能源问题成为美国总统竞选的重要议题(1/2)

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能源已经成为美国总统竞选的一个重要议题。最近几个月里，影响几乎所有美国人的汽油价格和费用急剧上涨。
Hints:
Massachusetts
Mitt Romney
Canadian
Transcanada
Keystone XL
Alberta
Canada
Congressman Doc Hastings
Republican Party
all-of-the-above
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答疑：ldzh43Energy has become an important issue in the American presidential campaign. And gasoline prices, costs that affect almost all Americans, have risen sharply in recent months.
This week, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney criticized President Obama's energy policy. In a newspaper commentary, he said the president has let prices rise while placing too many requirements on the energy industry.
One issue in the political debate is a project proposed by the Canadian company Transcanada. Its Keystone XL pipeline would stretch more than 3,000 kilometers from Alberta, Canada to several oil processing centers in the United States. If completed, the project would cost about $13 billion and transport over 1 million barrels of oil a day.
Republicans have criticized President Obama for delaying work on the oil pipeline. Last Saturday, Congressman Doc Hastings spoke for the Republican Party to the American people. He said the party wants to use all of the nation's energy resources. He called it an all-of-the-above approach. That includes both the Keystone XL pipeline and oil exploration in coastal waters.能源已成为美国总统竞选的重要议题。 影响大多数美美国人生活的汽油价格在最近几个月急剧上涨。
本周，前马塞诸塞州州长米特·罗姆尼对奥巴马总统的能源政策进行指责。他在某报纸的评论中称，奥巴马对能源产业要求过多，已导致油价上涨。
政治辩论的议题之一是由加拿大Transcanada公司提出的一个项目 -- 从加拿大艾伯塔省延伸至美国数个石油加工中心的长达3000多公里的Keystone XL输油管工程。 这个工程一旦竣工， 将耗资近130亿美元，每天可运输100万余桶石油。
共和党人批评奥巴马总统拖延输油管工程的建设。 上星期六， 国会议员Doc Hastings代表共和党向美国公众发言。 他说， 党内希望能利用全国所有的能源资源。 他称之为所有途径原则，包括输油管工程和近海石油勘探计划。