They had pushed the agency to designate the bird as endangered, a status that gives federal officials greater regulatory power to crack down on threats.

因为他们一直敦促该管理局将这种鸟类列为“濒危”物种，这样的话就能让联邦官员有更大的监管权来打击威胁该物种的行为。

Now the company is suddenly claiming that the 2002 agreement is invalid because of the 2006 legislation, and that only the federal government has regulatory power over nuclear issues.

现在，该公司由于2006年法规突然声明2002的条约无效，但只有联邦政府才有对核问题制定规章的权力。

" E.P.A. can no longer sidestep Congress to exercise broad regulatory power that would radically transform the nation's energy grid and force states to fundamentally shift their energy portfolios away from coal-fired generation, " he said.

他说，“环保局不能再绕过国会行使广泛的监管权力，这将从根本上改变美国的能源网络，迫使各州从根本上改变其能源投资组合，不再使用燃煤发电。”