What made that spill synonymous with environmental devastation was that the oil that reached the coast then slurped over 1,200 miles of pristine shoreline.

那次原油泄漏之所以成为环境破坏的同义词，是因为原油到达海岸之后吞噬了1200英里长的原生态沿岸。

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The official said three-and-a-half million liters of oil have already poured into the river and the environmental devastation is there for everyone to see.

官方还称，350万公升的石油已经流入波河，并且环境污染随处可见。

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What made that spill synonymous with environmental devastation was that the oil that reached the coast then slurped over 1, 200 miles of pristine shoreline.

那次原油泄漏之所以成为环境破坏的同义词，是因为原油到达海岸之后吞噬了1200英里长的原生态沿岸。

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They will suffer from irreversible environmental devastation and the permanent loss of invaluable cultural heritage.

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And I have said nothing about the environmental devastation.

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As we continue to think greener and smarter, we'll see new possibilities, like the long-term power-generating potential of an intact Appalachian mountaintop with wind turbines vs. chopping it to pieces for a few years' worth of burnable coal and centuries of environmental devastation.

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