Posted by: novaclcc on: July 5, 2009
By Paul Krugman 美国国会众议院终于表决通过有关气候变迁的法案。以政治层面而言,这是不凡的成就。 So the House passed the Waxman-Markey climate-change bill. In political terms, it was a remarkable achievement. 然而计有212名众议员投下反对票。少部分众议员因为认为法案过于不足而投下反对票,更多的众议员则因为不认同必须针对温室效应气体采取具体措施而投下反对票。 But 212 representatives voted no. A handful of these no votes came from representatives who considered the bill too weak, but most rejected the bill because they rejected the whole notion that we have [...]
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