This year Congress tried and failed - yet again - to pass energy legislation to curb global warming.

为了遏制全球变暖，今年国会再次尝试了要通过能源法案，他们再次失败了。

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To boost the market value of efficiency, all new buildings are required to have an "energy pass" detailing power and heating consumption.

为了提高能效的市场价值，所有新建筑都必须有详细说明电力和供暖消耗的“能源通行证”。

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The ecologist is concerned primarily with the quantities of matter and energy that pass through a given ecosystem, and with the rates at which they do so.

生态学家主要关注的是流经某一生态系统的物质和能量的量以及它们的速度。

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The goal of this event is to demand that lawmakers pass new legislation on climate change and clean energy in two thousand ten.

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Utilities are allowed pass on their higher energy acquisition costs to consumers.

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Bush urged the Senate to pass energy legislation and to have a bill on his desk before the August recess.

CNN: Bush urges more refineries, nuclear plants

He's optimistic that each chamber can pass an energy bill and start the initial conversations about reconciling their differences before adjourning.

FORBES: Election-Year Energy

This story dates to 2007 when the Bush Administration joined Democratic greens and corn-state Republicans to pass an energy bill mandating renewable fuel standards.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: The Ethanol Gas-Pump Surcharge