珍妮弗·麦克德莫特 一些民主党人承诺，明年1月接管国会后，将推动更多清洁能源以帮助应对不断上涨的能源成本，尽管总统唐纳德·特朗普表示他将积极行使否决权。
JENNIFER McDERMOTT Some Democrats are promising to push for more clean energy to help tackle rising energy costs when they take control of Congress in January , though President Donald Trump says he will use his veto power aggressively .
在上周中期选举后，民主党在众议院和参议院均成为多数党，因此可以制定推动清洁能源和应对气候变化的议程。虽然这些传统上是该党的核心优先事项，但气候问题在本轮选举周期中并非中心议题。
With new majorities in the House and Senate after last week’s midterms, Democrats can set an agenda boosting clean energy and addressing climate change . While those are traditionally core priorities of the party, climate was not a central topic in this election cycle .
民主党人可以对共和党政府逆转气候政策和取消绿色能源拨款展开调查并举行听证会，并可能试图撤销部分改动、恢复可再生能源激励措施。
Democrats can begin investigations and hold hearings into climate policy rollbacks and elimination of green energy grants by the Republican administration, potentially trying to undo some changes and restore renewable energy incentives.
罗德岛州参议员谢尔登·怀特豪斯是参议院环境与公共工程委员会的首席民主党议员。他表示，特朗普对清洁能源的攻击推高了纳税人的成本。他说，民主党人将“想尽一切办法降低消费者的能源成本，我们并将要求特朗普的化石燃料金主所造成的严重腐败承担责任。”
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, the top Democrat on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, said Trump’s clean energy attacks drove up prices for taxpayers. He said Democrats will “work every angle to lower consumers’ energy costs, and we will demand accountability for the massive corruption wrought by Trump’s fossil-fuel donors.”
美国清洁能源协会首席执行官杰森·格鲁梅特表示，所有试图发展清洁能源的人都“感到受到了鼓舞”。要推动重大变革需要共和党的支持，因为民主党将缺乏推翻总统否决所需的票数。即便如此，降低能源账单也并非板上钉钉，因为价格还取决于燃料成本、需求以及维护电网的费用。
American Clean Power Association CEO Jason Grumet said everybody who is trying to build clean energy “feels bolstered.”Enacting major changes would require Republican support because Democrats will lack the numbers to override presidential vetoes. Even then, lower energy bills are not guaranteed because prices also depend on fuel costs, demand and the expense of maintaining the electric grid.
“这些胜利让民主党在支出方面拥有更多筹码，也拥有更多政治力量来推进一项连贯的议程；问题是，他们是否能有效地运用这种力量，”哥伦比亚可持续投资中心主任丽莎·萨克斯说。“选民投票是为了可负担性和机会。民主党现在需要明确哪些政策能实现这些目标。”特朗普在周二选举后表示，民主党将送上“疯狂的东西”，他将予以否决，他这是在泛指立法。但在对福克斯新闻发表的评论中，他预测，“在否决几个月后”，他和民主党将找到合作方式。
“The wins give Democrats more leverage over spending and more political power to advance a coherent agenda; the question is whether they’ll use that power effectively,” said Lisa Sachs, director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment. “The vote was for affordability and opportunity. Democrats now need to be clear about which policies deliver them.”Trump said after Tuesday’s election that Democrats will send over “things that are insane” and he will veto them, speaking generally about legislation. But in the comments to Fox News, he predicted that “after a couple of months of vetoes,” he and Democrats will find ways to work together.
白宫周三在一份声明中说，特朗普“致力于释放可靠、负担得起且安全的能源，以降低价格、加强电网并保护国家安全，并愿意与任何人合作实现这一目标。”特朗普曾承诺降低能源价格。然而，他与伊朗的冲突及其他政策反而推高了汽油、柴油和电力的价格。与此同时，该政府取消了许多清洁能源项目和拨款，并放缓了清洁能源许可。
The White House said in a statement Wednesday that Trump is “committed to unleashing reliable, affordable, and secure energy sources to lower prices, strengthen our grid, and protect our national security, and is willing to work with anyone to accomplish this.”Trump promised to lower energy prices. Instead, his war with Iran and other policies increased the price of gasoline, diesel and electricity. At the same time, the administration canceled many clean energy projects and grants and slowed clean energy permitting.
特朗普尤其不喜欢海上风电。开发商奥斯泰德周四表示，罗得岛州联邦水域外的大型风电场“革命风”已开始商业运营。
Trump particularly dislikes offshore wind . Developer Orsted said Thursday that Revolution Wind, a large wind farm in federal waters off Rhode Island, has started operating commercially.
总统会在绿色能源问题上改变口吻吗？这不太可能，前北达科他州参议员拜伦·多根说，他是阿伦特福克斯律师事务所政府关系业务的联席主席。
Will the president change his tune on green energy? That’s doubtful, said former Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., co-chair of the government relations practice at ArentFox Schiff.
多根说：“他可能会继续推进他的能源议题，而我认为他将被迫给新一届国会一些空间，以重新制定一项不同的战略，增加清洁能源。”特朗普主张扩大石油、天然气和煤炭的生产，这些能源会导致气候变化，因为他认为这将使美国获得成本最低的电力。石油和天然气行业最大的游说团体美国石油学会首席执行官迈克·萨默斯表示，随着选民改变了华盛顿的政治权力平衡，“可负担性这一信息是明确无误的。”
“He is likely to keep pushing his energy issues, and I think he will be forced to give some room for a new Congress to recreate a different strategy that will add clean energy,” Dorgan said in an Trump promotes expanding production of oil, natural gas and coal, which cause climate change, because he argues that would give the U.S. the lowest-cost electricity. Mike Sommers, CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, the oil and gas industry’s top lobbying group, said that as voters have changed the balance of political power in Washington, “the affordability message is unmistakable.”
萨默斯在一份声明中说，两党合作在降低成本、增强经济方面存在真正的机会，首先可以从9月宣布的能源许可改革提案开始。该立法旨在缩短大型能源项目启动的时间。
Sommers said in a statement there is a real opportunity for bipartisan cooperation to reduce costs and strengthen the economy, starting with an energy permitting reform proposal announced in September . The legislation is aimed at shortening the timeline to get big energy projects started.
美国气候行动网络执行主任伊费·乞力马扎罗表示，民主党人应该拒绝该提案，并利用他们更强的地位通过真正建设急需的清洁能源的立法。
Ife Kilimanjaro, executive director of the U.S. Climate Action Network, said Democrats should reject that proposal and use their stronger position to pass legislation that actually builds out much-needed clean energy.
本届政府重塑了环境保护局，在推动化石燃料的同时逆转了污染限制。
The administration has reshaped the Environmental Protection Agency , reversing pollution limits as it promotes fossil fuels.
Clear Street能源转型分析师蒂姆·摩尔表示，他预计民主党人将调查气候和环境方面的倒退，以阻止部分措施生效。他还说，民主党人也可能尝试修订《清洁空气法》以减少碳污染，并抵制环保局的预算削减。
Clear Street energy transition analyst Tim Moore said he expects Democrats to investigate the climate and environmental rollbacks, in an effort to block some from taking effect. Democrats could also try amending the Clean Air Act to cut carbon pollution and push back against EPA budget cuts, he added.
伊利诺伊州民主党众议员肖恩·卡斯滕表示，他谨慎乐观地认为，一些共和党人现在会寻求与特朗普拉开距离，支持有利于环境的政策。但他补充说，如果没有共和党的支持，民主党人更为雄心勃勃的法案在很大程度上只是为他们2028年的议程做铺垫。
Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill., said he is cautiously optimistic some Republicans will now seek to differentiate themselves from Trump and back pro-environmental policies. But without Republican support, Democrats’ more ambitious bills will largely lay out their agenda for 2028, he added.
气候未必是民主党人优先事项清单上的首位。他们的目标是医疗保健可及性、贸易关税和伊朗战争。
Climate is not necessarily at the top of Democrats’ list of priorities. They are targeting healthcare access, trade tariffs and the Iran war.
预计将出任众议院能源和商业委员会主席的新泽西州民主党众议员弗兰克·帕隆表示，民主党应聚焦医疗保健、可负担性、消费者与环境保护、清洁能源以及监管大型科技公司。
Rep. Frank Pallone, the New Jersey Democrat who is expected to become chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said the party should focus on healthcare, affordability, consumer and environmental protections, clean energy and regulating Big Tech.
加州大学圣迭戈分校创新与公共政策教授戴维·维克托认为，由于政府分裂，联邦层面在气候和能源政策上大概率会陷入僵局。他表示，两党可能在许可制度改革等部分两党措施上达成一致。
David Victor, a professor of innovation and public policy at the University of California, San Diego, largely expects a stalemate at the federal level on climate and energy policy because of the divided government. He said agreement could come on some bipartisan measures such as a permitting overhaul.
维克托认为，民主党主导的调查和听证会将集中在腐败等议题上，可能只会涉及能源和气候。与卡斯坦一样，维克托表示，民主党的许多法案很可能不会成为法律，但将勾勒出民主党若在2028年赢得白宫后可以取得的成果。
Victor thinks Democratic-led investigations and hearings will center on corruption and other topics that may only touch on energy and climate. Like Casten, Victor said many of the Democratic bills likely will not become law, but will outline what Democrats could accomplish if they win the White House in 2028.
“民主党人将起草政府不会喜欢的东西。他们没有足够的票数推翻否决，除此之外，政府还将因自身的选举失利以及所有那些调查而陷入动荡，”维克托说。“在我看来，在联邦层面，这很大程度上意味着未来两年将出现某种剧烈的混乱。”他说，最大的变数之一是政府的行为，政府可能会动用行政权力进一步加大力度撤销气候和环境法规。
“The Democrats are going to be drafting things that the administration’s not going to like. They don’t have the votes to override a veto, and on top of it, the administration is going to be in turmoil because of its own electoral failures and because of all the investigations,” Victor said. “This seems to me, at the federal level, largely a recipe for kind of intense chaos over the next two years.”One of the biggest wild cards is the behavior of the administration, which could use executive power to double down on rollbacks of climate and environmental rules, he said.
民主党在长期由共和党控制的多个州的州长竞选中取得胜利，包括得克萨斯州和佐治亚州。
Democrats scored victories in races for governor in states long controlled by Republicans, including Texas and Georgia.
加州大学圣巴巴拉分校政治学家莉亚·斯托克斯表示，由于这些胜利，明年各州在气候方面可能会有大量行动。她指出，气候领导力历来正是来自各州。在联邦层面，斯托克斯对延长清洁能源税收抵免持乐观态度，因为一些共和党人支持这一做法。
Leah Stokes, a political scientist at the UC Santa Barbara, said there could be a lot of state action on climate next year because of those wins. That is where climate leadership has traditionally come from, she noted. At the federal level, Stokes is optimistic about extending clean energy tax credits since some Republicans support that.
前华盛顿州民主党州长、国会议员杰伊·英斯利也预计，在选出民主党州长的州，尤其是同时赢得议会多数席位的州，清洁能源的势头将不断增强。
Jay Inslee, a former Democratic governor and congressman from Washington, also expects growing momentum for clean energy in states that elected Democratic governors, particularly in states where they also won legislative majorities.
“这是美国加入世界其他国家、重新回到领导地位的一个非常有力的工具，即使我们仍有一个气候否认者可能对我们想在联邦层面做的一些事情行使否决权，”英斯利说。“所以我希望人们会关注我们将在州一级取得的重大进展。”美联社记者Alexa St.
“This is a really powerful instrument for the United States to join the rest of the world and get back in a leadership position, even if we still have a climate denier that might exercise a veto on some things that we want to do federally,” Inslee said. “So I hope people will pay attention to the big progress we’re going to make on a state-level basis.”Associated Press writers Alexa St.