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Un écologiste

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An environmentalist

Environment activist

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Écologie comme préoccupation politique

Comme science

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Environmentalism

Ecology

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Defense de l’environnement

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Conservation

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Écologique

Une problématique écologique

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Environmentally friendly
(ecological se dit aussi)
Environmental issue/concern

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Image écologique de façade

Se préoccuper de l’environnement

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A greenwash

To show concern for The environment

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Loi contre la pollution atmosphérique

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Clean air legislation

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Pollution
Polluer
Pollué
Polluant

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Pollution
To pollute
Polluted
Polluting

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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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Imposer une interdiction

Lever une interdiction

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To impose à ban on sth

To lift a ban on smth

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Inoffencif

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Harmless

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Nocif, dangereux

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Harmful

Noxious

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Marée noire

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An oil spill/ slick

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Décharge municipale

Jeter

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A dump landfill

To dump

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Gaspiller

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To squander

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La nature

La faune

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Wilderness

Wildlife

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Une espèce en voie de disparition.

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An endangered/ threatened species

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Prévision

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Forecast

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Pluie

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Rainfall

To get a log of rainfall

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Inondations

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(Severe/extensive/widespread) flooding

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Sécheresse

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Drought

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Dégâts

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To cause damage (indénombrable)

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Canicule

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A heatwave

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Calotte glacière

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Ice cap

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Montée du niveau des eaux

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The rise of sea levels

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Déboisement

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Deforestation

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Industrie du bois

Exploitation forestière

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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

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Soils

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L’érosion

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Soils erosion

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Agriculture/nourriture biologique

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Organic farming/food

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Cultures OGM

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GM crops/foods

GMO : genetically modified organism

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Énergies renouvelables

Non renouvelables

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Renewable

Non-renewable source of energy

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Passer à une autre source d’énergie

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To switch To other sources of enery

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Supprimer progressivement

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To phase out sth

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Incitations

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Incentives

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4x4 et camion

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Truck

SUV

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Voiture peu gourmande en énergie

Aui consomme bcp (énergivore)

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An economical car

A gas guzzler

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Voiture hybride

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Hybrid vehicule

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Transports publics

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Public transportation (indénombrable)

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Charbon

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Coal

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Pétrole brut

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Crude oil

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Gisement

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A deposit

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Prospecter

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To prospect for oil

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Forer

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To drill for oil

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Station de forage

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A drilling site facility

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Raffinerie

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Refinery

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Un pétrolier (navire)

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Tanker

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Centrale électrique

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Power plant

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Énergie solaire

Géothermique

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Solar energy

Geothermal energy

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Déchets nucléaires

Centrale nucléaire

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Nuclear waste

Nuclear plant

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Les biocarburants

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Biofuels

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rare, peu abondant

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scarce

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un barrage

une digue

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a dam

a dyke

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le rivage, la côte

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shore

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les matières premières

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raw materials

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services publics (ou privés) eau, gaz, électricité

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Utilities

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compteur électrique

A

meter

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réseaux électrique

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power grids

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centrale nucléaire

centrale de charbon

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nuclear/coal power stations/plants

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fonctionnent au gaz

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gaz-fired

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énergies fossiles

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fossil fuels

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éolienne

champ/parc éoliennes

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wind turbines / windmill

wind farm

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des appareils électroménagers

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appliances

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isoler (thermique)

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to insulate

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évaluer le parc immobilier

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to audit the housing stock

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s’attaquer à (3)

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to address sth
deal with
tackle

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échouer

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fail to doing sth

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mettre en péril

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put a risk

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contenir, limiter

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to curtail / curb

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des normes draconiennes

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tought standards

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atteindre ses objectifs

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to meet one’s targets

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réclamer, appeler à

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to call for

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un plafond d’émission

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emission caps

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producteurs d’énergie verte

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green-power producers

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imposé par l’état

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state-enforced

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un manque d’électricité

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shortage of electricity

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se mettre en conformité

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to come into compliance

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handicaper la compétitivité

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to hinder global competitiveness

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taxes aux frontières

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a border tax

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un émetteur de carbone

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a carbon emitter

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capteur de carbone

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carbon capture and storage

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déborder (rivière)

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to overflow

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contraignant

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binding

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prendre des engagements

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to make commitments

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faire un discours

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to make a speech

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tenir un discours

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to hold a rhetoric

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essence (UK / USA)

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petroleum

oil

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ceux qui disent que le changement n’existe pas

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climate-deniers

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ceux qui disent ne pas savoir si le changement climatique existe ou pas

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climate-sceptics

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dérèglement climatique

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climate weirding

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daire du covoiturage

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to share a car

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agriculture intensive

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high-yield agriculture

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empreinte énergétique

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energy footprint

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catastrophe

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disaster

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les enjeux

etre en jeu

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the stakes

to be at stake

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épuisser une ressource

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to become depleted

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schiste bitumineux

A

shale oil

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