作为一个环保主义者，笔者比较关注英美主要刊物与主流媒体关于“低碳环保”与“可持续（再生）能源”方面的文章（报道）。在浏览过程中，我也特别留意与其有关的词汇及其用法。
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★air pollution e.g. Last month, air pollution soared in northeast Country, reaching 50 times over the safety levels recommended by the World Health Organization; Last week, the World Health Organization reported that an estimated 8.2 million deaths a year are linked globally to air pollution; Others think that buying bottles of air isn't a practical solution to the Country's air pollution.
★air purifier e.g. Bosch, the German electronics group, recently began selling an in-car air purifier and a small air quality monitor developed in China for the Chinese market; High-end air purifiers such as the Blueair Pro XL cost 23,220 yuan, not much less than the average urban annual income of 28,844 yuan, according to government data.
★air quality e.g. "Coal use in China has actually dropped for the past two years in a row. Three factors play into that: a huge push for more renewable capacity; the structural change in China’s economy; and the government’s concentration on improving the air quality".
★air quality index
★air quality monitor e.g. Origins Technology, a Beijing start-up, sold out of its 499 yuan Laser Egg handheld air quality monitors during this month’s smog wave. There is now a waitlist for the product.
★alternative energy
★bioenergy
★biomass
★biomass gasification
★biorefinery technologies
★bottled water e.g. Imports of bottled water are up sharply in volume terms, rising from 36 million litres two years ago to 46 million litres in the first 10 months of this year, according to Chinese customs.
★carbon capture and sequestration (CCS)
★carbon emissions e.g. the U.S. and countries around the globe have taken historic steps to curb carbon emission; Partners have avoided 5.8 million metric tons of carbon emissions — doing their part in the fight against climate change.
★carbon emitters
★carbon markets e.g. The EU and China pledged to step up their cooperation on climate research and carbon markets, which provide financial incentives to reduce carbon emissions; The EU launched its Emissions Trading System in 2005 and China has created regional carbon markets, with the ambition of creating a nationwide system.
★carbon neutrality
★carbon pollution e.g. In a historic move, the U.S. and China came together and announced new targets to reduce carbon pollution；We must continue investing in these kinds of innovations if we are to maintain our leadership in reducing carbon pollution while also growing the economy.
★carbon pricing e.g. Every country will need to manage an orderly transition to low-carbon growth and resilient development," she said, adding that carbon pricing would be one necessary element of that transition.
★carbon taxes
★carbon-heavy energy supply
★clean energy e.g. For the first time in history, we have a chance to put in place a global climate agreement that will spur countries to take ambitious action that will reduce carbon pollution, support clean energy, and ensure we deliver a planet that is worthy of future generations; Today’s announcements will help ensure that even more American-made clean energy technologies can make the leap from an idea, to the laboratory, to the global marketplace.
★clean energy economy
★clean energy infrastructure
★clean power economy
★clean water e.g. Major economic sectors -- from manufacturing and energy production to agriculture, food service, tourism, and recreation -- depend on clean water to function and flourish. Without clean water, business grinds to a halt -- a reality too many local small business owners faced in Toledo last year when drinking water became contaminated for several days; Clean water is vital to our health; Our economy depends on clean water; Clean water helps farms thrive; Clear protections mean cleaner water.
★climate change e.g. Today, nations of the world have come together to announce a historic achievement: the most ambitious global agreement to combat climate change; No country is immune from the consequences of climate change, and no country can act alone; Climate change threatens some of the country's most important infrastructure projects, the top meteorologist warned in a state newspaper, adding the country's rate of warming was higher than the global average; Climate change is a lever which can push our country's economic transformation; Impacts from climate change like more intense droughts, storms, fires, and floods -- not to mention warmer temperatures and sea level rise -- threaten our water supplies; Around the world, climate change increases the risk of instability and conflict. Rising seas are already swallowing low-lying lands, from Bangladesh to Pacific islands, forcing people from their homes.... Elsewhere, more intense droughts will exacerbate shortages of water and food, increase competition for resources, and create the potential for mass migrations and new tensions.
★climate resilience
★climate resilient investment
★climate targets e.g. China, Brazil, and more than 180 countries representing nearly 95% of global emissions have announced climate targets, or Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs); For the first time, all countries commit to putting forward successive and ambitious, nationally determined climate targets and reporting on their progress towards them using a rigorous, standardized process of review.
★CO2 emissions e.g. Coal accounts for about 60 percent of the country's CO2 emissions, which are causing massive health problems because of the smog they generate.
★coal-burning power plant
★coal-fired generators
★decarbonize e.g. A decarbonized world is now irreversible, irrefutable; Decarbonization refers to shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, and improving energy efficiency, in order to cut planet-warming emissions to a net zero; To decarbonize economies, we will need to begin with extraordinary ambition at the end of this year.
★disaster prevention and mitigation
★emission reduction e.g. In a joint announcement with the United States last year, the country said it would aim to peak its fast-rising emissions "around" 2030, and the United States said it would seek to cut emissions by 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025; All the G7 countries have now put forward our post-2020 targets for reducing carbon emissions, and we’ll continue to urge other significant emitters to do so as well.
★emission trading e.g. The World Bank said in a report that emission trading schemes were worth an estimated $34 billion on April 1, up from $32 billion in 2014, while the value of carbon taxes around the world amounted to about $14 billion.
★emissions goals
★energy consumption e.g. Leaders from schools, universities, hospitals, industry, cities, towns, commercial real estate, hotels, food service — across tens of thousands of buildings — are reducing energy consumption by more than 2 percent per year — right on target for 20 percent.
★energy demand e.g. EU energy demand in 2035 is back to where it was 50 years earlier, despite the economy being almost 150% bigger.
★energy efficiency e.g. The more work we did on this issue, the clearer it became that making buildings, plants and homes more energy efficient was a triple win — a win for jobs and economic growth; a win for businesses’ operating costs and bottom lines; and a win for our effort to reduce carbon emissions and fight climate change.
★energy savings e.g. We are on track to meet our energy savings goal; Using water more efficiently results in lower operating costs, a more reliable water supply, and improved water quality. It also takes energy to treat and transport water, so cutting water use saves energy; In the next year, each recruit another organization to set the same aggressive goal of 20 percent energy savings — or more.
★energy security
★energy supply
★energy waste
★environment
★environment protection
★environmental impact e.g. The remaining three environmental impact studies were due to be completed by the end of fiscal year 2016, which ends Sept. 30.
★environmental quality
★environmentally friendly
★environmentally sustainable e.g. "To me, if I can make my socks in an environmentally sustainable way, reducing my use of energy and chemicals, that makes me a high-end manufacturer."
★fossil fuel(s)
★fossil fuel-driven economy
