
Good morning. After weeks of speculation(猜测;推测), the secretary of state for energy and net zero(净零排放), Miatta Fahnbulleh, approved drilling in the Jackdaw gasfield this morning. In a statement, published a few minutes before today’s First Edition, Fahnbulleh stressed that the government remains “resolute” in achieving net zero by 2050.(在一份于今日《第一版》发布前几分钟公布的声明中,法恩布勒强调政府实现2050年净零排放目标的决心依然“坚定不移”。) It has also announced a new wealth fund(财富基金) that will invest tax revenues from North Sea oil and gas into low-carbon projects.
早上好。经过数周的猜测,能源与净零排放大臣米亚塔·法恩布勒今天上午批准了杰克道气田的开采。在今日《第一版》发布前几分钟公布的一份声明中,法恩布勒强调,政府实现2050年净零排放目标的决心依然“坚定不移”。政府还宣布设立一只新的财富基金,将北海油气税收投入低碳项目。
Even so(即便如此), Fahnbulleh’s decision will be a monumental(巨大的;重大的) disappointment for climate campaigners (and I’d bet many readers of First Edition, too). So this morning’s newsletter is about two things: why the government approved Jackdaw, despite all of the arguments marshalled(整理;集结) against it, and, in an attempt to strike a more hopeful note(传递更乐观的基调), what it can do to reduce the UK’s reliance(依赖;依靠) on fossil fuels. That’s after the headlines.
即便如此,法恩布勒的决定对气候活动人士来说仍是一个巨大的失望(我敢说,许多《第一版》的读者也有同感)。因此,今天上午的简报聚焦两件事:政府为何不顾所有反对论据,仍批准了杰克道;以及为了传递一丝希望,政府能如何减少英国对化石燃料的依赖。以下是头条新闻。
Five big stories
五大新闻
• UK news | During the Covid-19 pandemic, and government failures caused the virus to spread “like wildfire(像野火一样迅速)” among vulnerable and elderly people, a public inquiry(调查;询问) has found.
• 英国新闻 | 一项公开调查发现,新冠疫情期间,政府的失职导致病毒在弱势群体和老年人中“像野火一样”蔓延。
In depth: ‘Jackdaw’s impact on UK gas supplies will be minimal’
深度报道:“杰克道对英国天然气供应的影响微乎其微”
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