Mr Obama's preferred device for cutting emissions, a cap-and-trade scheme, is designed to do just that.

奥巴马先生削减排放的首选策略，即总量控制与交易体系，正是为实现这一目标而制定的。

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That said, new taxes are a tough sell in Washington, which helps explain the current preference for a cap-and-trade scheme.

但是新的税收很难在华盛顿通过，这有助于解释为什么目前人们倾向于限额和交易计划。

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Last summer he said he would vote against a cap-and-trade scheme as a senator, though he had voted for the plan in the House.

去年暑假他曾声称会以参议员身份投票反对总量管制与排放交易方案，而实际上在议会中却投了赞成票。

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Obama's big initiative will be some sort of cap-and-trade scheme for carbon dioxide emissions.

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The whole idea of a cap-and-trade scheme is that you fix quantity, not price.

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The cap-and-trade scheme he wanted to adopt to cut greenhouse-gas emissions evaporated in the febrile air of Congress.

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