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2021年2月21日发(作者：婆娑世界)

1Climate Photo of the Week

Throughout California and the Southwest, new energy sources

are being

constructed

（正在兴建中）

and

connected to(

连接到

)

the grid. We are

just

returning

from(

从

…

返回

)

a two-week documentary

trip from Lake

Mead

across

to

(

穿过）

Los

Angeles

and

up

north

back

to

Oregon,

photographing

and

learning

abou t

（学习研究

…

）

the

solar

and

wind

energy being installed. Hydro

power from

（从

…

获得能量）

Lake Mead

nears a dangerous point

because of

（

由于）

the record low water behind

Hoover Dam. More on this

in a later dispatch

（在以后的调度）

.

The

work

on

solar

and

wind

shows

the

success

of

（

< p>
…

的成功）

California's climate

protection

law,

AB

32,

which

is

under

threat < /p>

（受

到

…

的威胁 ）

from

a

wrong- headed

and

perverse

election

proposition

funded by out of state oilmen. We saw

hundreds of

（数以百计的

…

.

）

people at work on the energy future encouraged by the California climate

laws.

Truck

drivers

are

delivering

huge

V

estas

wind

turbines,

and

electricians,

engineers

and crane

operators

work

to

install

the

300

foot

towers

for

Terra- Gen's

vast

expansion

of

the

Alta

Wind

center,

Kern

County. When completed these 190 turbines

made in

（在

…

制成）

Pueblo

Colorado by Portland Oregon-based V

estas will provide 570

megawatts

of power -- and the entire project is estimated to create

more than

（多于，

超过）

3,000 mW.

Solar power is burning bright

all around

（到处）

southern California and

Nevada.

The

nation's

only

concentrated

solar

power

station,

owned

by

（被什么所拥有）

eSolar

in

Lancaster

CA,

focuses

the

sun

on

central

towers

with

20,000

ordinary

mirrors,

boiling

water

for

a

standard

GE

turbine.

The

5

mW

plant

is

a

demonstration

that

this

technology,

used

frequently in Spain and being demonstrated also now in India, is feasible

for

wide

application.

A

new

set of

（一套新的< /p>

…

.

）

thre e

similar

solar

plants is just beginning on BLM land near the Nevada-California border

-- and already employs hundreds. The BrightSource Energy installation to

provide

about

400

mW

of

power,

is

on

land

that

is

habitat

for

the

California

desert

tortoise,

Federally

listed

as

threatened.

So

besides

50

fence

installers,

along

with

（和

…

一同）

road

builders,

engineers

and

security

staff

being

employed,

the

BLM

and

the

company

have

40

biologists

patrolling

the

site

to

keep

tortoises

from( < /p>

使

…

免受

…

)being

killed or injured. Eventually the project will put an average 650 to work

in construction over the coming few years. The animals

--

an estimated

32

of

them

live

on

the

solar

site

--

will

be

relocated

to

（重新定位）

nearby

habitat.

During

the

planning

and

public

comment

phase

of

the

project,

with

input

by

BLM

and

NGO

endangered

species

advocates,

BrightSource reduced the size of the plant and its footprint to lessen its

impact on

（减轻）

the land and the tortoises.

Other energy issues and solutions in the West will

be covered in (

被覆盖

在

)

coming

reports,

including

new

housing

with

solar

roofs,

energy

and

water saving technology, and other solar innovations like

walls of glass

that filter sunlight

as well as (

和

…

一样

)

g enerate photo-voltaic energy.

Meantime ocean temperatures in the western Pacific and the Caribbean

are

extraordinarily

high,

another

reminder

that

global

warming's

effects

are continuing. In the Caribbean, they are

even worse than

（比

…

更糟

糕）

those of 2005 which bleached and damaged so much of the coral there,

including

endangered

coral

species

in

Virgin

Islands

National

Park.

Information, alerts and maps are available from NOAA

2Please see Climate News and Views.

World View of Global Warming

（全球变暖的世界观）

is an independent

documentary

project

by

photojournalist

Gary

Braasch,

now

in

its

11th

year,

presenting a comprehensive look at

（

呈现出以全面的角度）

global

warming

science,

the

world

wide

effects

of

climate

change,

its

implications, and what action is being taken about it. Braasch documents

this change through science reporting and photography from the Arctic to

Antarctica, from glaciers to the oceans. Rapid climate change is occurring

now and its effects are fast becoming one of the prime events of the 21st

century.

Every citizen of the world needs to

be aware of

（知道

.

了解，

警惕）

rapid

climate change:

1. Understand the problem, its causes and threats.

2. Let your leaders know the facts and that you

expect them to act

（希望

他们的行动）

3. Do something today to reduce greenhouse gas output --

please

Take

Actio n(

采

取

措

施

)

Locations

documented

since

April

updated January 2010. Text and photography Copyright © 2005

- 2010 by Gary

Braasch. World View of Global Warming

is funded by

(

由

…

提供资金

)

donations

and

grants.

If

you

would

like

to

contribute,

please click HERE. Photographers' Perspectives on Global Warming

October 14 -

November 6, 2005

was shown at JW Gallery, Brooklyn.

Posters from this exhibit are available. Please email your request.

This project would be impossible without scientists and observers around

the world who have provided hundreds of scientific contacts and papers.

See

Background,

Advisors,

and

Reference

for

documentation,

funders

and major advisors, without whom I could not complete the

work. This

project

is

privately

supported

and

I seek

donations

through

Blue

Earth

Alliance.

World

View

of Global

Warming

is

a

project

of

（一个方案）

the

Blue

Earth

Alliance,

Seattle

Washington,

a

501(c)3

tax- exempt

organization.

The project is supported entirely by donations, grants, and license fees for

the photographs.

Information about

（关于

…

的说明）

how to contribute

is on the Blue Earth web site, or contact Gary Braasch.

Thank you.

For other information about Gary Braasch's climate change projects and

books, please see the books Earth Under Fire and How We Know What

We Know About Our Changing Climate, and the exhibit

in Our World

Link to

（联

系）

3PDF version

COPYRIGHT NOTICE:

Photography

and

text

Copyright

©

2005

-

2010

(and

before)

Gary

Braasch All rights reserved. Use of photographs in any

manner without

permission

is prohibited by(

被

…

所禁止

)

US copyright law. Photography

is

available

for

license

to

publications

and

other

uses.

Please

contact

requestinformation@. View more of Gary

Braasch's photography here

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It’s late November 2009

, and US energy secretary

Steven Chu is leaning against a fake sink in a fake kitchen.

Chu is 62 years old and athletically trim with graying black

hair.

He‟s

wearing a rumpled pin-striped suit, argyle socks, and

gold-framed glasses. Chu is a renowned physicist, a cabinet

appointee, and the winner of a Nobel Prize. But that‟s not

why he‟s now being treated like a rock star. This morning

a

small crowd of

（一小群

…

）

scientists, politicians, and local

businesspeople

are flocking to

（向

…

蜂拥过来）

him because

he‟s got cash, specifically $$75 million in stimulus funds for

the Ohio subsidiary of the American Electric Power utility.

Chu likes to ask questions

—

a

lot of questions

—

and he can

dive deep into

(

深入问题本质

)

the details of any science or

technology issue very quickly. Today he‟s touring a lab run

by AEP just outside of Columbus, Ohio, that includes a

model kitchen

full of

（充满）

energy-saving appliances.

Standard protocol would suggest that he smile vapidly and

hustle along. But almost immediately, he

starts to

（开始）

wonk out with

（与

…

一起工作）

Ray Hayes, the lab‟s

white-bearded manager. They talk power meters and the

feasibility of sensors that can measure which gadget is

sucking down what power. Chu is enjoying himself, his

hands buried in his suit-pants pockets. A small crowd,

including Ohio senator Sherrod Brown, follows the men

around the room

for a while

（一会）

, but everyone soon

loses

interest

（失去兴趣）

and strikes up side conversations. (“I

didn‟t know what the hell he and Ray were saying,” Brown

later admits.)

Finally Chu

is ready to do

(< /p>

准备好去做某事

)

what he came to

do. He walks outside to a tent, where

in front of

（在

…

的前

面）

AEPers and politicos he announces the grant. He knows

that all politics is local, especially in Ohio, a battleground

state with high unemployment and strong unions. This is “a

farsighted state,” he says; he mentions Toledo as the “solar

valley of

Ohio” and

talks about(

谈论

)

the state‟s prowess in

manufacturing.

Still, he can‟t help himself, and after a few minutes he

departs from his prepared remarks. “I just came back from

visiting China with the president,” he says, no longer

reading. When he was there two years ago, there was little

interest in doing anything about climate change or carbon

emissions. “That is no longer true,” he says. “The president

of China, the premier

of China, the vice premier

of China are

all saying, „This is a very big deal f

or us. If we continue

business as usual,

continue to (

继续做某事

)

grow our carbon

emissions, it would be devastating for the world,

devastating for China.‟ But they also say, „This is our great

economic opportunity.‟ And

for that reason

（由于那个原因）

,

they‟re investing over $$100 billion a year in the clean

energy economy

.”

When Chu pivots back to the US, his point becomes clear:

Spending on clean technology isn‟t a feel

-

good sideline. It‟s

an investment that can yield jobs and profit. Someone is

going to invent the technology that cleans our factories and

our air

—

someone in Beijing or someone in the Buckeye

State.

On the

way back to the air port

（在回机场的路上）

, Chu

is

still

fired up about China. Too many times, he says, he‟s heard

American businesses justifying their environmental inaction

by saying that going green would put them at a

disadvantage compared to their environmentally

irresponsible Chinese competitors. Those days, he argues,

are long gone. China‟s supposed inaction isn‟t an excuse;

China‟s rapid action should be a motivation.

After China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, its

economy soared.

As a result

（因此）

, so did its carbon

emissions. To make the products the West demanded, the

nation had factories operating at full tilt

no matter how

（无

论如何）

old or polluting. To create the infrastructure to

support its new economy, China generated unimaginable

amounts of

（许多，大量的

）

energy-intensive cement and

steel. In 2006, China surpassed the US in total emissions.

For Chu, this

makes

China

the key to

（构造

…

关键）

America‟s

energy future. Since the US and China produce some 40

percent of the

world‟s

carbon dioxide emissions, Ch

u argues

that far-

reaching multicountry agreements aren‟t really

necessary. All the diplomatic inertia and endless

compromise make them difficult to achieve and unlikely to

have real teeth. It‟s smarter to deal with China alone. A

massive investment by the US and China, and

a series of

（一系列的）

strong treaties

between the two countries,

would

have a big effect

on

（有巨大的影响）

actual emissions, and the

pacts would also serve as a model and inspiration for other

countries. In part because they‟re such massive polluters,

the US and China have been the two countries stifling

progress toward international agreements. If they could

agree, others would feel the logjam had broken and follow

along. It‟s like a high school movie: Once the jocks and the

nerds unite for a common cause, everyone falls in line.

==== ================================================

=================

The Global Warming

People around the world may feel that the climate has been getting

steadily warmer and warmer

in recent years

（近年来）

. Places which

used

to

（

曾

经

）

be

abundant

in

snowfall

have

frequently

experienced

snowfree(

无雪的

)

winters.

Drought

lasts

longer

in

some dry areas. People find that without air conditioners they could

hardly work or fall asleep on hotter summer daysg.

The side effects of

（

< br>…

的副作用）

global warming are alarminS. A

warmer global climate melts the ice caps, raising sea levels.

What

is more

（而且，

还有）

, it disturbs weather patterns, causing droughts,

severe storms, hurricanes (

飓风

). People suffer a lot from disasters

relevant to

（ 与

…

有关）

global warming.

To stop global warming we should make immediate and continual

efforts. We

hope

the

situation

will

soon

change.

Global

warming

catches and holds our concern, for it affects us and will affect our

later generations. We cannot wait any longer. Do it. Do it right. Do it

right now.

= =================================================< /p>

=============================

Tr

ue Facts about Global Warming

–

5 Facts

December 9th, 2009

True Facts about Global Warming Now on Global warming

effect can be feeling

in daily

（每天）

. But, some people still

think that there‟s no any changing, even they have to agree

the climate is changing. Some facts that strengthen global

warming effect in our life are animal and plants habit,

changes or sooner migration for several [...]

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,

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,

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ECO

DRIVING

–

EcoDriving

is

One

of

the

quickest

ways to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions

December 18th, 2009

ECO-DRIVING Environment Campaign in driving is more

echoed,

as well as

（并且）

by manufacturers of motor

vehicles. One popular way with “eco

-

driving” It‟s how to

drive according to environmentally friendly principles. With

“eco

-

driving” we can save fuel, reduce emissions, and noise

pollution.

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In 2006, China surpassed the US in total emissions.

For Chu, this makes China the key to America‟s energy

future. Since the US and China produce some 40 percent of

the world‟s carbon dioxide emissions, Chu argues that

far-

reaching multicountry agreements aren‟t really

necessary. All the diplomatic inertia and endless

compromise make them difficult to achieve and unlikely to

have real teeth. It‟s smarter to deal with China alone. A

massive investment by the US and China, and a series of

strong treaties between the two countries, would have a big

effect on actual emissions, and the pacts would also serve

as a model and inspiration for other countries. In part

because they‟re such massive polluters, the US and China

have been the two countries stifling progress toward

international agreements. If they could agree, others would

feel the logjam had broken and follow along. It‟s like a high

school movie: Once the jocks and the nerds unite for a

common cause, everyone falls in line.

=============== =====================================

== ===============

The Global Warming

People around the world may feel that the climate has been getting

steadily warmer and warmer in recent years. Places which used to

be abundant in snowfall have frequently experienced snowfree(

无

雪的

) winters. Drought lasts longer in some dry areas. People find

that without air conditioners they could hardly work or fall asleep on

hotter summer daysg.

The side effects of global warming are alarminS. A warmer global

climate

melts

the

ice

caps,

raising

sea

levels.

What

is

more,

it

disturbs

weather

patterns,

causing

droughts,

severe

storms,

hurricanes

(

飓风

).

People

suffer

a

lot

from

disasters

relevant

to

global warming.

To stop global warming we should make immediate and continual

efforts. We

hope

the

situation

will

soon

change.

Global

warming

catches and holds our concern, for it affects us and will affect our

later generations. We cannot wait any longer. Do it. Do it right. Do it

right now.

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