奧巴馬：環保署出臺污染排放新規定

U.S. President Barack Obama says the Environmental Protection Agency has designed "commonsense guidelines" for reducing dangerous carbon pollution from power plants.
美國總統奧巴馬說，美國環保署規劃了“常識性準則”，以減少來自發電廠的危害性碳污染。

The president said in his weekly address Saturday the proposed guidelines would cut down on the "carbon pollution, smog and soot" 'that threaten the health of the most vulnerable Americans, including children and the elderly."
奧巴馬星期六在每週例行講話中說，這份擬議的準則可以減少碳污染、煙霧以及煤煙。這些污染物威脅着美國最易受傷害羣體的健康，其中包括孩子和老人。

He said up to 100,000 asthma attacks and 2,100 heart attacks would be prevented in the first year of the implementation of the guidelines.
他說，在實施該準則的第一年就能防止多達10萬次哮喘發作以及2100次心臟病發作。

Obama talked about the new plan at Children's National Medical Center in Washington where he visited children whose asthma is aggravated by air pollution.
奧巴馬在華盛頓全國兒童醫療中心談到了這一新計劃，他到這裏看望了因爲空氣污染導致哮喘加重的兒童。

The president said a shift to cleaner energy would not happen overnight and would require "tough choices."
奧巴馬說，轉向清潔能源不可能一朝一夕完成，要經歷艱難的抉擇。

Obama said "as president and a parent, I refuse to condemn our children to a planet that's beyond fixing."
奧巴馬說，“作爲總統和一名父親，我拒絕讓我們的孩子們在一個不可救藥的星球上陷於困境。”