其节能减排、应对气候变化的措施之一。
Simply shutting down PCs at night can save a company with 10,000 PCs over $260,000 a year and 1,871 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, the report says.
报告说，只需要简单地在晚上关机，就可以为一家有1万台电脑的公司每年节约26万美元，并且减少1871吨二氧化碳排放。
Ultimately, curbing the CO2 emissions that are trapping extra heat-and acidifying the oceans, another stress on coral-is the only fix that can save the reefs.
拯救珊瑚礁只有一条出路：抑制二氧化碳排放、减少多余热量，同时要控制海水的酸性，后者也是对珊瑚的一大威胁。
Simple and inexpensive biomass cooking stoves can slash emissions, save forests and avoid lung disease.
简易且廉价的生物质炉灶可以减少排放，拯救森林并避免肺部疾病的发生。
This rather undermines the notion that vertical farming will save energy and cut carbon emissions, notes Mr Head, who has carried out several studies of the idea.
Head先生指出，这项能源的使用肯定会打破这个观念，就是立体式农场将会节约能源，并会消减二氧化碳的排放，Head先生在这一领域已经展开了数项研究。
Overall, curbing population growth could reduce greenhouse gas emissions; reducing peak population to roughly 8 billion, for example, could save 29 percent of expected greenhouse gas emissions.
总的来说，遏制人口增长能减少温室气体排放。例如，将峰值人口减至80亿，将能减少29%的预期排放量。
Recycling these items is estimated to save more than 18m tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year in the UK.
循环再利用这些材料预计可以使英国每年减少排放1800万吨温室气体。
In the last decade, the plant has made big investments in reducing emissions and pollution, but in the long term they were not enough to save it from closure.
在过去的10年，发电厂已经投入巨资，以减少废气排放及污染，但是，从长远看来，还是不足以幸免被关闭。
The German said the switch to energy saving bulbs could save about 25 million tonnes of CO2 emissions per year.
这位德国人称，改用节能灯泡每年可减少约2500万吨二氧化碳的排放。
Sereepisut also hopes the change would help police save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging officers to turn down air conditioners at police stations, Pongsapat added.
据介绍，舍里披素警长还希望此举能减少警局办公室内空调的使用，以节省能源和减少温室气体的排放。
The fall in illegal logging, if continued, could save billions of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions and help the fight against global warming, the report says.
报道中还称：如果非法采伐树木减少可以保持，也许还能吸纳排放出的数十亿吨温室气体，有助于应对全球变暖。
The factory upgraded its emissions controls, but turned them off at night, when the factory would emit heavy smoke, to save money, villagers said.
村民说，工厂升级了有害物排放控制，但为了省钱，在夜晚排烟正浓之时将其关闭。
With lighting accounting for some 20% of electricity use worldwide, switching to a more efficient system could both save energy and reduce emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gases.
照明用电约占全球用电总量的20%，改用更高效的照明灯即节能又减少了温室气体的排放。
If we all bought British and stopped buying imported food we'd save a huge amount of carbon emissions. '.
如果我们都买英国人的东西而不买进口的食物，那么我们便能省去很大一部分碳的排放。
Reducing peak population to roughly 8 billion, for example, could save 29 percent of expected greenhouse gas emissions.
例如，将峰值人口减至80亿，将能减少29%的预期排放量。
That creates a paradox: trying to save the world by cutting carbon emissions means scarring particular bits of it by dragging new power lines through scenic countryside.
于是悖论出现了：减少碳排放拯救地球环境就意味着输电缆将穿过田野破坏地球上一小块美丽风光。
That creates a paradox: trying to save the world by cutting carbon emissions means scarring particular bits of it by dragging new power lines through scenic countryside.
于是悖论出现了：减少碳排放拯救地球环境就意味着输电缆将穿过田野破坏地球上一小块美丽风光。
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