Hotter temperatures lead to higher energy bills and a larger draw on the utilities and greater production of pollution from coal, oil, and natural gas fired power plants.

城市温度过高，使得能耗的费用越来越昂贵，同时也加大了电力公司的负担。因此，发电厂不得不更多地燃烧煤炭，石油和天然气来产生电能，污染物也随之产生。

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Plants fired with natural gas can do this. Nuclear plants, which require 50 hours to restart, claims the anti-nuclear lobby, cannot.

反核能游说团体声称，以天然气为燃料的工厂能做到这些，而需要50小时重新启动的核电站则不能。

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It calls for Xcel Energy to close four coal-fired units in the region, switch another to natural gas and build a gas-fired plant to help meet federal clean-air standards.

要求埃克·西尔能源公司关掉这个地区的四个燃煤发电机组，把另一个燃煤机组更换为燃气机组，并新建一个燃气发电厂，以符合联邦的清洁能源标准。

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In the past 10 years natural gas fired generation has grown 61% while coal fired generation has shrunk by 17%, according to the US Energy Information Agency.

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