中国减少使用煤炭以控制空气污染

Air pollution decreased in China in 2015 after it used less coal.

2015年减少使用煤炭之后中国的空气质量有所好转。

Coal use fell almost 4 percent last year. By burning less coal, the Chinese cut carbon dioxide in the air by 2.5 percent.

去年，煤炭的使用量较少了近4%。通过减少燃烧煤，中国的碳排放量减少了2.5%。

Carbon dioxide is a major part of air pollution, also called greenhouse gases. It is released into the air when coal is burned.

二氧化碳也被称作温室气体，是主要的空气污染物，在碳燃烧时排放到空气中。

“China is very serious about tackling air pollution,” said Lauri Myllyvirta of Greenpeace, an environment advocacy group.

“中国正在着力控制空气污染。”绿色和平组织的Lauri Myllyvirta说。该组织是一个环保组织。

Twenty years of economic growth made China the world’s top producer of air pollution and greenhouse gases. The country has moved to hydro, nuclear and solar power and that has cut coal use.

20年的经济发展使中国成为世界上空气污染物和温室气体排放最严重的国家。中国正在向水力，核能和太阳能转型，并减少使用煤炭。

I’m Jim Dresbach.

我是吉姆·德雷斯巴赫。

China Cut Pollution By Using Less Coal

Air pollution decreased in China in 2015 after it used less coal.

Coal use fell almost 4 percent last year. By burning less coal, the Chinese cut carbon dioxide in the air by 2.5 percent.

Carbon dioxide is a major part of air pollution, also called greenhouse gases. It is released into the air when coal is burned.

“China is very serious about tackling air pollution,” said Lauri Myllyvirta of Greenpeace, an environment advocacy group.

Twenty years of economic growth made China the world’s top producer of air pollution and greenhouse gases. The country has moved to hydro, nuclear and solar power and that has cut coal use.

I’m Jim Dresbach.

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carbon dioxide – n. a gas that is produced when people and animals breathe out or when certain fuels are burned and that is used by plants for energy

tackling – v. to deal with something difficult

greenhouse gas – n. a gas, like carbon dioxide, that absorbs infrared radiation and trap heat in the air