4月20日,位于美国墨西哥湾的一座英国石油公司的钻井平台爆炸起火。此次爆炸造成11人死亡,数百万加仑原油流入墨西哥湾水域。
A BP drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded on April 20, killing 11 workers and sending millions of gallons of oil into the water.
五月十九日,他宣布会强行规定更严格的燃油能效标准:到2016年,汽车制造商必须制造用一加仑汽油比现在的汽车能多跑八英里的汽车。
On May 19th he announced that he would impose tougher fuel-efficiency standards. Carmakers will have to produce vehicles that go eight miles farther on a gallon of petrol by 2016.
2008年12月22日,田纳西州流域管理局一座煤电厂的洗煤池溃口,向附近一条河流排入9.78亿加仑(3.702亿升)洗煤水,其中的煤灰在沉淀为淤泥之后被运往尤宁敦郊外的一个填埋点—亚罗海德(Arrowhead)。
On December 22nd 2008, a holding pond at a Tennessee Valley Authority coal-fired power plant ruptured, sending 978m gallons (3,702m litres) of ash into a nearby river, where it turned to sludge.
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