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[Headlines] (HL-사건/사고/법률) Trump Changing Obama Environmental Policies
최고관리자  |  17-04-03 00:40

Acting on promises he made during the 2016 election campaign, President Donald Trump is taking steps to overturn policies from the presidency of Barack Obama. Last Tuesday, the president signed an executive order that takes aim at environmental rules and other measures he says harm economic growth. Trump ordered a rewriting of rules aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions from power stations. Many scientists agree that gases such as carbon dioxide are partly to blame for rising temperatures in Earth’s atmosphere. But Trump says cutting the rules on power plant emissions will create jobs for Americans. "Perhaps no single regulation threatens our miners, energy workers and companies more than this crushing attack on American industry." The Obama administration rules were meant to cut carbon dioxide from power plants by a third from 2005 levels by 2030. Trump’s action also lifts rules on coal, oil and gas production. And it reduces the effect of climate change in other federal rules.
* act on ~ = ~에 따라 행동하다[조치를 취하다]/ election campaign = 선거 운동/ take steps = 조치를 취하다/ overturn = 뒤집다; 뒤집히다; (판결 등을) 뒤집다[번복시키다]/ presidency = 대통령 직[임기]; 회장 직[임기]/ executive order = 대통령 명령; 행정 명령/ take aim at ~ = ~을 (겨냥해서) 비판하다/ harm = 해를 끼치다/ economic growth = 경제 성장/ rewriting = 재작성/ greenhouse gas emission = 온실가스 배출(물)/ carbon dioxide = [CO₂] 이산화탄소/ crushing = (안 좋거나 심각한 정도를 강조하여) 참담한[치명적인]/ lift rules = 규칙을 철폐하다   

Democratic Party lawmakers reaction to the executive order came quickly. “This is a declaration of war,” said Senator Edward Markey of Massachusetts. New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez called it “an abdication of American leadership in the battle against climate change.” Michael Brune works for the Sierra Club, an environmental group. He called the order “the single biggest attack on climate action in U.S. history, period.” Officials will have to create new rules to replace the ones being overturned. Environmental groups are expecting to take the Trump administration to court. But some observers think that because of legal battles and the regulation process, Trump’s order will do little to change Obama’s Clean Power Plan. That measure requires cuts in carbon emissions from power plants. Tomas Carbonell is policy chief with the Environmental Defense Fund, an environmental group. He says the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the legal duty to reduce harmful gases. "The Supreme Court has already held on three separate occasions that EPA has the authority and responsibility under the Clean Air Act to address the threat of climate change."
* reaction to ~ = ~에 대한 반응, 반작용/ declaration of war = 선전포고/ abdication = (권력의) 포기, 기권/ take sb[sth] to court = ~를 법원에 고소하다[재판에 걸다]/ legal battle = 법적 투쟁[싸움]/ power plant[station] = 발전소/ hold that ~ = ~하다고 여기다[평가하다], (신념, 의견 등을) 가지다/ authority = 권한, 지휘권/ address = (문제・상황 등에 대해) 고심하다[다루다]