太平洋西北沿岸的煤炭出口将“荼毒”生灵-----近在怀俄明，远至中国
"Black lung. Asthma. Cancer. Emphysema" -- masks marked withconditions often attributed to coal were scattered among the faces of aPortland, Ore., crowd on Monday.
“肺尘病、哮喘、癌症、肺气肿”，这些病患通常被认为与煤炭污染有关。周一在俄勒冈波特兰市举行的集会上，套着写有以上字样面罩的人们散布于游行队伍之中。
On stage, environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke against theexport of Montana and Wyoming coal through six proposed ports in Oregon andWashington.
讲台上，环保律师小罗伯特肯尼迪正在抨击着蒙大拿和怀俄明州的煤炭出口，该项出口生意将以俄勒冈州和华盛顿州的六个口岸作为港口。
"They are not coming hereto bring you prosperity and jobs," Kennedy,president of the Waterkeeper Alliance, told the 400-plus rally attendees."They're coming to ship their poison, so that they can poison the peoplein China, and that poison is going to come back here and poison your salmon andyour children. So don't let it happen."
“他们来此地不是为了带来财富和工作机会，”‘护水联盟’主席肯尼迪向400余名游行者讲道：“他们来这里就是为了运输‘毒药’，用以荼毒中国的民众，然后‘毒药’仍会辗转回到此地，进以污染你们的鲑鱼，毒害你们的孩子。所以，绝不能纵容此事发生。”
As The Huffington Post reported in November, before the coal everstarts its voyage across the Pacific, mile and a half long trains must firstcarry it through dozens of Western communities, including the cities of Spokaneand Seattle, along a northwest route that originates in the Powder River Basinof Montana and Wyoming. There, the combustible rock would be strip-mined, triggeringa cascade of local, national and global health and environmental consequences.
正如赫芬顿邮报在去年11月报导过的，在煤矿被送到港口运往太平洋彼岸之前，先要经历横亘包括西雅图和斯波坎在内的数十个西部城市的漫长车程，这条贯穿西北部地区的路线起源于蒙大拿和怀俄明的保德河盆地。在那里，富含可供露天开采的可燃性有机岩，矿物开采的后果犹如小溪汇入江河般，正在危急从当地到全国乃至全球人民的健康及环境。
Opposition to the ports is mounting. Therally in Portland is the latest of a string of protests and pleas that emphasize the potentialpublic health fallout should the projects move forward. In a letter on Tuesday,the Washington State Department of Ecology urged that the cumulative effects of all the ports be studied. Oregon'sgovernor asked the federal government in April to address how increasing exportsto China and other Asian counties will "fit with the larger strategy ofmoving to a lower carbon future," reported The Oregonian.
反对煤炭出口的呼声一浪高过一浪，在波特兰市进行的游行是本轮游行中最新的一次，在抗议和申诉中他们强调为了防止潜在的公共健康威胁，项目应该被重新规划。
华盛顿州生态管理署在致各口岸的一封公开信中敦促其认真学习事态将产生的积蓄效应。据《俄勒冈人》报道，俄勒冈政府于四月向联邦政府提交报告，望其明确如何权衡“日益增长的对华及其他亚洲国家的出口与低碳未来的宏伟远景”之间的矛盾。
Experts now estimate that the influence on climate change of the combined coal proposals would exceed that of the contentiousKeystone XL pipeline.
"Thescale of these proposals is unprecedented," Eric de Place, seniorresearcher at Seattle-based Sightline Institute, an environmentalthink tank, said during a press call on Thursday. Running at full capacity, henoted, the six proposed ports could send around 150 million tons of coal toAsia, far more than the entire U.S. shipped abroad last year.
据专家估计，与煤矿有关的“防止气候变化”的提案数量将会超过因建造“大号拱心石”输油管道而引起的争议。
“这些提案的数量之大是史无前例的，”西雅图视角线学会（一个环保智囊团组织）高级研究员Eric de Place，在周四的媒体电话采访中指出：“在满负荷工作状态下，六个预计使用的港口将会运送大概1.5亿吨煤矿至亚洲地区，数量远超去年美国一整年的煤炭出口量。”
Someof the most immediate and tangible effects would be felt by the communitiesalong the rail corridor. Cheney, Wash., Mayor Tom Trulove said during the presscall that more than 60 trains could soon be "tooting and rumbling"through his city every day.
“火车运输线路沿途的民众将会率先感受到最直接切实的影响，” 华盛顿州切尼市市长Tom Trulove在接受电话采访的时候提到：“他所在的城市每天将有超过60辆火车经过，并伴随着刺耳的轰鸣声。”
In addition to the noise pollution, which researchers suggest can raiserisks of everything from heart disease to cognitive impairments in kids, Truloveis also concerned about slower emergency response times for fire trucks,ambulances and police that need to traverse the five railroad crossings intown.Headmits that he hasn't even given much thought to coal dust that might blow offeach train car during its journey, nor has he really considered the dieselparticles pumped into the air by both the trains and ocean-going tankers.
研究者指出噪音污染还将造成更多的伤害，诸如大大提高小孩患心脏病的几率。Trulove同时还担心，由于5条铁道交错于市内，频繁的火车进出将会降低救火车、救护车以及警车的响应速度。他承认自己都还没来得及深究火车开过时有可能飘散到空气中大量煤渣造成的影响，以及经过的火车和油轮喷出柴油颗粒造成的污染。
Exposure to coal dust, which can includetoxic heavy metals such as mercury and lead, has been associated with greaterrisks of emphysema and chronic bronchitis, as well as reduced memory, motorskills and attention spans in children. Meanwhile, diesel pollution posesanother set of risks: respiratory problems, heartdisease and cancer.
长期暴露于包含着有毒重金属汞和铅的煤粉中，将会有极大的风险感染肺气肿和慢性支气管炎，同样还会导致儿童记忆力、运动能力和注意力下降等问题。同时，柴油污染还会造成其他诸如罹患呼吸疾病、心脏病和癌症的一系列风险。
"One of the most disturbing issuesis that diesel particulate matter has been shown to cause abnormal lungdevelopment in kids," Dr. Frank James, a private practice physician inBellingham, Wash., told The Huffington Post. "And kids that live near thetrain lines are going to be disproportionately affected. These are mostly poor children,the least able to get the resources to deal with asthma and otherproblems."
“最让我们头疼的是，柴油微颗粒物将会导致小儿肺部发育不良。” 华盛顿州贝灵汉姆市一家私人症所的实习医师Frank James告诉赫芬顿邮报：“家住铁道附近的孩子都将在不同程度上受到影响，他们是最可怜，一点抵抗哮喘或者其他疾病的能力都没有。”
Once the coal sets out to sea, the dangerof an oil spill also comes into play, as TheHuffington Post reported last month. Research also suggests that mercury andother pollutants resulting from Asia's eventual burning of the coal would come back to haunt theU.S. west coast.
Chineseactivists have their own concerns.
当煤矿运输到了海上，船只漏油的危险亦在上演，正如赫芬顿邮报上月报道过的那样。专家还指出在亚洲燃烧使用了煤炭后，大量的汞和其他污染物仍有可能被吹回美国西海岸。
中国的活动分子也表示出了他们的关注。
As The Oregonian reported, Hao Xin of the QiantangRiver Waterkeeper in China told the Portland crowd that lower domestic demandis prompting U.S. coal companies to look overseas for new markets for theirproduct. (The last coal-burning power plants in Oregonand Washington are scheduled to shut down, in 2020 and 2025, respectively.)
"Chinashould not become the dumping ground for your coal industry," he said."We Chinese people need clean air, clean water."
据《俄勒冈人》报道，中国钱塘江护江人浩鑫（音译）认为波特兰的游行将会降低美国国内的煤炭需求，进而促使美国煤矿公司将视野放到海外为他们的产品寻求新的市场。（俄勒冈州和华盛顿州仅存的燃煤电厂预计会在2020年至2025年间陆续关闭）
“中国不应成为你们煤矿工业发展的垃圾堆积场，”他说道：“我们中国人需要干净的空气和水。”
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MrBIgp
Maybe I'm wrong, but....
53 Fans
11:07 PM on 05/11/2012
China needs more coal so it can build more solar panels andwind turbines.
中国需要更多的煤矿以建造更多的太阳能电池板和风力涡轮机。
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Roosevelt Democrat
72 Fans
12:26 AM on 05/12/2012
Ouch!
The truth hurts!
嗷。。。真相刺痛了我。。。
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Gottlieb
hated by left since 1973 and right since 1982
2283 Fans
2 hours ago (11:23 PM)
China has to keep their economy growing or face anotherrevolution. No coal exports through the Pacific Northwest to China.
中国必须保持经济增长的同时还面临着新的革命，禁止从太平洋西北岸向中国出口煤矿吧。
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OleProfessor
"Ours is not a system based upon trust"
585 Fans
08:07 PM on 05/11/2012
Who cares, it's money they love...
谁管你呢？他们只爱钱。
plans includingdog
84 Fans
08:08 PM on 05/11/2012
To the death.Money is above all in their view.
说到底，在他们眼中，金钱高于一切。
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OleProfessor
"Ours is not a system based upon trust"
585 Fans
08:14 PM on 05/11/2012
Sad but true brother..
很悲剧，但是实话，哥们儿。
FaceReality2
Democracy in the U.S. is an illusion
608 Fans
07:33 PM on 05/11/2012
The Free Market: poison us all and destabilize the planet'sclimate so the coal companies can make a short term profit.
自由市场：毒害了我们，破坏了整个星球的气候，换来的只不过是煤炭公司的短期效益。
plans includingdog
84 Fans
07:38 PM on 05/11/2012
Yup.That is it,folks.Couldn't have said it any better.Withthe coal companies that is.
是的伙计，没啥好说的了，煤炭公司就这德行。
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xanas
libertarian, voluntarist, anarchist
147 Fans
08:21 PM on 05/11/2012
There is no "free" in a market filled with stateintervention.
根本没有所谓的“自由”市场，到处都充斥着国家干预。
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Roadrun
Question Authority
1013 Fans
08:51 PM on 05/11/2012
Nor is there "free" in markets with repercussionsand responsibilities.
市场中也不存在唤醒责任和产生积极影响的“自由”。
09:20 PM on05/11/2012
What do youmean by "responsibilities"? As for repercussions, I vehementlydisagree. There are ALWAYS repercussions in human action. At thevery minimum by taking one action you are not able to take another at the sametime. There is always opportunity cost, so to define freedom to excludeconsequence is to define an impossible situation.
I define freedom simply as being permitted to do whatever you want in so far asyou do not aggression, which includes violence against a person, theft ofproperty, purposeful fraud, etc.
你认为“责任”是什么？而对于你所指的“影响”，我强烈反对。在人类行为中，“影响”无处不在，无论是做多么细微的一件小事，你都无法在同一时间去做另一件事。做任何事都有机会成本，所以在排除后果的情况下定义自由本身就是不现实的。
我认为在不对他人造成侵害，诸如对他人使用暴力，偷窃财物，蓄意欺骗等情况下被可以做任何事，就是“自由”。
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Roadrun
Question Authority
1013 Fans
07:32 AM on 05/12/2012
Yeah I guess you would, but that bar is pretty low and veryirresponsible. If you poison me but are only out to get rich itisn't aggressive but it is still criminal and I will still hunt you down. Neanderthals were free, and they died out. Go figure.
是的，我想你也是这样，但是你提的标准太低且不负责任。如果你为了致富间接的让我被毒害，即使不是你的本意，但也是一种犯罪，我还是会把你拿下的。穴居人很“自由”，可他们灭亡了。好好想想吧。
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xanas
libertarian, voluntarist, anarchist
147 Fans
03:31 PM on 05/12/2012
If I poison you it's definitely an act of aggression. Iincluded fraud to make it clear I was using something broader than simpleviolence. That's perhaps not "aggression" as one might normallyuse the term, but for why I call it aggression, see here:
http://blog.mises.org/5327/
如果我毒害了你那就无疑是侵害行为了。为了表明我指的不仅限于简单的暴力，我加了“欺骗”在我的论述中，或许一般人认为“欺骗”不在“侵害”的条目之中，为何我会这么说呢，请看我的博客。。。
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xanas
libertarian, voluntarist, anarchist
147 Fans
03:33 PM on 05/12/2012
Also, can you define what you mean by"responsibilities"?
还有，你能定义一下“责任”么？
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Roadrun
Question Authority
1013 Fans
06:02 PM on 05/12/2012
I can answer both with the same response. If you poison meby making my dirt, water and air toxic because you don't think you need to beresponsible, after all it is more profitable not to buy the filters, to thelocals you manufacture near then it isn't fraud or aggressive but it is still acrime well worth hunting you down for after my children die of leukemia. Youmay be temped to say that wouldn't happen but it already does, worldwide.
我能用一个回答来概括你的问题。如果你污染了我的土地、水源和空气导致我中毒，而你却认为不用负任何责任；为了利益最大化，在建造工厂的附近区域，你吝于购买过滤装置；虽然这不是什么欺骗或者直接侵犯，但这是犯罪，在我孩子死于白血病后，你的罪足以进监狱。你或许会在当下保证不会发生这种事，但这在世界各地已经发生了。
chaya
Another proud veteran
1080 Fans
06:52 PM on 05/11/2012
Every pollutant in the air above China quickly finds itsway to America, spreading across the entire West.
Just wanted to point that out.
每一颗在中国上空飘散的污染物都会在最快时间飘散到美国，进而扩散至整个西方世界。
只是指出来让大家注意。
plans includingdog
84 Fans
07:02 PM on 05/11/2012
Gonna waft over here someday.Then people will begin tonotice.F&F
不出几日就会飘散于此，届时人们就会注意到F&F了。
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Chipher
209 Fans
07:05 PM on 05/11/2012
And the choice of Mauna Loa observatory for the Greenshysterical alarmist CO2 levels reports is directly downwind of those China coalplants. Look at any map.
Just wanted to point that out.
莫纳罗亚观测站指出的绿植二氧化碳指数异常的高，这个区域正是中国火电站的下风口，不明白的去看看地图。
只是指出来让大家注意。
plans includingdog
84 Fans
07:09 PM on 05/11/2012
Around coal plants there are heightened emissions.Inclusters they are higher.I know that.
在火电站周围排放量是很高，在集群中心它们会更高，我很清楚这点。
blackwind
Relax, nothing is under control
298 Fans
07:15 PM on 05/11/2012
Why did you want to point that out?
Are you so ignorant you don't believe CO2 levels have been rising?
为何你要特意指出这个？
你难道无知到连二氧化碳水平早已上升都不知道么？
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silverwolf13
I know that I do not know.
398 Fans
08:53 PM on 05/11/2012
The observatory is at about 19*30' northlatitude. The prevailing winds are from the east.
观测站位于北纬19*30'，季风是从东方（美国）吹来的。
undsoweiter
but I know where to look it up
323 Fans
12 hours ago (12:56 PM)
Oh yea. Go down to your nearest railroad track. When thecoal train goes by (one will) take a big breath. If you smell coal, you'rebeing poisoned.
很好，去找个最近的铁路边上蹲着，每当有火车经过时就深呼吸，如果吸入了煤粉，你就算是中毒了。
Sunwyn Ravenwood
Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione!
954Fans
40 minutes ago (12:26 AM)
60 trains a day means one every 24 minutes on average. Ifeach train is one and a half miles long the reality will be that each traincrossing is blocked for at least 50% of every day. It also means that no oneliving withing a mile or more of the track will ever get to sleep.
一天60辆火车意味着每24分钟就有一辆经过，假设每辆车长为1.5英里，那结果会导致每天有一半的时间穿过铁道的公路会堵塞，同样也意味着所有住在铁路附近1英里内的居民根本不可能入睡。
Kenz300
1519 Fans
11:40 PM on 05/11/2012
It is time to transition to safe, clean alternative energysources.
Wind, solar, wave energy, geothermal and second generation biofuels made fromalgae, cellulose and waste are the future.
是时候改为使用安全、清洁的可替代能源了。
未来，主流是风能、太阳能、潮汐能源、地热能还有从藻类、植物纤维或者废弃物上提取能源的第二代生物质能。
Silken17
73 Fans
11:48 PM on 05/11/2012
And what do we do about the remaining 80% of demand thatcan't be met with those sources? How long do we have to wait before we can makesignificant reductions in fossil fuel dependency?
那些剩下的没能力使用上述新能源的80%人口，他们怎么办？
我们要花多少时间才能大大的减少对矿物燃烧的依赖。
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Billy Beacham
20 Fans
10:19 AM on 05/12/2012
alternative energy is nothing more than a dream and forsome to get rich on. Our plant will burn up oneday , not because of what we use for energy. But because our sun is young andas it gets older , it gets bigger to a point where its close to earth and weburn up.
可替代能源只不过是个梦罢了，它们只能帮助某些人致富而已。我们的星球总有一天会被点着，不过不是因为我们无度使用能源，而是因为我们年轻的太阳不断在长大，等它长到足够大时，就会因离我们太近而把我们点着。
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评论：看了看这个，再看看国内的煤矿。诶，为何差别就这么大呢。利益与健康，还是选择了利益。
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