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un biocarburant

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a biofuel

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une voiture qui consomme peu ou qui a peu roulé

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a low-mileage car

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le changement climatique

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! climate change

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un nuage toxique

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a poison cloud

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La Défense de l’environnement

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conservation(ism)

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un barrage

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a dam

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le développement durable

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sustainable development

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le dioxide de carbone

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Carbon dioxide

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une catastrophe en puissance

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a disaster waiting to happen

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sécheresse

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a drought

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l’effet de serre

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the greenhouse effect

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la terre

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the earth

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l’environnement

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THE environment

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disparition

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extinction

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retombées

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fallout

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un engrais

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a fertilizer

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une inondation

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a flood

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une crue subite

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a flash flood

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inondation

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flooding

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le brouillard

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the fog

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brouillard de pollution

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smog

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nappes phréatiques

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groundwater

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l’eau douce

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Freshwater

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la faune flore

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fauna flora

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extraction de gaz de schiste

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fracking

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un combustible

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a fuel

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les gaz d’échappement

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exhaust fumes

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le gaz de schiste

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Shale gas

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gaz à effet de serre

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heat-trapping gases

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un glacier

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a glacier

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calotte glacière

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the ice cap

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la couche d’ozone

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the ozone layer

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une décharge

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a landfill

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froid frais

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cool

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qui permet d’économiser de l’énergie

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energy-efficient

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écologique

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environment-friendly

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un glissement de terrain

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a landslide

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une fuite

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a leak

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les matières premières

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raw materials

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un mix de pollution

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a pollution peak

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un polluant

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a pollutant

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42
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heating oil

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fioul

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une centrale électrique

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a power plant

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énergie solaire éolienne

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solar power

wind power

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précipitations

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rainfall

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une forêt tropicale

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a rainforest

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le recyclage

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recycling

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une plateforme pétrolière

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an oil rig

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les ordures

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refuse rubbish

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les sources d’énergies renouvelables

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renewables

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les décombres

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rubble

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52
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pénurie d’eau

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water scarcity

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une pénurie

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a shortage of

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54
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l’ampleur

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the scope

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un rayon de soleil

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a sunbeam

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eaux d’égout

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sewage

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une marée noire

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an oil slick

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une espèce en voie de disparition

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an endangered species

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une tornade

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a tornado

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le réchauffement climatique

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! global warming

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les déchets

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waste

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le gaspillage

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wastage

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un raz de marée

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a tidal wave

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une éolienne

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a windmill

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disparu

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extinct

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qui consomme bcp d’énergie

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energy-guzzling

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polluant

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polluting

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rare

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scarce

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toucher une région

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to affect a region

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être condamné à

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to be doomed to

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endommager

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to damage

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disparaître

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to die out

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jeter

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to dump

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mettre en danger

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to endanger

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produire de l’électricité

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to generate electricity

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réchauffer

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to heat up

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mettre en péril

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to jeopardize

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compenser

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to offset

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Polluer

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to pollute

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empoisonner

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to poison

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recycler

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to recycle

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réfléchir la lumière

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to reflect light

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venir à manquer de

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to run out of

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etre à court de temps

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to run out of time

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empêcher le réchauffement

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to stave off global warming

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dégeler

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to thaw

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menacer

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to threaten

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piéger

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to trap

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gaspiller

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to waste

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faire des ravages

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to wreak havoc

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plafonner les émissions de carbone

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to cap carbon emission

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l’empreinte écologique

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the ecological footprint

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adopter des mesures préventives

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to take preventive action

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tenir compte d’un message

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to heed a message

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renforcer les normes

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to tighten standards

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ci voiturage

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car pooling

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aliments bio

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organic food

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trier les déchets

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to sort out waste

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emballages recyclables

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recyclable packaging

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réduire les déchets

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to minimize waste

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la récupération du verre

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bottle redemption

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une campagne de sensibilisation

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an awareness campaign

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déclencher la sonnette d’alarme

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to set off alarm bells

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se convertir à l’écologie

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to go green

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penser écologique

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to be green-minded

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militantisme écologique

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green activism

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taxe sur les automobilistes

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a congestion charge

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une organisation humanitaire

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a relief agency

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surveiller la qualité de l’air

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to monitor air quality

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abandonner progressivement le nucléaire

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to phase out nuclear energy

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eviter une catastrophe

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to avert a disaster

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tout n’est pas si sombre

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it’s not all gloom and doom

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espère que tout se passe bien

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to hope for the best

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une zone inondable

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a flood risk area

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une taxe sur les émissions de CO2

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a carbon tax

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une organisation humanitaire

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a relief agency

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isoler une maison

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to insulate a house

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faire l’autruche

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to stick ones head in the sand

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menacer la santé des gens

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to threaten people’s health

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la survie des espèces

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the survival of species

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réduire la couche d’ozone

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to deplete the ozone layer

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gaspiller les ressources

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to squander resources

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bloquer les rayons du soleil

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to trap sun beams

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causer des dégâts irréparables

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to cause lasting damage

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les climats sont modifiés

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climates are altered

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bouleverser l’équilibre écologique

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to upset the ecological balance

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etre inondés

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to be flooded

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produits chimiques nocifs

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noxious chemicals

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gaz polluants

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polluting gases

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rivages pollués

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polluted shores

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une nature appauvrie

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an impoverished nature

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ordures ménagères

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household waste

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il y a urgence

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the clock is ticking

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craindre le pire

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to fear the worst

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minimiser le problème

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to downplay the problem

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contrôler les dégâts

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to check degradation

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prendre des mesures

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to take measures

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s’attaquer au réchauffement

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to tackle global warming

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mettre en place

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to set up

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remettre en question la société du gaspillage

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to put the throwaway society into question

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réserves d’animaux

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animal sanctuaries

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protection de l’environnement

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conservationism

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panneaux solaires

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solar panels

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piles à combustible

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fuel cells

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biocarburants

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bio-fuels

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