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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★gas-fired power and heating plants
★gas-fired power plant e.g. Gas-fired power plants are replacing coal for electricity generation, but not quickly enough to soak up all of the extra supply coming out of U.S. shale.
★geothermal energy
★geothermal power
★global warming e.g. Against the backdrop of the global warming, the risks faced by our large engineering projects have increased; Global warming affects the safety and stability of these big projects, as well as their operations and economic effectiveness, technological standards and engineering methods; The U.N.'s Figueres said constructing a new international framework to curb global warming was going to be more complex than earlier thought.
★green energy
★greenhouse effect
★greenhouse gas emissions e.g. Experts say the national plans countries are now compiling for that deal are unlikely to add up to the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions needed to keep global warming to an internationally agreed limit of 2 degrees Celsius; China is making "strenuous efforts" and will inform U.N. officials by Tuesday of its proposed national contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, in preparation for the international conference on climate change to be held in Paris this November and December.
★greenhouse gases e.g. This country, the world's biggest emitter of climate-changing greenhouse gases, has sought to shift increasingly to cleaner burning hydrocarbons such as natural gas and to renewable energy.
★haze e.g. Pollution covered large parts of the country's east and centre as measures to curb the toxic haze were ordered to be implemented.
★heatwaves e.g. Unprecedented heatwaves, superstorms, wildfires, rising sea levels -- climate change is delivering serious challenges for many communities across America and around the world.
★hot dry rock geothermal energy
★hydroelectricity
★innovation economy
★low-carbon economy e.g. Putting a price on carbon would be the foundation for unlocking investment in low-carbon economies "with hope for jobs and competitiveness - not a picture of sacrifice and of loss and giving things up"; Investing in homegrown innovation, including the development of new, clean-energy technologies, is a crucial part of the fight against climate change – and is key to keeping America on the leading edge of the world’s transition to a low-carbon economy.
★low-carbon energy
★low-carbon future e.g. Last week, in Paris, nearly 200 countries came together to set the course for a low-carbon future.
★low-carbon growth e.g. We’ll continue to meet our climate finance commitments to help developing countries transition to low-carbon growth.
★low-carbon life
★low-carbon transformation e.g. Puts in place a long-term framework that incentivizes countries to ratchet down their emissions over time in a transparent way with a view to achieving a low-carbon transformation by the end of the century.
★meltdown-proof reactor e.g. With a meltdown-proof reactor, the choice between nuclear power and fossil fuels seems like a no-brainer.
★natural gas
★nuclear power e.g. Nuclear power prevented about 64 gigatons of carbon from being released into the atmosphere between 1971 and 2009; "We're still using the same nuclear power technology we used in the 1950s. A typical nuclear reactor in the U.S. only uses about 5% of its fuel. Tons of energy is wasted on keeping water inside the reactor pressurized".
★ocean energy
★odd-even license plate system e.g. A red alert means around half the vehicles are removed from the roads with an odd-even license plate system enforced.
★PM2.5 e.g. The most harmful pollutant to human health is called PM 2.5, short for particle matter that's less than 2.5 microns in diameter. It's found in soot, smoke, and dust and lodges in the lungs causing long-term health problems like asthma and chronic lung disease; PM 2.5 starts to become a health problem when there is more than 35.5 micrograms of PM 2.5 per cubic meter (written like 35.5 µg/m3) of air, but WHO recommends that PM 2.5 shouldn't even exceed 10 µg/m3; Counts of PM2.5 -- harmful microscopic particles that penetrate deep into the lungs -- in one of the cities under red alert, were as high as 727 micrograms per cubic meter earlier Thursday. The reading is nearly 30 times the World Health Organization's recommended maximum exposure of 25 over a 24-hour period.
★pollutant emission
★pollution e.g. But healthy streams and wetlands can protect communities by trapping floodwaters, retaining moisture during droughts, recharging groundwater supplies, filtering pollution, and providing habitat for fish and wildlife.
★pollution index
★primary energy e.g. By 2035 coal accounts for less than 25% of primary energy, its lowest share since the industrial revolution; Renewables account for a quarter of global primary energy growth out to 2035, and over a third of the growth in global power generation.
★pro-environment e.g. “The Trans-Pacific Partnership（TTP）is the strongest, most pro-worker, pro-environment trade agreement in our history”.
★purified water
★renewable energy e.g. This country, the world's biggest emitter of climate-changing greenhouse gases, has sought to shift increasingly to cleaner burning hydrocarbons such as natural gas and to renewable energy; The country adds more renewable power over the Outlook than the EU and US combined. BP said the biggest danger to the downside for its outlook is slower-than-expected gross-domestic-product growth; and to the upside it suggested the possibility of a quicker-than-projected adoption of renewable energy.
★renewable power
★renewable resources
★smog e.g. The city government has twice this month issued pollution "red alerts", the first time it has triggered its most severe smog warning.
★solar electric system e.g. Since the beginning of 2010, the average cost of a solar electric system has dropped by 50 percent.
★solar electricity generation
★solar energy
★solar panels
★solar photovoltaics e.g. We’ve seen major advances in solar photovoltaics, wind power, advanced batteries, energy-efficient lighting, and fuel cells – and the cost of solar energy systems has plummeted by over 50 percent in the past five years alone.
★solar power e.g. Renewable energy like solar power might seem like the most sustainable option, but progress in renewable energy is moving at a snail's pace; The Country has been also investing heavily in solar power. In 2013, it installed a record 12 gigawatts of solar power. In 2014 the country added another 12 gigawatts of solar power, narrowly missing its goal of 14 gigawatts.
★solar projects e.g. "In March, the City promised to install as much as 17.8 gigawatts of solar projects in 2015. By comparison, the US added 7.3 gigawatts of solar capacity in 2014."
★solar thermal power
★sustainable development
★sustainable energy e.g. Sustainable energy is the form of energy obtained from non-exhaustible resources, such that the provision of this form of energy serves the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
★sustainable growth e.g. Dealing with climate change was necessary for the Country to put its economy on a more sustainable growth path, something the country's leadership has been aiming for.
★tidal power
★water purification system
★wave power
★weather disasters e.g. The uptick in recent weather disasters such as floods, typhoons, droughts and heatwaves had a "big connection" to climate change.
★wind energy
