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A |     PORTLAND, Ore. -- Federal regulators on Thursday approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and top officials in West Coast states, who said it goes against the region’s plans to address climate change and could pose a wildfire risk.The project, known as GTN Xpress, aims to expand the capacity of the Gas Transmission Northwest pipeline, which runs through Idaho, Washington and Oregon, by about 150 million cubic feet (4.2 million cubic meters) of natural gas per day. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave it the green light in a vote on Thursday.TC Energy plans to modify three compressor stations along the pipeline — in Kootenai County, Idaho; Walla Walla County, Washington; and Sherman County, Oregon. Compressor stations help maintain the pressure and flow of gas over long distances in a pipeline. Environmental groups criticized the decision of the commission, which "failed to listen to Senators, Governors, State Attorneys General, Tribes, and the public in its rubber stamp of unnecessary fracked gas in the Northwest,” said Audrey Leonard, staff attorney for Columbia Riverkeeper, an environmental nonprofit, in a statement.Leonard said potential spills and explosions on the pipeline, which was built in the 1960s, would not only harm the environment but also present a heightened wildfire risk in the arid regions it passes through.“An explosion of that level in eastern Washington or eastern Oregon would be catastrophic,” she said.Leonard said Columbia Riverkeeper will appeal the federal regulators’ decision and submit a petition for a rehearing. The pipeline belongs to TC Energy of Calgary, Canada — the same company behind the now-abandoned Keystone XL crude oil pipeline. The company said the project is necessary to meet consumer demand.Environmentalists and officials opposed to the project have expressed concern about TC Energy’s safety record. Its Columbia Gas Transmission pipeline exploded in Strasburg, Virginia, in July and its existing Keystone pipeline spilled nearly 600,000 gallons of bitumen oil in Kansas last December.The 1,377-mile (2,216-kilometer) pipeline runs from the Canadian border through a corner of Idaho and into Washington state and Oregon, connecting with a pipeline going into California.While Idaho’s Republican governor and congress members said that imposing other states’ climate policies would be “misguided,” Democratic officials in the other states called on federal officials to reject the plan. After the vote, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, condemned the decision.The project is “incompatible with our climate laws,” said a letter to the agency by Democratic U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell of Washington.“GTN Xpress represents a significant expansion of methane gas infrastructure at a time when California, Oregon, and Washington are moving away from fossil fuels,” the senators said.The attorneys general of the three states, citing the commission's draft environmental impact statement for the project, said it would result in more than 3.47 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year for at least the next three decades. The agency’s final environmental assessment revised that number downward by roughly half in calculations contested by environmental groups.The agency’s chairman, Willie Phillips, reiterated its stance after Thursday’s vote.“There was no evidence presented that this project would significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions,” he told reporters. “The commission determined that this project was needed and therefore we support its approval.”In its final environmental impact statement for the project issued last November, the federal agency said the compressor stations were in non-forested areas with low to moderate fire hazard. It concluded the project “would result in limited adverse impacts on the environment.”“Most adverse environmental impacts would be temporary or short-term,” the federal agency said. The agency recommended certain steps, such as requiring the company to train its personnel and contractors on environmental mitigation measures before any construction begins. But environmental groups say the assessment didn’t adequately address the harm caused by the project, including by fracking to obtain the natural gas that flows through the pipeline. Fracking is a technique used by the energy industry to extract oil and gas from rock by injecting high-pressure mixtures of water, sand or gravel and chemicals. It has been criticized by climate and environment groups for increasing emissions of methane, an extraordinarily potent greenhouse gas. ___Claire Rush is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.。

B |     我们输了！北京时间8月17日晚，男篮热身赛，中国男篮对阵新西男篮，最终中国队77-84惜败给了新西兰队，这场比赛，首发的赵继伟0分！不是胡金秋13分、他得分全队最高：廖三宁17分，此外焦泊乔拿到了14分！这场比赛，中国队在多个方面做得都不好，比如三分球、比如篮板球。

C |          中国队此前和乌拉圭队进行了两场热身赛，第一场险胜，第二场则是遭遇了一场惨败，球队暴露了太多的问题，包括进攻、防守都存在不足。从世界排名来看，新西兰队的排名比乌拉圭队还要高，这支球队的打法也是比较凶悍，身体对抗和快攻也比较出色。         中国队和新西兰队并不陌生，两队在去年的亚洲杯半决赛还有过交手，当时的中国队大胜晋级决赛，但是在亚洲杯夺得亚军之后，中国队的成绩并不好，包括了在世预赛输给日本队、韩国队，和亚洲杯上的球队判若两队。因此这场和新西兰队的交手，结果还真的不好说。

D |          中国队首发：赵继伟、胡金秋、贺希宁、王俊杰、朱俊龙。第一节新西兰队拿到了球权，第一次出手三分就打进，中国队连续外线不中、还好的是胡金秋连续篮下打成，朱俊龙的高难度跳投也有了，韦伯斯特状态火热连得5分，中国队开局在三分连续打铁，中国队打得有些着急了。还是胡金秋在篮下持续打进、比较稳定的得分点，当时韦伯斯特的三分又续上了，中国队对于他的防守不够好，被新西兰队连续的二次进攻得手，13-8打停了中国队。贺希宁对抗强攻艰难止血、但新西兰队迅速反击，中国队外线还是打不开，而且又连续丢后场篮板球。

E | 焦泊乔总算是投中了中国队第一个三分球，赵嘉义和贺希宁连得5分追到了1分，首节中国队19-20落后了1分。

F |          第二节廖三宁罚球反超，新西兰队又连续得分，焦泊乔在篮下打得还是很积极的，廖三宁一条龙篮下打进、领先4分打停了新西兰队。

G | 暂停后新西兰队直接是打出了一波13-0的小高潮再度反超回来，中国队陷入得分荒，郭士强只能是请求暂停。赵嘉义的三分终于是止血了，韦伯斯特的压哨也能投中、个人能力真是太强了！庞峥麟和赵嘉义连续三分，中国队咬住了比分，新西兰队也叫了暂停。

H | 韦伯斯特及时止住颓势，李弘权造成了三分犯规，半场过后中国队落后4分。         下半场第三节，中国队刚打进2分、新西兰队又连得5分，中国队在篮下连续的漏人，新西兰队一波小高潮领先到了13分。中国队陷入到了运动战得分荒，胡金秋的空位中投也不中，新西兰队的进攻成功率很高，打停了中国队。中国队的跑动不够，大部分时间是一人打、四人看，郭士强也是再度让庞峥麟登场，庞峥麟刚上来就投中三分球，好不容易追到10分，结果又被对手反击，王俊杰连续强攻篮下打成、个人连得了6分追到10分，乔斯突破高打板再中，三节过后中国队落后12分。         第四节中国队迅速追到个位数，但连续丢掉后场篮板球，焦泊乔换下了胡金秋，中国队的小范围手递手传球又直接被抢断。

I | 焦泊乔转身命中追到了6分，新西兰队得分荒、他们的体能遇到了不小的问题，焦泊乔和廖三宁追到2分、打停新西兰队。穆尔斯的抛投终于止血，新西兰队稳定局面，还是有惊无险击败了中国队。

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