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一 |     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.。    近日，不少网友发帖称，最近自己所在城市的刮刮乐“一票难求”，即开型彩票缺货情况较为严重。此前网上有传言称国家正在管控即开型彩票的发售情况，记者向中国体彩和中国福彩进行求证，双方均表示目前没有收到管控通知，缺货是因为供不应求。网友们上传的各地彩票站缺货情况4月23日至25日，海报新闻记者走访了北京市东城区和朝阳区的几家体育彩票和福利彩票站点，发现即开型彩票确实存在缺货情况。

二 | “平时就指望着卖刮刮乐能挣点钱，我这两个月都断了两回货了。

三 | ”在东城区一家临街的彩票站点，记者注意到即开型彩票的展示柜里空空如也。

四 | 彩票店老板告诉记者，这次断货已经有一个多星期了。在和彩票店老板交流中，记者了解到，目前，体彩和福彩的即开型彩票主要靠各站点的老板自行在官方网络渠道进行“抢票”。“但是现在官方也不放票了，想抢也抢不着。我们这属于临街的小微店，主要就靠着刮刮乐挣钱。”彩票店老板说。彩票店老板告诉记者，即开型彩票紧缺的情况大概是从去年年底开始的，“过去在网上订票都随便定，卖得不好的我们都不定，现在不行了，想抢都抢不到，没有票。”除了北京地区，记者在社交平台搜索关键词“刮刮乐缺货”，发现湖南、河南、广西、浙江等地也出现了不同程度的断货情况。

五 | 4月11日，羊城晚报记者走访发现，广东广州线下多个店铺没有“刮刮乐”可售。对此，店家的解释是因为过于火热而导致的全国性缺货。4月10日中午，越牛新闻记者走访浙江绍兴城区多家彩票店，发现体彩和福彩门店都出现了缺货、断货的情况，不少店主只能靠囤货和借来维持店面运营。此前，有部分网友议论，即开型彩票缺货是因为国家出台了相关的管控措施。记者也了解到，2023年10月，财政部发布公告称，停止销售41款即开型福利彩票。这一信息是否表示即开型彩票货源紧缺是受到相关部门的管控？就这一问题，记者向中国福彩和中国体彩进行了求证。“我们没有接到管控的通知。主要是因为印刷供不上销售，所以即开型彩票近期可能有一些短缺，过段时间会好的。

六 | ”中国体彩工作人员表示。中国福彩的工作人员也给了记者同样的答案，即开型彩票目前广受消费者欢迎，断货是因为供不应求。

七 | “目前刮刮乐在全国都处于供不应求的状态，卖的很好。

八 | 消费者想要买到刮刮乐的话可以多去几家站点看看。”依据规定，即开型彩票在印制等流程方面管理严格，有关机构要先报批及预订彩票印制的数额数量，继而再发行上市。相关人士表示，目前来看，即开型彩票热度提升明显，可能超出了印制数量预期，在市场出现供不应求的情况。

九 | （中国小康网综合羊城晚报、海报新闻、越牛新闻）。

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