"I am not opposed as a matter of principle to agro-fuels," he said. "Although, I think their environmental benefits in many cases have been widely overestimated."

从原则上讲，我并不反对利用农作物生产燃料，尽管我认为，在很多情况下，生物燃料在环保方面的好处被大大夸张了。

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McWilliams rightly concluded, "No matter what the exact figure, the environmental case against industrial meat production remains powerfully convincing."

马克·威廉姆斯得出结论：不管精确的数据是多少，环境状况相对于工业上的肉类生产依然具有强有力的说服力。

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But according to Haddad, no matter what the scientists or environmental organizations said, the public saw it differently: They thought that directly reusing former sewage water was just plain gross.

但是据哈达德讲，不论科学家或环保组织说什么，公众的看法仍是不同的：他们认为直接将从前的污水再用简直让人恶心。

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The environmental tobacco smoke particulate matter reached levels 15 times those measured outdoors.

BBC: Image of a smoke filled room

After taking office, President George Bush ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to study the matter to determine if the costly regulation was worth implementing.

CNN: House votes in favor of lower drinking water arsenic levels

The words climate change or global change or global climate change, whatever - none of them appear in the DOE budget, for that matter, not the Environmental Protection Agency budget, either.

NPR: Budget Breakdown: Defense, Health and Energy