In late December 2007, green-ies were almost willing to give famously anti-environmental George W. Bush a bear hug for signing into law the first revision of vehicle fuel-efficiency standards since leisure suits were the rage. Committing the U.S. car and truck fleet to a 35-mile-per-gallon average by 2020 Is considered the biggest single step the climate-challenged United States has ever taken to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions.
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机译:在2007年12月下旬,绿色环保组织几乎愿意给以环保着称的乔治·布什(George W. Bush)一个拥抱,因为休闲装风靡一时,该法案签署了对汽车燃油效率标准的首次修订。到2020年,使美国汽车和卡车车队的平均油耗达到每加仑35英里,这被认为是气候变化挑战美国减少温室气体排放量的最大步骤。
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