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资料：Earlier this month, presidents Barack Obama of the US and Xi Jinping of China made an important symbolic gesture when they committed their countries, the two largest greenhouse gas emitters, to the Paris climate agreement. It was the clearest signal yet to investors worldwide that they need to think about the implications of global warming for their portfolios.

On Friday afternoon there was an example of what that might mean Mr Obama’s administration issued an order temporarily blocking construction on a section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. The move was a response to local concerns raised by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe about potential damage to historic sites and the threats of oil spills. But it is the global issue of climate change that had raised the profile of Dakota Access, making it into a cause celebre for US environmental campaigners. Bill McKibben of 350.org, which played a key role in the successful effort to stop the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada, has suggested that Mr Obama could block Dakota Access permanently, on the grounds that it would exacerbate the threat of climate change.

Last month, the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality issued new guidance for federal agencies, making clear that their decisions should take into account “the potential effects of a proposed action on climate change”, and quantify their consequences for greenhouse gas emissions. Dakota Access is intended to carry crude oil 1,172 miles from North Dakota, a centre of the US shale revolution, to Illinois, en route to refineries around America. The case that it would add to global greenhouse gas emission will be harder to make than for Keystone XL, which would have brought crude from the high-emitting oil sands of western Canada, but the campaigners are certain to try.

If Dakota Access is stopped, it will have a significant impact not just on energy Transfer Partners, the company leading the project, but on all North Dakota oil producers and their customers, who will be forced to use more expensive rail transport.

Climate change is now an unavoidable business issue. In an excellent paper last week, BlackRock, the world’s largest fund manager, set out some of the ways that investors can reduce their exposure to the risks and benefit from the opportunities that it creates. The paper is a landmark in the rising awareness of the issue among mainstream investors. It is one thing when a philanthropic fund with assets of a few hundred million takes a stand on climate issues, quite another when the warnings come from a company with about $4.9tn under management. As BlackRock points out, investors’ personal views on climate science are irrelevant. Enough governments and businesses are convinced by the scientific consensus that the threat is real, and are driving regulatory and technological changes that interested in you.

六If the world is to reduce the risk of catastrophic global warming to acceptable levels, there will have to be a huge reallocation of capital away from fossil fuels and toward low-emission energy sources. That shift has begun, but it needs to go much further. The transition is not straightforward: for as long as oil is the lifeblood of the world’s transport, pipelines will be needed. But when investors and boards make decisions about projects like Dakota Access, they will have to consider their impact on greenhouse gas emissions. The financial consequences of climate change can no longer be ignored.

Which one of the following is not the measure taken by US government to deal with climate change? （）.

A.Stop the Dakota Access permanently
B.Join the Paris climate agreement
C.Require federal agencies to take climate change into consideration when making decisions
D.Suspend the construction of Dakota Access

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答案： A

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【关键词】not; measure; US government; deal with climate change

【主题句】第一段Earlier this month， presidents Barack Obama of the US and Xi Jinping of China made an important symbolic gesture when they committed their countries， the two largest greenhouse gas emitters， to the Paris climate agreement. 本月早些时候，美国总统奥巴马和中国习近平摆出了一个重要的象征性姿态，承诺全球最大的两个温室气体排放国将履行《巴黎协定》。

第二段 Mr Obama’s administration issued an order temporarily blocking construction on a section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline.（奥巴马政府下令暂停达科他石油管道一个区段的建设。）

第三段Last month， the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality issued new guidance for federal agencies， making clear that their decisions should take into account “the potential effects of a proposed action on climate change”... 上个月，白宫环境质量委员会向联邦机构发布了新的指导意见，明确他们的决定应考虑到“拟议行动对气候变化的潜在影响”。

【解析】本题问“以下哪项不是美国政府采取的用于应对气候变化的措施？”。选项A意为“永久停止达科他管道建设”；选项B意为“加入巴黎气候协议”；选项C意为“要求联邦机构在作出决定时考虑到气候变化”；选项D意为“停止建设达科他管道建设”。根据主题句可知美国政府只是暂时禁止达科他石油管道一个区段的建设，不是永久禁止。故选项A错误。其他选项均涉及。