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Trump¹ Has A Chance To Pull U.S. Out Of Climate Accord

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Another thing Trump vowed³ to do during his campaign - abandon the Paris climate agreement signed last year by President Obama along with around 200 other countries. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports on how President-elect Trump might make good on that promise.

CHRISTOPHER JOYCE, BYLINE⁴: It probably won't be hard for Trump to dump the climate deal. In Paris, the world's nations pledged to reduce their emissions⁵ of greenhouse gases, but the pledges are voluntary. And Jason Bordoff, a former energy adviser⁶ to the White House and now Columbia University, says that now gives Trump an opening.

JASON BORDOFF: If a country wants to just walk away from their obligations, there's little recourse for the rest of the world other than diplomatic pressure, I think.

JOYCE: Environmental groups argue that the rest of the world could soldier on without the U.S., but Bordoff notes that the Paris deal starts with modest reductions in emissions. The idea was to come back in two years and toughen them up.

BORDOFF: So I think it has quite a damaging effect, if the U.S. were to try to walk away from its commitments, in discouraging other countries potentially from being as ambitious as they otherwise might be.

JOYCE: Or instead of walking away from the Paris deal, Trump could simply drop Obama's domestic climate strategy. The centerpiece is the Clean Power Plan, a federal rule that would require U.S. power companies to reduce emissions. Megan Borge, an energy expert with the Baker⁷ Botts law firm, says the Trump administration could simply gut⁸ it.

MEGAN BORGE: Effectively eliminate the rule altogether or potentially transform the rule into a very different animal. You know, they have options to go that road.

JOYCE: But even if Trump walks away from the Paris deal, market forces are already reducing emissions. Eliott Diringer is with the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.

ELIOTT DIRINGER: Thanks to smart investments and technological⁹ innovations, we've already started on a clean-energy transition.

JOYCE: A transition that began even before the Paris agreement. Christopher Joyce, NPR News.

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

3 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

6 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

7 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。

8 gut   

n.[pl.]胆量；内脏；adj.本能的；vt.取出内脏

参考例句：

• It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
• My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。

9 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。