吉米·卡特45年前就提出了气候变化担忧
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When Jimmy Carter ran for president, he wanted the color green to be used in his campaign instead of red, white and blue.
当吉米·卡特竞选总统时，他希望在他的竞选中使用绿色，而不是红色、白色和蓝色。
Green showed up on almost everything related to his campaign.
格林几乎出现在与他竞选相关的所有事物上。
It was meant to show the importance he placed on environmental policy.
这是为了表明他对环境政策的重视。
Nearly 50 years later, environmental activists celebrate the legacy of Carter, who died on December 29 at the age of 100.
近50年后，环保活动人士庆祝卡特的遗产，他于12月29日去世，享年100岁。
They say he was concerned about protecting the environment and climate issues.
他们说，他关心保护环境和气候问题。
Manish Bapna leads the Natural Resources Defense Council.
马尼什·巴普纳领导自然资源保护委员会。
Bapna said Carter was ahead of his time because he was calling for cuts in gas emissions before anyone else was talking about "climate change."
巴普纳说，卡特领先于他的时代，因为早在其他人谈论“气候变化”之前，他就呼吁减少气体排放。
Wearing sweaters and setting standards
穿着毛衣，树立标准
Former Vice President Al Gore received the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for helping to put the climate crisis on the political agenda.
美国前副总统阿尔·戈尔因推动气候危机列入政治议程而荣获2007年诺贝尔和平奖。
Gore called Carter "a lifelong role model for the entire environmental movement."
戈尔称卡特是“整个环保运动终身的榜样”。
President Carter approved the first U.S. efficiency standards for passenger vehicles and household appliances.
卡特总统批准了美国首项针对乘用车和家用电器的能效标准。
He created the U.S. Department of Energy which supported energy research.
他创建了美国能源部，以支持能源研究。
He more than doubled the amount of wilderness area under National Park Service control.
他将国家公园管理局控制的荒野面积增加了一倍多。
Carter asked Americans to save energy through personal sacrifice, including driving less and turning down their heat in winter during worldwide fuel shortages.
卡特呼吁美国人通过个人牺牲来节约能源，包括在全球燃料短缺期间减少驾车出行和冬季调低暖气温度。
He reduced the temperature in the White House in the winter.
他在冬天调低了白宫的温度。
He wore a sweater during his talks to the nation instead of a traditional suit.
他在向全国发表讲话时穿了一件毛衣，而不是传统的西装。
He pushed renewable energy aiming to reduce dependence on oil and gas.
他推动可再生能源，旨在减少对石油和天然气的依赖。
Dealing with climate change
应对气候变化
Carter left office in 1981 shortly after receiving a report linking the use of oil, coal and gas, called fossil fuels, to rising carbon dioxide levels in Earth's atmosphere.
卡特在1981年离任，此前不久他收到一份报告，指出石油、煤炭和天然气等化石燃料的使用与地球大气中二氧化碳水平上升有关。
Carter's top environmental advisers urged "immediate" cuts to the burning of carbon fuels to reduce what scientists called "carbon dioxide pollution."
卡特的高级环境顾问敦促“立即”减少碳燃料的燃烧，以减少科学家所称的“二氧化碳污染”。
The report called for limiting worldwide average temperature increases to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
该报告呼吁将全球平均气温升幅限制在工业化前水平以上2摄氏度以内。
Thirty-five years later, the 2015 Paris climate agreement set a similar goal.
三十五年后，2015年《巴黎气候协定》设定了类似的目标。
The goal of energy independence
能源独立的目标
Although Carter wanted to depend more on renewable energy, his push toward U.S. energy independence aided the oil industry.
尽管卡特希望更多地依赖可再生能源，但他推动美国能源独立的努力却助力了石油行业。
Steven Nadel is head of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
史蒂文·纳德尔是美国能效经济委员会负责人。
He said Carter had the right idea to support research and development organized by the Energy Department.
他说，卡特支持能源部组织的研发工作，这个想法是对的。
Stewarding God's creation
管理上帝的创造物
Carter's environmental interests began in his boyhood when he hunted and fished and worked on his father's farmland.
卡特对环境问题的兴趣始于他的少年时代，那时他打猎、钓鱼，并在父亲的农田里劳作。
Randall Balmer is a professor at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.
兰德尔·巴尔默是新罕布什尔州达特茅斯学院的一名教授。
Balmer has written about Carter's faith, saying Carter saw himself as a caretaker of the natural resources that God created.
鲍尔默曾撰文谈及卡特的信仰，称卡特将自己视为上帝所创造自然资源的守护者。
Condemning consumerism
谴责消费主义
Carter won the presidency at a time of energy shortages, partly caused by unrest in the Middle East.
卡特赢得总统职位时，正值能源短缺，部分原因是中东的动荡。
Nadel wrote that national security and economic interests came together with Carter's religious beliefs and love of nature.
纳德尔写道，国家安全和经济利益与卡特的宗教信仰和对自然的热爱交织在一起。
Carter called the energy crisis "the moral equivalent of war."
卡特称这场能源危机是“道义上的战争”。
As inflation increased and gasoline shortages spread, Carter called for individual sacrifice and action on renewable energy.
随着通货膨胀加剧和汽油短缺蔓延，卡特呼吁个人做出牺牲，并采取行动发展可再生能源。
"Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns," Carter said in 1979.
卡特在1979年说：“人的身份不再由他做什么来定义，而是由他拥有什么来定义。”
He also said: "But we've discovered that owning things and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning."
他还说：“但我们发现，拥有物品和消费物品并不能满足我们对意义的渴望。”
More than 100 million Americans watched Carter’s speech.
超过一亿美国人观看了卡特的演讲。
Years later, Carter said it predicted future calls for strong, direct action on energy.
多年后，卡特表示，它预示了未来对能源问题采取强有力、直接行动的要求。
Jay Inslee is the governor of Washington state.
杰伊·英斯利是华盛顿州州长。
Inslee said: "You can say the Carter presidency is still producing results today."
英斯利说：“你可以说卡特总统任期至今仍在产生成果。”
Inslee ran a 2020 presidential campaign that pushed for climate action.
英斯利曾参与2020年总统竞选，期间力推气候行动。
"I've learned in politics that timing is everything,” he noted.
“我在政治中学到，时机就是一切，”他指出。
I’m Jill Robbins.
我是吉尔·罗宾斯。
Bill Barrow reported this story for the Associated Press.
比尔·巴罗为美联社报道了这一事件。
Jill Robbins adapted it for Learning English.
吉尔·罗宾斯为《学习英语》改编了它。
