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Many states have already adopted measures to cut reliance on oil for cars, use alternative energy sources to generate electricity, and curb emissions of greenhouse gases.

很多州已经采取措施减少汽车对石油的依赖，使用可再生能源发电，从而减少温室气体排放。

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One of the new measures reduces the share of oil revenues that go to the states and municipalities closest to the fields, aiming to spread the wealth more widely.

新措施之一是降低了最接近油田之各州和市的石油收入持份，目的为要更广泛地分配财富。

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That disaster led Congress to pass new measures to prevent oil pollution.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

Western intelligence officials have reportedly urged each country to boost security measures and to provide better protection for ships,especially oil and gas tankers.

VOA: standard.2010.01.07

Officials say oil is moving onto land, in spite of boom and other containment measures.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

The government has argued that such a ban is needed to "protect communities, coasts, and wildlife" while oil and gas companies implement safety measures to reduce the risks of blowouts and oil spills associated with deepwater drilling.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

We need to take a multifaceted approach to developing oil and gas resources here at home, to developing clean energy sources as well as taking other measures to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and broadly -- not just regarding the price of oil -- but helping the middle class through the measures this President has put forward to get on sounder economic footing.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

The debate on 6 October 2010 was being held to investigate safety measures of oil drilling, following the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.

BBC: Call for moratorium on oil drilling proves controversial