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Environmental issues

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ENGLISHFRENCH
raising awareness / education sensibilisation
awareness campaign campagne de sensibilisation
to educate the public / to make people aware / to raise awareness sensibiliser les gens
to organize an activity faire une animation
to urge somebody to do something inciter fortement quelqu’un à faire quelque chose
to take action agir
topical issue sujet d’actualité
burning issue sujet sensible
raw material matière première
equipment matériel
facility installation / équipement
to run out of / run short of manquer de
exhausted resource ressource épuisée
at stake / at risk en jeu / en danger
to threaten menacer
threat menace
hazard / danger danger
to poison / to contaminate empoisonner / contaminer
toxic waste / poisonous waste déchets toxiques
waste disposal / waste management traitement des déchets
globalization mondialisation
politics la politique
a policy une politique
to sue / to go to court faire un procès / aller en justice
lobby (-ies) groupe(s) de pression
to bribe soudoyer
bribe / bribery pot-de-vin / corruption
leak fuite
renewable energy énergie renouvelable
fossil fuel énergie fossile
water table / ground water nappe phréatique
chemical chimique / produit chimique
natural gas gaz naturel
shale gas gaz de schiste
to pollute polluer
polluted pollué
pollutant agent polluant
landfill décharge / site d'enfouissement des déchets
to recycle / to re-use recycler / réutiliser
waste collection collecte des déchets
waste water eaux usées
water treatment plant station d'épuration
soil sol
source rock roche mère
fracking fracturation hydraulique
tight étanche
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