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Power outages in North Carolina are causing so much concern that the FBI is investigating.

北卡罗来纳州的停电引起了广泛关注,联邦调查局正在进行调查。

Officials believe intentional attacks on substations are causing power outages in more county near Fayetteville.

官员们认为,对变电站的蓄意袭击正在导致费耶特维尔附近的许多县城停电。

But at this time, they haven't named any suspects or even motives.

但目前,嫌疑人的姓名仍未得知,甚至连动机也不知道。

40,000 customers were in the dark as of Sunday.

截至周日,4万名电网客户仍一头雾水。

The investigation turned into a criminal investigation when utility crews found signs of potential vandalism to equipment at several different sites, including two substations that were damaged by gunfire.

电力公用事业人员在几个不同的地点发现设备可能遭到恣意毁坏的迹象,其中包括两个被枪击损坏的变电站,这场调查转变成了刑事调查。

We're talking millions of dollars in estimated damage.

估计损失可达数百万美元。

In order to protect residents, property, businesses, and public services, the authorities announced a mandatory curfew from 9:00 PM until 5:00 AM in the county.

为保护居民、财产、企业和公共服务,当局宣布该县从晚上9点到凌晨5点强制宵禁。

The curfew, which started Sunday, will continue nightly until there's an emergency declaration.

宵禁于周日开启,每晚持续,直到宣布进入紧急状态才发生变化。

This outage is impacting the community in all sorts of ways, as you can imagine.

正如想象的那样,这次停电正影响着社会的方方面面。

All schools in the county were closed on Monday.

该县所有学校周一都停课了。

There was no church on Sunday, traffic lights are out, many businesses are closed, with a few stores using generators to open their doors.

周日不做礼拜,红绿灯没有开,许多企业关门,只有几个商店用发电机开门营业。

Authorities opened a shelter, which is running on a generator.

当局开设了一个收容所,该收容所靠一台发电机得以运行。

According to local officials, the damage is significant and rerouting power just isn't an option.

据当地官员称,破坏非常严重,改变供电线路是不可能的。

As of Monday, an FBI manhunt was underway.

截至周一,联邦调查局正在展开搜捕行动。

But whoever is responsible remains a mystery to the community.

不过,社区人们仍然不清楚是谁导致了这场断电。

We'll keep you updated in the coming days right here on "CNN 10."

我们将在未来几天的“CNN 10”栏目中为您跟新最新情况。

Next up, CNN Business producer Jon Sarlin is introducing us to BlocPower, one of a handful of companies looking to make clean energy affordable for everyone.

接下来,CNN商业制片人乔恩·萨林将向我们介绍BlocPower,这是为数不多的几家希望让每个人都能用上廉价清洁能源的公司之一。

The Brooklyn, New York-based business wants to help companies prioritize helping the climate while also lowering utility bills and saving money.

这家总部位于纽约布鲁克林的企业希望公司在降低电费、省下资金的同时,推动各家公司将改善气候作为优先事项。

The company also targets dense and low-income neighborhoods where significant cost savings can help the most.

这家公司还瞄准了人口密集且收入低的社区,大幅节省用电成本对这些社区的帮助最大。

They've reached nearly 1,200 buildings in New York so far.

到目前为止,他们已经到达过纽约近1200座建筑。

Let's learn more.

以下为详细报道。

In 2020, residential and commercial buildings accounted for 13% of greenhouse gas emissions in the US.

2020年,住宅和商业建筑排放的温室气体占美国排放总量的13%。

But the cost of buying and installing green technology can cost tens of thousands of dollars.

但购买和安装绿色科技产品的成本可能高达数万美元。

Greening buildings can be really difficult, complicated, and hard, and a little scary and expensive.

让每栋建筑都变得环保真的会很困难、复杂、费劲,费用又贵的可怕。

But what if it wasn't expensive and you couldn't make your building green without paying any upfront costs?

但如果这并不昂贵,而且你必须预先支付费用才能让你的建筑变得更环保呢?

A company called BlocPower is one of a handful of companies trying to make that possible.

只有少数几家公司试图实现这一目标,一家名为BlocPower的公司就是其中之一。

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adj. 可能的,潜在的
n. 潜力,潜能

 
vandalism ['vændəlizəm]

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n. 故意破坏,故意破坏(艺术或公物等)的行为

 
option ['ɔpʃən]

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greenhouse ['gri:nhaus]

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protect [prə'tekt]

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property ['prɔpəti]

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criminal ['kriminl]

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generator ['dʒenəreitə]

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