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北京投入5亿元扩建三大供水厂
为保证北京奥运期间用水，目前, 北京市水务部门已经着手对北京三大供水厂进行应急扩建，此次扩建共投入5亿元资金，2007年底之前全部完成。
Beijing to invest 500 million yuan in water supply expansion
Beijing will invest 500 million yuan (US $62 million) in expanding its major three water supply plants to prepare for the 2008 Olympics in the Chinese capital.
“十一五”中国环保投入将达14000亿
“十一五”期间，中国环境保护投入将达同期国内生产总值(GDP)的1.5%以上，投入总额约达14000亿元。
China to invest 1.4 trillion yuan in environmental protection
China says it will invest a total of 1.4 trillion yuan (US $175 billion), equal to 1.5% of the country’s GDP, in environmental protection from 2006 to 2010 as part of the country’s 11th five-year plan.
美国三大品牌汽车排放2.3亿吨温室气体
环境研究人员周三称，由三大汽车生产商生产的汽车一年在美国排放2.3亿吨二氧化碳温室气体，比美国最大的电力公司的排放量还要多。
US: Big three cars emit 230 million tons of greenhouse gas
Cars built by the Big Three automakers gave off 230 million metric tons of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the United States in a year, more than the biggest US electric utility, environmental researchers said on Wednesday.
美国政府将投1亿7千万美元促进太阳能的发展
布什政府周三说将提供1亿7千万美元的资金来让公有和私有的合作机构在2015年前提高太阳能相对于其它常规电力资源的竞争力。
Bush admin to offer US$170 million for solar energy
The Bush administration said on Wednesday it would offer US$170 million to public and private partnerships to make solar energy more competitive with conventional electricity sources by 2015.
绿色和平呼吁中国再次考虑基因改造大米问题
绿色和平周三表示，转基因大米是对中国环境和生物多样性的直接威胁，并不会使农民受益，该组织呼吁中国政府再次考虑基因改造大米商业化的问题。
Greenpeace wants China to think twice about GM rice
Transgenic rice is a direct threat to China's environment and biodiversity and will not benefit farmers, Greenpeace said on Wednesday, calling on the government to think twice about its commercialisation.
中国海南岛遭受全年第二次暴风雨
周三中国南部海南岛紧急召回船只回港，并暂停客船来往大陆，以备战今年第二次台风登陆。
South China island braces for second storm of year
The south Chinese island of Hainan called ships back to harbour and suspended train ferries to the mainland on Wednesday as it braced for the arrival of the second tropical storm to hit this year.
联合国表示：非洲的自然财富是解决贫困问题的关键
联合国环境规划署周二在一项名为“我们的环境，我们的财富”的报告中说，非洲必须利用其丰富的矿产，水，旅游和土地资源来解决贫困问题。
Africa's natural wealth is key to fighting poverty – UN
Africa must harness its teeming mineral, freshwater, tourism and land resources to help fight poverty, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a report titled "Our Environment, Our Wealth" on Tuesday.
山东拨专款打造“清水走廊”
中国山东省将投资约11.7亿美元为其境内南水北调工程段打造“清水走廊”。专款将为解决南水北调东段工程水污染问题启动315个工程项目。
Shandong: money earmarked for 'clean water corridor'
Shandong Province in China will invest more than US$1.17 billion into creating a "clean water corridor" along part of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. The cash will help fund about 315 initiatives by the eastern route of the scheme to combat water pollution.
