United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised U.S. President Barack Obama Today for his "visionary and bold leadership" in advancing a plan to sharply cut the carbon pollution produced by American power plants: ______________________________________________________________ Mr. Obama's call to cut carbon emissions by 32 is opposed by major U.S. industry groups as too costly and illegal. Mr. Obama said the environmental threat posed by climate change is "perhaps the critical issue" facing the world today. 联合国秘书长潘基文称赞美总统奥巴马颁布关于大幅削减美能源企业碳排放的计划是"有远见并勇敢的决策". ______________________________________________________________ 奥巴马先生关于减排32%的提议遭到美国大型工业公司反对,理由是代价太大,违反规则.奥巴马则表示目由气候变化造成的环境威胁或许是当今世界所面临的\"非常严重"的问题.