The bill has been criticised by Greenpeace and others for failing to move aggressively enough to cap emissions to prevent some of the extreme effects of climate change occurring late in the century.
绿色和平组织以及其他组织批评该法案没有采取积极的行动,制定的碳排放量上限不足以预防将在本世纪末发生的一些气候变化的极端影响。
Little has been said in the media about climate change and health - usually what we hear about is polar bears, loss of the ice cap, dying species and flood risks.
媒体总是把注意力放在北极熊、冰盖融化、濒危物种和洪水的危险上,极少提及气候变化对人类健康的影响。
Certainly, any national energy policy that's built on cap and trade or a carbon tax or any other mechanism for fighting global climate change is now dead.
现在,所有以碳排量限制与交易法案或是碳排放税以及其他抗击全球气候变化机制为基础的国家能源政策肯定全都泡了汤。
And, to cap it all, climate change-to which the unfortunate Central Americans have contributed virtually nothing-seems to be increasing the ferocity of nature in the isthmus.
总的来说,风气改变——事实是,令人遗憾的中美洲做没什么贡献——看起来是地峡天然的加增残暴。
AMERICA will not pass a cap-and-trade law in time for the global climate-change summit in Copenhagen next month.
在下个月举行的哥本哈根全球气候变化峰会上,美国的总体管制与交易法案难以获得许可。
Since a federal cap-and-trade bill made it through the House but died in the Senate, energy and climate change have slipped down the list of national priorities.
自从一项联邦总量管制与排放交易法案通过了众议院的批准但却在参议院遭到拒绝后,能源和气候变化议题就滑到了国会任务优先级别名单的下方。
They are both determined to tackle three of its root causes-by banning torture, closing guantanamo Bay and embracing a cap-and-trade policy on climate change.
他们都下定决心要禁止美军虐囚,关闭关塔那摩基地,赞成采用总量管制与排放交易的政策应对气候变化,以此来铲除造成美国形象恶化的三种根源。
The House has already passed a fairly strong cap-and-trade climate bill, the Waxman-Markey act, which if it becomes law would eventually lead to sharp reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
议院已经通过了一个相当强力的限制排放的气候议案——Waxman-Markey法案——如果它成为一条法律,将会最终使得温室气体排放量锐减。
Angela Lash, alerted by a friend via Facebook, has travelled from Pittsburgh hoping that a Republican victory in Massachusetts can kill Obamacare and the cap-and-trade climate-change legislation.
安其拉被其FACEBOOK网站的朋友告知后,便从匹兹堡赶过来。她希望通过共和党在马萨诸塞州的胜利可以取消奥巴马医疗以及气候改变限额交易等法案。
In his paper, Pooley examines coverage of last June's Senate debate over the Warner-Lieberman Climate Security Act, the first carbon cap-and-trade bill to get a real hearing in Congress.
在他的文章中,普利检查了去年6月对参议院就沃纳·利伯曼气候安全法案辩论的报道。该法案是第一个在国会进行听证的碳排放限制与额度交易议案。
Hardy's geoscientist father, Douglas, was stationed in southeastern Peru at the Quelccaya Ice Cap in the Andes for long-term research on climate change.
哈帝的父亲道格拉斯是地质科学家,长期驻扎在秘鲁东南部安第斯山脉中的奎卡亚冰冠上,研究气候变化。
China expressed frustration at the lack of a breakthrough on climate-change talks, but it signaled a slightly softer position on eventually accepting a cap on the emissions that cause global warming.
中国对气候变化谈判缺乏进展表示失望,但在最终接受温室气体排放限制的问题上立场似乎略有软化。
The dissertation is analyzing the water resource system in Minqin Region to find out the following reasons below: 1. Snow line rising, ice cap and ice water runoff reducing because of climate warming.
本文通过对民勤县水资源系统的分析,寻找造成这一状况的成因:(1)气候变暖导致雪线上升、冰盖缩小,冰水径流减少。
The only way to truly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to take the pressure off global warming, is an international regime that puts a cap and a price on climate pollution.
唯一能真正减少温室气体排放的方法,就是建立一个国际制度,能给气候污染设立个限额并制定个价格;
The House voted narrowly, by 219 to 212, in favour of a climate-change bill that establishes a cap-and-trade system to reduce emissions.
美国众议院以219对212票微弱差距通过了一条与气候变化相关的法案。该法案确立了碳减排的总量封顶之下的配额交易体系。
The House voted narrowly, by 219 to 212, in favour of a climate-change bill that establishes a cap-and-trade system to reduce emissions.
美国众议院以219对212票微弱差距通过了一条与气候变化相关的法案。该法案确立了碳减排的总量封顶之下的配额交易体系。
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