Natural gas, with its reputation as a linchpin in the effort to wean the nation off dirtier fossil fuels and reduce global warming, may not be as clean over all as its proponents say.

天然气被认为是使国家脱离脏兮兮的矿物燃料并阻止气候变暖的重要环节，但是可能并不像它的支持者所说的那样清洁。

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Next week, I'll be meeting with a bipartisan group of Senators to discuss how we can transition away from our dependence on fossil fuels and embrace a clean energy future.

下周，我将会见参议院的两党联合工作组来讨论我们如何从现在依赖石化燃料过渡到未来的清洁能源。

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Unlike fossil fuels, which produce significant amounts of pollution and enormous amounts of greenhouse gases, the sun's energy is clean and its supply virtually limitless.

太阳能与制造大量污染和巨量温室气体石化燃料不同，它不仅干净而且取之不尽。

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What really matters to create a new clean energy economy and stimulate private investment in the near-term are policy regimes that employ direct and targeted public investments to cover the cost gap between higher-cost clean energy and fossil fuels.

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Because of higher costs and technical barriers to widespread clean energy adoption, efforts to move the U.S. energy system away from fossil fuels towards clean energy alternatives inevitably comes with a significant price tag.

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Over time I think the transition is going to be more and more clean energy and over time fossil fuels become less prominent in our overall energy mix.

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