美国参议院议员今天(星期五)封杀了一项大规模气候变化议案。此前，议员们对法案的花费及其对燃料价格产生的影响进行了激烈的辩论。此议案只获得进入参议院最终辩论所需的60票中的48票。
议案要求对美国的发电厂、炼油厂和其他工厂的温室气体排放量进行强制限制，到2050年，把温室气体排放减少三分之二。
议案的支持者说，议案可以创造数以百万计的工作机会；新的技术可以让美国在能源方面更加独立。
但是包括美国总统布什在内的反对者说，议案会给美国经济付出6万亿美元的代价，使美国企业在与外国竞争者竞争中处于不利地位。
U.S. lawmakers today (Friday) blocked a sweeping climate change bill in the Senate after a bitter debate over its cost and impact on fuel prices.
The bill received only 48 of the 60 votes needed to bring it for a final debate in the Senate.
The measure calls for mandatory limits on the amount of greenhouse gases that U.S. power plants, refineries and factories can release. The bill would cut gas emissions by two-thirds by the year 2050.
Supporters of the measure argued it would create millions of new jobs and new technology to make the United States more energy independent.
But opponents, including U.S. President George Bush, said the measure would bring six-trillion dollars in new costs to the economy and put U.S. businesses at a disadvantage with foreign competitors.