国际英语资讯:Yearender: U.S. environmental regulatory rollback a breakdown of the year
<p><span word="WASHINGTON">WASHINGTON</span>, <span word="Dec">Dec</span>. 21-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="of">of</span> 2019 <span word="is">is</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="change">change</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hottest">hottest</span> <span word="June">June</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="July">July</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="record">record</span>, <span word="dwindling">dwindling</span> <span word="sea">sea</span>-<span word="ice">ice</span> <span word="coverage">coverage</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="frequent">frequent</span> <span word="extreme">extreme</span> <span word="weather">weather</span>.</p><p><span word="However">However</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="administration">administration</span> <span word="responded">responded</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="challenge">challenge</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="comprehensively">comprehensively</span> <span word="rolling">rolling</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="environment">environment</span> <span word="policies">policies</span>.</p><p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span>, <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="influential">influential</span> <span word="magazine">magazine</span> <span word="Science">Science</span> <span word="named">named</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="moves">moves</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="backwards">backwards</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="tackling">tackling</span> <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="breakdown">breakdown</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="year">year</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="government">government</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="forged">forged</span> <span word="ahead">ahead</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="range">range</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="policies">policies</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="curb">curb</span> <span word="emissions">emissions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="greenhouse">greenhouse</span> <span word="gases">gases</span>.</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="rising">rising</span> <span word="proportion">proportion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Americans">Americans</span> <span word="believes">believes</span> <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="real">real</span>, <span word="humans">humans</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="contributing">contributing</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="responsible">responsible</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="difference">difference</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="Pew">Pew</span> <span word="Research">Research</span> <span word="Center">Center</span> <span word="survey">survey</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="that">that</span> 57 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Americans">Americans</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="considered">considered</span> <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="a">a</span> "<span word="major">major</span> <span word="threat">threat</span>" <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>, <span word="up">up</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="about">about</span> 40 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2013. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="opinions">opinions</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="translate">translate</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="actions">actions</span>.</p><p>"<span word="To">To</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="deliver">deliver</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="goals">goals</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="strong">strong</span> <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="action">action</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Rachel">Rachel</span> <span word="Cleetus">Cleetus</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Union">Union</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Concerned">Concerned</span> <span word="Scientists">Scientists</span>.</p><p><span word="Researchers">Researchers</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Harvard">Harvard</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="Law">Law</span> <span word="School">School</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="tracked">tracked</span> <span word="environmental">environmental</span> <span word="regulatory">regulatory</span> <span word="rollbacks">rollbacks</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="current">current</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="administration">administration</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="of">of</span> 66 <span word="rules">rules</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="scrapped">scrapped</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="relaxed">relaxed</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="September">September</span> 2017.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="tracking">tracking</span> <span word="effort">effort</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Columbia">Columbia</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="Law">Law</span> <span word="School">School</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="administration">administration</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Congress">Congress</span> <span word="scaled">scaled</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="wholly">wholly</span> <span word="eliminated">eliminated</span> 132 <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="mitigation">mitigation</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="adaptation">adaptation</span> <span word="measures">measures</span>.</p>
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