VOA标准英语10月-Environmentalists Say Renewable Energy Brings Eco

A new report said investing in renewable energy would not only help reduce heat-trapping greenhouse gasses, but create a booming industry and help the global financial crisis. From Paris, Lisa Bryant has more on the report.

The report from environmental group Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council offers ambitious proposals for switching to renewable energy and conserving¹ power. The report outlined why the groups believe doing so could help fire up the world economy, which is facing its worse financial crisis in decades.

The study is being released before the international climate change meeting in December.

The two environmental groups argue that through energy efficiency and aggressive use of renewable energy such as wind, solar and geothermal, the world can cut trillions of dollars in energy spending. The study claimed that before this century ends all the world's energy needs could come from renewable sources - if the political will exists to make that switch.
　

An EU ministerial meeting in Luxembourg on 20 Oct. 2008 discussed Europe's climate change policies and goals

The climate and energy policy director for Greenpeace's European office in Brussels, Joris den² Blanken said the report should allay³ fears the costs of cutting evironmental pollution are too great.

He said, "The message we are sending is that renewable energy is a win-win-win situation. It creates jobs, it reignites the destabilized economy we have now and it will also improve the structure of the economy - it will make it less dependent on fossil fuels, which are increasingly volatile⁴. And it also reduces future emissions⁵."

Den Blanken said the report should bolster⁶ European arguments to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by the year 2020.

The groups also claim that developing countries - particularly rising heavyweights India and China - will be able to tap the energy they need to grow their economies without paying a heavy price.

1 conserving   

v.保护，保藏，保存( conserve的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Contour planning with or without terracing is effective in conserving both soil and moisture. 顺等高线栽植，无论做或不做梯田对于保持水土都能有效。 来自辞典例句
• Economic savings, consistent with a conserving society and the public philosophy. 经济节约，符合创建节约型社会的公共理念。 来自互联网

2 den   

n.兽穴；秘密地方；安静的小房间，私室

参考例句：

• There is a big fox den on the back hill.后山有一个很大的狐狸窝。
• The only way to catch tiger cubs is to go into tiger's den.不入虎穴焉得虎子。

3 allay   

v.消除，减轻(恐惧、怀疑等)

参考例句：

• The police tried to allay her fears but failed.警察力图减轻她的恐惧，但是没有收到什么效果。
• They are trying to allay public fears about the spread of the disease.他们正竭力减轻公众对这种疾病传播的恐惧。

4 volatile   

adj.反复无常的，挥发性的，稍纵即逝的，脾气火爆的；n.挥发性物质

参考例句：

• With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定，投资冒着很大的风险。
• His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱，喜怒无常。

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 bolster   

n.枕垫；v.支持，鼓励

参考例句：

• The high interest rates helped to bolster up the economy.高利率使经济更稳健。
• He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。