几乎没有一个工厂得到过相应的排放批准,他们的排放许可也没有被改变来防止未来的污染。
Few of those plants have ever been sanctioned for those emissions, nor were their discharge permits altered to prevent future pollution.
虽然174个国家批准了公认存在缺陷的《京都议定书》以降低碳排放水平,但美国和欧盟在这一问题上的分歧依然存在。
Although 174 nations approved the admittedly flawed Kyoto accords to reduce carbon levels, the arguments between the US and the EU on this issue still exist.
不管怎样,美国总的来说会接受某些形式的排放控制,这是它在拒绝批准京都议定书时所不愿接受的,而戈尔则推动了美国这些新的变化。
Nevertheless, America is now generally expected to accept in some form the controls on emissions that it rejected when it turned down Kyoto, and Mr Gore has been instrumental in getting it there.
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