"Our planet is approaching a perfect storm of population growth, climate change and peak oil," he said.

“我们的星球正走进人口增长、气候变化和石油峰值的完美风暴，”他说。

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Worse, the storm could drive oil in the water up onto the beaches and further into sensitive marshes along the Gulf coast.

更糟糕的是，风暴会将水中的油带入海滨并深入到海岸线内的沼泽。

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The cap halted the oil flow a week before Tropical Storm Bonnie blew through and forced a temporary halt to drilling of a relief well that will seal the leak for good.

封堵油井一周后，热带风暴邦尼来袭，迫使减压井的海上作业暂时停止，而减压井将有益于封堵漏油。

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Some people worry that officials could take their land if it becomes polluted by oil in a storm.

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The President is making these decisions based on the best interests of the country and the best interests of our economy, and the best interests of middle-class families that are weathering the storm of a spike in oil and gas prices.

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Oil companies have also been in the "eye of the storm", but the boss of state-run oil giant Sinopec says the country's oil quality standards are to blame for pollution, Economic Information Daily reports.

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In fact, it's not far-fetched to imagine a perfect storm in which low-priced oil coincides with climbing natural gas prices just as a drought hits the Midwest, ravaging the corn crop.

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