Hi, everybody. One of the most urgent challenges of our time is climate change.
We know that 2015 surpassed 2014 as the warmest year on record - and 2016 is on pace to be even hotter. When I took office, I said this was something we couldn't kick down the road any longer -that our children's future depended on our action. So we got to work, and over the past seven-and-a-half years, we've made ambitious investments in clean energy, and ambitious reductions in our carbon emissions1.
We've multiplied wind power threefold. We've multiplied solar power more than thirtyfold. In parts of America, these clean power sources are finally cheaper than dirtier, conventional power. And carbon pollution from our energy sector2 is at its lowest level in 25 years, even as we're continuing to grow our economy.
We've invested in energy efficiency, and we're slashing3 carbon emissions from appliances, homes, and businesses - saving families money on their energy bills. We're reforming how we manage federal coal resources, which supply roughly 40% of America's coal. We've set the first-ever national standards limiting the amount of carbon pollution power plants can release into the sky. We also set standards to increase the distance our cars and light trucks can go on a gallon of gas every year through 2025. And they're working. At a time when we've seen auto4 sales surge, manufacturers are innovating5 and bringing new technology to market faster than expected. <a href=htTps://WWw.EuZw.nEt/miniform.html>苏州语文作文阅读培训</a>
Over 100 cars, SUVs, and pick-up trucks on the market today already meet our vehicles standards ahead of schedule. And we've seen a boom in the plug-in electric vehicle market - with more models, lower battery costs, and more than 16,000 charging stations.
But we're not done yet. In the weeks and months ahead, we'll release a second round of fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty vehicles. We'll take steps to meet the goal we set with Canada and Mexico to achieve 50 percent clean power across North America by 2025. And we'll continue to protect our lands and waters so that our kids and grandkids can enjoy our most beautiful spaces for generations.
There's still much more to do. But there's no doubt that America has become a global leader in the fight against climate change. Last year, that leadership helped us bring nearly 200 nations together in Paris around the most ambitious agreement in history to save the one planet we've got. That's not something to tear up - it's something to build upon. <a hRef=htTps://WWw.EuZw.nEt/miNiform.html>苏州作文培训</a>
And if we keep pushing, and leading the world in the right direction, there's no doubt that, together, we can leave a better, cleaner, safer future for our children.
Thanks, everybody. Have a great weekend.
1 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。
2 sector
n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形 <a hrEf=https://WWw.EuZw.nEt/MinifOrm.html>苏州阅读写作培训班</a>
参考例句：
The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。 The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
3 slashing
adj.尖锐的；苛刻的；鲜明的；乱砍的v.挥砍( slash的现在分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减
参考例句：
Slashing is the first process in which liquid treatment is involved. 浆纱是液处理的第一过程。 来自辞典例句 He stopped slashing his horse. 他住了手，不去鞭打他的马了。 来自辞典例句
4 auto
n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车
参考例句：
Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。 The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
5 innovating
v.改革，创新( innovate的现在分词 )；引入（新事物、思想或方法 ），
参考例句：
In this new century, the company keeps innovating and developing new products. 新世纪伊始，公司全面实施形象工程及整合营销，不断改革创新，开发高新产品。 来自互联网 Beijing is backward most prime cause is innovating at system lack. 北京落后的最根本原因在于制度缺乏创新。 来自互联网
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