作者：密马纯 来源：原创 发布日期：08-20
A | PORTLAND, Ore. -- Federal regulators on Thursday approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and top officials in West Coast states, who said it goes against the region’s plans to address climate change and could pose a wildfire risk.The project, known as GTN Xpress, aims to expand the capacity of the Gas Transmission Northwest pipeline, which runs through Idaho, Washington and Oregon, by about 150 million cubic feet (4.2 million cubic meters) of natural gas per day. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave it the green light in a vote on Thursday.TC Energy plans to modify three compressor stations along the pipeline — in Kootenai County, Idaho; Walla Walla County, Washington; and Sherman County, Oregon. Compressor stations help maintain the pressure and flow of gas over long distances in a pipeline. Environmental groups criticized the decision of the commission, which "failed to listen to Senators, Governors, State Attorneys General, Tribes, and the public in its rubber stamp of unnecessary fracked gas in the Northwest,” said Audrey Leonard, staff attorney for Columbia Riverkeeper, an environmental nonprofit, in a statement.Leonard said potential spills and explosions on the pipeline, which was built in the 1960s, would not only harm the environment but also present a heightened wildfire risk in the arid regions it passes through.“An explosion of that level in eastern Washington or eastern Oregon would be catastrophic,” she said.Leonard said Columbia Riverkeeper will appeal the federal regulators’ decision and submit a petition for a rehearing. The pipeline belongs to TC Energy of Calgary, Canada — the same company behind the now-abandoned Keystone XL crude oil pipeline. The company said the project is necessary to meet consumer demand.Environmentalists and officials opposed to the project have expressed concern about TC Energy’s safety record. Its Columbia Gas Transmission pipeline exploded in Strasburg, Virginia, in July and its existing Keystone pipeline spilled nearly 600,000 gallons of bitumen oil in Kansas last December.The 1,377-mile (2,216-kilometer) pipeline runs from the Canadian border through a corner of Idaho and into Washington state and Oregon, connecting with a pipeline going into California.While Idaho’s Republican governor and congress members said that imposing other states’ climate policies would be “misguided,” Democratic officials in the other states called on federal officials to reject the plan. After the vote, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, condemned the decision.The project is “incompatible with our climate laws,” said a letter to the agency by Democratic U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell of Washington.“GTN Xpress represents a significant expansion of methane gas infrastructure at a time when California, Oregon, and Washington are moving away from fossil fuels,” the senators said.The attorneys general of the three states, citing the commission's draft environmental impact statement for the project, said it would result in more than 3.47 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year for at least the next three decades. The agency’s final environmental assessment revised that number downward by roughly half in calculations contested by environmental groups.The agency’s chairman, Willie Phillips, reiterated its stance after Thursday’s vote.“There was no evidence presented that this project would significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions,” he told reporters. “The commission determined that this project was needed and therefore we support its approval.”In its final environmental impact statement for the project issued last November, the federal agency said the compressor stations were in non-forested areas with low to moderate fire hazard. It concluded the project “would result in limited adverse impacts on the environment.”“Most adverse environmental impacts would be temporary or short-term,” the federal agency said. The agency recommended certain steps, such as requiring the company to train its personnel and contractors on environmental mitigation measures before any construction begins. But environmental groups say the assessment didn’t adequately address the harm caused by the project, including by fracking to obtain the natural gas that flows through the pipeline. Fracking is a technique used by the energy industry to extract oil and gas from rock by injecting high-pressure mixtures of water, sand or gravel and chemicals. It has been criticized by climate and environment groups for increasing emissions of methane, an extraordinarily potent greenhouse gas. ___Claire Rush is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.。
B | 在CES展览的一角，有一套国际象棋。
C | 它看起来有点适得其反，既不象高科技产品，也不象人们容易接受。来吧，这是CES。比国际象棋更吸引人的东西有一万种。工作人员展示了这种产品，称之为Square-off。你猜对了。
D | 是国际象棋。但令人惊讶的是，棋盘上的棋子可以自己移动，就像《哈利波特》中的巫师国际象棋。
E | 图片来源：哈利波特和哲人石，事实上，棋子是由下机械手控制，并由磁力移动。你可以和这个板上的任何人竞争。家人、朋友甚至陌生人都可以控制对方的棋局，只要他们与移动应用程序合作。图片来源：在广场后面，一个聪明的棋盘，是一个来自印度的团队。最初的想法是为视障人士制作一个象棋游戏，因为手机和电脑屏幕对他们来说太难使用，而在真正的棋盘上，他们可以打长途，甚至参加一些比赛。后来，Square-off把这个想法付诸实践，让更多的人享受象棋的原汁原味，而不是通过互联网。2016年，他们发起了一场关于Kickstarter的群众募捐活动，最终产生了“广场效应”。你可以随时在家里开始游戏。不在身边的家人和朋友通过移动应用程序控制棋子。这个棋盘和普通的棋盘似乎没有什么不同。真正的秘密就在于内部，操纵器控制磁头，拉动磁性棋盘移动。
F | 他们设计了一个程序来防止棋子互相碰撞。平方有很多用途。最简单的是一个人使用棋盘，对手使用移动应用控制，而不是周围的亲友在空中打架。他们还可以使用国际象棋服务，让不知名的网友也可以谈判国际象棋技能。更神奇的是与人工智能的较量，就像高洁与阿尔法的较量一样，你可以不断挑战自己的极限，训练技能，共有20种难度。Square-off不便宜，有369美元和449美元的版本。虽然你可以享受自动移动的魔力，但对大多数人来说，买一个普通的国际象棋可能更经济。
G | 从Square Off的广告中，他们对智能棋盘的定位也是粉丝们享受的礼物。
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