2009-09-08

紐時筆記090101:Paying to save the Trees

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  1. permit v.s. permission
  2. to raze
  3. struggling with his conscience
  4. to help combat climate change
  5. dubious= uncertain, unsure, hesitant
  6. across the globe
  7. halt =stop
  8. keep forest standing
  9. a game changing strategy
  10. sequestering 整合 (ex: sequestering agent)
  11. a strikingly simple payback
  12. economic rationale
  13. ... you need to prove them with a financial alternative.
  14. There is a capacity to get a very perverse outcome. check dictionary
  15. growing appetite
  16. fell= to cut down a tree ( fall fell fallen = 跌倒)
  17. a vast territory with little law enforcement
  18. the denuded land ("被脫光的地"*****)