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Environnement Flashcards

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un écologiste

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an environmentalist / environment activist

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écologie (science de la nature)

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ecology

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écologie : préoccupation, politique

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environmentalism

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un mode de vie écologique

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an environment-friendly lifestyle

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se donner une image écologique (entreprises)

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greenwashing / to show concern for the environment

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défense de l’environnement

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conservation

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forte / faible pollution

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heavy / light pollution

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polluer / polluant / pollué

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to pollute / polluting / polluted

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voter une loi contre la pollution atmosphérique

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to pass clean air legislation

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imposer / lever une interdiction

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to impose / lift a ban on sth

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gaz / gaz d’échappement

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fumes / exhaust fumes

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gaz à effet de serre

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greenhouse gasses

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inoffensif / nocif, dangereux

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harmless / harmful, noxious

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marée noire

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an oil spill / slick

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jeter / une décharge municipale

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to dump / a dump landfill

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gaspiller

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To waste

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la nature / faune

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the wilderness / wildlife

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une espèce en voie de disparition

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a threatened / an endangered species

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19
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prévision

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a forecast

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20
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pluie

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rainfall / get a lot of rain(fall)

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fortes inondations

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severe / extensive / flooding

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sécheresse

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drought

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causer des dégâts

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to cause damage

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canicule

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a heatwave

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calotte glacière

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the ice cap

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montée du niveau des océans

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the rise of sea levels

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la forêt tropicale

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the rain forest

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déforestation

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deforestation

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industrie du boie

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the logging industry

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défricher

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to clear forests for agriculture / crops

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les sols / l’érosion

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soils / soil erosion

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agriculture intensive

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intensive farming

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agriculture biologique

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Organic farming / food

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culture / nourriture OGM

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GM crops / foods

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Sources d’énergie renouvelable / non renouvelable

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Renewable / non-renewable sources of energy

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amenuisement des énergies fossiles

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a depletion in fossil fuel reserves

Reserves are depleting

37
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passer à d’autres sources d’énergies

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to switch to other sources of energy

38
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supprimer progressivement

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to phase out the use of gas / petrol

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réductions fiscales / incitations

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to provide tax cuts / incentives to

40
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voiture peu gourmande en énergie

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an economical car

41
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voiture qui consomme beaucoup

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a gas guzzler

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un 4x4 / une voiture hybride

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an SUV / a truck / a hybrid vehicle

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utiliser les transports publics

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to use public transportation

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charbon / pétrole brut

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coal / crude oil

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gisement

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a deposit

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prospecter / forer

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to prospect for oil / to drill for oil

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station de forage

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a drilling site facility

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une plateforme offshore

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an off shore site

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une raffinerie

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a refinery

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un pétrolier (navire)

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a tanker

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une centrale électrique

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a power plant

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une éolienne / champ d’éoliennes / énergie éolienne

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a windmill / windfarm / wind power

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Energie / panneau solaire

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solar energy / panels

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énergie géothermique

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geothermal energy

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centrale / déchet nucléaire

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a nuclear plant / nuclear waste

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lobby du nucléaire / industrie pétrolière

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the nuclear lobby / the oil industry

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les biocarburants

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biofuels

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Attenuer

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To mitigate

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Affecter negitavement

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To plague

60
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De façon économe, parcimonieuse

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Sparingly

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Etre dépendant de

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To be dependent ON

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S’assurer de

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To secure

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