I've got a few introductions that I want to make very quickly before I start my remarks. First of all, I think that by the end of his tenure we're going to know that Ken Salazar is one of the finest Secretaries of Interior we've ever had. So please give him a big round of applause. 在开始正式讲话之前，我想先快速地介绍几位到场嘉宾。首先，我相信到肯·萨拉查任期结束时，大家都会认同他是我们有史以来最优秀的内政部长之一。请给予他热烈的掌声。
Other members of what we call our green team are here: Steven Chu, our Secretary of Energy; Martha Johnson, the Administrator of the GSA; Nancy Sutley, the CEQ Chair. We've got Carol Browner, who's the White House Energy and Climate Change Director. Please give them a big round of applause. They put in a lot of work. 我们所称的"绿色团队"的其他成员也都在场：能源部长朱棣文；总务管理局局长玛莎·约翰逊；环境质量委员会主席南希·萨特利。还有白宫能源与气候变化事务主任卡罗尔·布劳纳。请给他们热烈的掌声。他们付出了大量心血。
Governor Martin O'Malley is here, governor of Maryland. Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy, is here. Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations, is here, and we appreciate his outstanding service. Thank you, Gar. 马里兰州州长马丁·奥马利来了。海军部长雷·马布斯也来了。海军作战部长加里·拉夫黑德上将也到场，我们感谢他的杰出服务。谢谢你，加里。
I want to thank Steven Shepro, the base commander here at Andrews, and the leadership that's present from the Air Force, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard. 我要感谢安德鲁斯基地的指挥官史蒂文·谢普罗，以及在场来自空军、海军陆战队和海岸警卫队的各位领导。
Ken and I were colleagues in the Senate, and I appointed him because I knew that he would be a faithful and pragmatic steward of our natural resources. And as Secretary, he is changing the way that the Interior Department does business so that we're responsibly developing traditional sources of energy and renewable sources of energy, from the wind on the high plains to the suns in the desert to the waves off our coasts. And so I'm very grateful to the work that he's done in culminating in one of the announcements that we're making today. 肯和我在参议院时是同事，我任命他是因为我知道他将成为我们自然资源忠诚而务实的守护者。作为部长，他正在改变内政部的工作方式，使我们负责任地开发传统能源和可再生能源，从高原上的风、沙漠中的阳光到海岸边的海浪。因此，我非常感谢他的工作，这也是我们今天将公布的决定之一。
It's also good to see so many members of our Armed Forces here today. Andrews is the home of Air Force One, and I appreciate everything that you do for me and my family. I should point out that you've got a 100-percent on-time departure record. You don't charge for luggage -- so it's a pretty good deal. And I want to thank you not only for the support that you provide me, but also for the service that you perform to keep our country safe each and every day. So I'm very grateful to all of you. 今天在这里看到这么多美军将士也非常令人欣慰。安德鲁斯基地是"空军一号"的所在地，感谢你们为我和我的家人所做的一切。我要指出的是，你们的准点起飞率达到了百分之百，而且不收行李费——所以这是相当划算的。我不仅感谢你们对我的支持，也感谢你们每天为保卫国家安全所提供的服务。我非常感谢大家。
We're here to talk about America's energy security, an issue that's been a priority for my administration since the day I took office. Already, we've made the largest investment in clean energy in our nation's history. It's an investment that's expected to create or save more than 700,000 jobs across America -- jobs manufacturing advanced batteries for more efficient vehicles; upgrading the power grid so that it's smarter and it's stronger; doubling our nation's capacity to generate renewable electricity from sources like the wind and the sun. 我们今天要谈的是美国的能源安全问题，这一议题自我就任总统以来一直是本届政府的优先事项。我们已经在美国历史上对清洁能源进行了最大规模的投资。这项投资预计将在全美创造或保住超过七十万个就业岗位——制造用于更高效车辆的先进电池；升级电力网络使其更智能、更坚固；将我国从风能和太阳能等可再生能源发电的能力提高一倍。
And just a few months after taking office, I also gathered the leaders of the world's largest automakers, the heads of labor unions, environmental advocates, and public officials from California and across the country to reach a historic agreement to raise fuel economy standards in cars and trucks. And tomorrow, after decades in which we have done little to increase auto efficiency, those new standards will be finalized, which will reduce our dependence on oil while helping folks spend a little less at the pump. 就任几个月后，我还召集了世界最大汽车制造商的领导人、工会领袖、环保倡导者，以及来自加利福尼亚州和全国各地的政府官员，达成了一项具有历史意义的协议，提高汽车和卡车的燃油经济性标准。明天，在数十年来我们几乎没有提升汽车效率之后，这些新标准将最终敲定，这将减少我们对石油的依赖，同时帮助民众在加油站少花一点钱。
So my administration is upholding its end of the deal, and we expect all parties to do the same. And I'd also point out this rule that we're going to be announcing about increased mileage standards will save 1.8 billion -- billion barrels of oil overall -- 1.8 billion barrels of oil. And that's like taking 58 million cars off the road for an entire year. 因此，本届政府正在履行协议中我们这一方的承诺，我们期望各方也都能如此。我还要指出，我们将要宣布的这项关于提高里程标准的规则，总体上将节省十八亿桶——十八亿桶石油——十八亿桶石油。这相当于一年内让五千八百万辆汽车从路上消失。
Today, we're also going to go one step further. In order to save energy and taxpayer dollars, my administration -- led by Secretary Chu at Energy, as well as Administrator Johnson at GSA -- is doubling the number of hybrid vehicles in the federal fleet, even as we seek to reduce the number of cars and trucks used by our government overall. So we're going to lead by example and practice what we preach: cutting waste, saving energy, and reducing our reliance on foreign oil. 今天，我们还要再向前迈进一步。为了节约能源和纳税人资金，本届政府——在能源部长朱棣文以及总务管理局局长约翰逊的领导下——将把联邦车队中混合动力汽车的数量增加一倍，同时我们也在设法减少政府整体使用的汽车和卡车数量。因此，我们要以身作则，言行一致：减少浪费、节约能源、降低对外国石油的依赖。
But we have to do more. We need to make continued investments in clean coal technologies and advanced biofuels. A few weeks ago, I announced loan guarantees to break ground on America's first new nuclear facility in three decades, a project that will create thousands of jobs. And in the short term, as we transition to cleaner energy sources, we've still got to make some tough decisions about opening new offshore areas for oil and gas development in ways that protect communities and protect coastlines. 但我们必须做得更多。我们需要继续投资清洁煤技术和先进生物燃料。几周前，我宣布了贷款担保，为三十年来美国首个新建核设施奠基，这一项目将创造数千个就业岗位。在短期内，在我们向更清洁能源过渡的同时，我们仍然需要做出一些艰难的决定，以保护社区和海岸线的方式开放新的近海区域用于石油和天然气开发。
This is not a decision that I've made lightly. It's one that Ken and I -- as well as Carol Browner, my energy advisor, and others in my administration -- looked at closely for more than a year. But the bottom line is this: Given our energy needs, in order to sustain economic growth and produce jobs, and keep our businesses competitive, we are going to need to harness traditional sources of fuel even as we ramp up production of new sources of renewable, homegrown energy. 这不是我轻易做出的决定。这是肯和我——以及我的能源顾问卡罗尔·布劳纳和本届政府其他人——经过一年多的仔细研究后才确定的。但关键在于：考虑到我们的能源需求，为了维持经济增长、创造就业并保持我国企业的竞争力，我们在加大新型本土可再生能源生产的同时，仍需利用传统能源。
So today we're announcing the expansion of offshore oil and gas exploration, but in ways that balance the need to harness domestic energy resources and the need to protect America's natural resources. Under the leadership of Secretary Salazar, we'll employ new technologies that reduce the impact of oil exploration. We'll protect areas that are vital to tourism, the environment, and our national security. And we'll be guided not by political ideology, but by scientific evidence. 因此，今天我们宣布扩大近海石油和天然气勘探，但要在开发国内能源资源与保护美国自然资源之间取得平衡。在萨拉查部长的领导下，我们将采用新技术以减少石油勘探的影响。我们将保护对旅游业、环境以及我们国家安全至关重要的区域。我们将以科学证据而非政治意识形态为指引。
That's why my administration will consider potential areas for development in the mid and south Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, while studying and protecting sensitive areas in the Arctic. That's why we'll continue to support development of leased areas off the North Slope of Alaska, while protecting Alaska's Bristol Bay. 正因如此，本届政府将考虑在大西洋中南部和墨西哥湾的潜在开发区域，同时研究和保护北极的敏感区域。正因如此，我们将继续支持阿拉斯加北坡租赁区域的开发，同时保护阿拉斯加的布里斯托尔湾。
There will be those who strongly disagree with this decision, including those who say we should not open any new areas to drilling. But what I want to emphasize is that this announcement is part of a broader strategy that will move us from an economy that runs on fossil fuels and foreign oil to one that relies more on homegrown fuels and clean energy. And the only way this transition will succeed is if it strengthens our economy in the short term and the long run. To fail to recognize this reality would be a mistake. 会有人强烈反对这一决定，包括那些说我们不应开放任何新区域进行钻井的人。但我想强调的是，这一声明是一项更广泛战略的一部分，将推动我们从依赖化石燃料和外国石油的经济，转向更依赖本土燃料和清洁能源的经济。这一转型能否成功，唯一的标准是它能否在短期和长期都强化我们的经济。无视这一现实将是一个错误。
On the other side, there are going to be some who argue that we don't go nearly far enough; who suggest we should open all our waters to energy exploration without any restriction or regard for the broader environmental and economic impact. And to those folks I've got to say this: We have less than 2 percent of the world's oil reserves; we consume more than 20 percent of the world's oil. 另一方面，也会有人认为我们做得远远不够；有人建议我们应该不受任何限制、不顾及更广泛的环境和经济影响，向所有水域开放能源勘探。对这些朋友我必须说：我们拥有不到世界石油储量的百分之二，却消耗了世界石油的百分之二十以上。
And what that means is that drilling alone can't come close to meeting our long-term energy needs. And for the sake of our planet and our energy independence, we need to begin the transition to cleaner fuels now. 这意味着，仅靠钻井远远无法满足我们的长期能源需求。为了我们的地球和能源独立，我们必须现在就开始向更清洁燃料的过渡。
So the answer is not drilling everywhere all the time. But the answer is not, also, for us to ignore the fact that we are going to need vital energy sources to maintain our economic growth and our security. Ultimately, we need to move beyond the tired debates of the left and the right, between business leaders and environmentalists, between those who would claim drilling is a cure all and those who would claim it has no place. Because this issue is just too important to allow our progress to languish while we fight the same old battles over and over again. 因此，答案不是无时无刻不在钻井。但答案同样不是无视我们需要重要能源来维持经济增长和国家安全这一事实。归根结底，我们需要超越左与右、商界领袖与环保人士、那些声称钻井是万能药与那些声称钻井毫无用处之间的陈旧争论。因为这个问题太重要了，不能让我们一遍又一遍地打着同样的旧仗，让我们的进展停滞不前。
For decades we've talked about how our dependence on foreign oil threatens our economy -- yet our will to act rises and falls with the price of a barrel of oil. When gas gets expensive at the pump, suddenly everybody is an energy expert. And when it goes back down, everybody is back to their old habits. 几十年来，我们一直在谈论对外国石油的依赖如何威胁我们的经济——然而我们行动的决心却随每桶石油的价格起伏。当加油站的油价变贵时，突然人人都成了能源专家。而当油价回落时，每个人又都回到了原来的老习惯。
For decades we've talked about the threat to future generations posed by our current system of energy -- even as we can see the mounting evidence of climate change from the Arctic Circle to the Gulf Coast. And this is particularly relevant to all of you who are serving in uniform: For decades, we've talked about the risks to our security created by dependence on foreign oil, but that dependence has actually grown year after year after year after year. 几十年来，我们一直在谈论当前能源体系给子孙后代带来的威胁——即使我们可以看到从北极圈到墨西哥湾沿岸气候变化日益严重的证据。这对在军中服役的各位尤其相关：几十年来，我们一直在谈论依赖外国石油给安全带来的风险，但这种依赖实际上却年复一年地在增长。
And while our politics has remained entrenched along these worn divides, the ground has shifted beneath our feet. Around the world, countries are seeking an edge in the global marketplace by investing in new ways of producing and saving energy. From China to Germany, these nations recognize that the nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the country that leads the global economy. And meanwhile, here at home, as politicians in Washington debate endlessly about whether to act, our own military has determined that we can no longer afford not to. 当我们的政治仍然沿袭这些陈旧的分歧僵持不下时，我们脚下的土地已经在悄然改变。在世界各地，各国正通过投资新的能源生产和节约方式，在全球市场中寻求优势。从中国到德国，这些国家认识到，引领清洁能源经济的国家，将是引领全球经济的国家。与此同时，在国内，当华盛顿的政客们无休止地争论是否该行动时，我们自己的军方已经认定，我们再也承担不起不行动的代价了。
Some of the press may be wondering why we are announcing offshore drilling in a hangar at Andrews Air Force Base. Well, if there's any doubt about the leadership that our military is showing, you just need to look at this F-18 fighter and the light-armored vehicle behind me. The Army and Marine Corps have been testing this vehicle on a mixture of biofuels. 一些媒体可能会纳闷，为什么我们要在安德鲁斯空军基地的机库里宣布近海钻井的事。好吧，如果对我们军方所展现的领导力还有任何疑问，你们只需看看我身后这架F-18战斗机和那辆轻型装甲车。陆军和海军陆战队一直在用生物燃料混合物测试这辆战车。
And this Navy fighter jet -- appropriately called the Green Hornet -- will be flown for the first time in just a few days, on Earth Day. If tests go as planned, it will be the first plane ever to fly faster than the speed of sound on a fuel mix that is half biomass. The Air Force is also testing jet engines using biofuels and had the first successful biofuel-powered test flight just last week. I don't want to drum up any kind of rivalry here, but -- 这架海军战斗机——恰如其分地被称为"绿黄蜂"——将在几天后的世界地球日进行首次飞行。如果测试按计划进行，它将成为有史以来第一架以一半为生物质的燃料混合物超音速飞行的飞机。空军也在测试使用生物燃料的喷气发动机，并在上周刚刚完成了首次成功的生物燃料动力试飞。我不想在这里挑起任何军种之间的竞争，不过——
Now, the Pentagon isn't seeking these alternative fuels just to protect our environment; they're pursuing these homegrown energy sources to protect our national security. Our military leaders recognize the security imperative of increasing the use of alternative fuels, decreasing energy use, reducing our reliance on imported oil, making ourselves more energy-efficient. 五角大楼寻求这些替代燃料，并不仅仅是为了保护我们的环境；他们追求这些本土能源，是为了保护我们的国家安全。我们的军事领袖认识到，增加替代燃料使用、降低能源消耗、减少对进口石油的依赖、提高自身的能源效率，是关乎安全的当务之急。
That's why the Navy, led by Secretary Mabus, who's here today, has set a goal of using 50-percent alternative fuels in all planes, vehicles, and ships in the next 10 years. That's why the Defense Department has invested 2.7 billion dollars this year alone to improve energy efficiency. 正因如此，由今天在场的马布斯部长领导的海军，已设定目标在未来十年内让所有飞机、车辆和舰船使用百分之五十的替代燃料。正因如此，国防部仅今年一年就投入了二十七亿美元以提高能源效率。
So moving towards clean energy is about our security. It's also about our economy. And it's about the future of our planet. And what I hope is, is the policies that we've laid out -- from hybrid fleets to offshore drilling, from nuclear energy to wind energy -- underscores the seriousness with which my administration takes this challenge. 因此，迈向清洁能源关乎我们的安全，也关乎我们的经济，更关乎我们这个星球的未来。我所希望的是，我们所提出的各项政策——从混合动力车队到近海钻井，从核能到风能——都凸显本届政府对这一挑战的严肃态度。
It's a challenge that requires us to break out of the old ways of thinking, to think and act anew. And it requires each of us, regardless of whether we're in the private sector or the public sector, whether we're in the military or in the civilian side of government, to think about how could we be doing things better, how could we be doing things smarter -- so that we are no longer tethered to the whims of what happens somewhere in the Middle East or with other major oil-producing nations. 这一挑战要求我们突破旧的思维模式，以全新的方式思考和行动。它要求我们每一个人，无论身处私营部门还是公共部门，无论在军中还是在政府的文职部门，都要思考如何把事情做得更好、更聪明——这样我们才不再受制于中东或其他主要产油国所发生的一切变化。
So I'm open to proposals from my Democratic friends and my Republican friends. I think that we can break out of the broken politics of the past when it comes to our energy policy. I know that we can come together to pass comprehensive energy and climate legislation that's going to foster new energy -- new industries, create millions of new jobs, protect our planet, and help us become more energy independent. That's what we can do. That is what we must do. And I'm confident that is what we will do. 因此，我欢迎我的民主党朋友和共和党朋友提出建议。我认为，在能源政策上，我们能够打破过去那种破败的政治。我知道，我们能够团结一致，通过全面的能源和气候立法，培育新的能源——新的产业，创造数以百万计的新就业岗位，保护我们的星球，并帮助我们实现更高的能源独立。这是我们能做的。这是我们必须做的。我也相信，这是我们将要做的。
So thank you very much. And thanks, again, to all of you who are serving in our Armed Services. You are making an enormous contribution, and this is just one example of the leadership that you're showing. 非常感谢大家。再次感谢所有在军队服役的各位。你们正在做出巨大贡献，而这只是你们所展现领导力的一个缩影。
Thank you very much. 非常感谢。
