The green movement Flashcards by x xx

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A dam

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Un barrage

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A disposal

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Une élimination, un rejet

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A drought

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Une sécheresse

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A flood

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Une inondation

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A gallon

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3,79 litres

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A grid

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Un réseau

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A photovoltaic cell

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Une cellule photovotaïque

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A power plant/station

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Une centrale (électrique)

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A recycling bin/waste

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Une poubelle de recyclage

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A recycling plant

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Une usine de recyclage

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A renewable resource

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Une ressource renouvelable

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A smoke

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Une fumée

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A solar panel

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Un panneau solaire

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A steam engine

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Un moteur à vapeur

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A supply/supplies

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Une réserve

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A sweatshop

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Un atelier d’exploitation, une usine à sueur

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A tidal barrage

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Un barrage à marrée

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A wind farm

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Un parc d’éoliennes

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A wind turbine/a windmill

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Une éolienne

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An alternative energy

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Une énergie alternative

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An environmental advocate

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Un défenseur de l’environnement

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An oil rig

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Une plateforme pétrolière

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An oil slick

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Une marée noire

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An oil/petrol/gas/fuel fill-up

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Un remplissage d’essence, fuel…

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Carbon footprint

L'empreinte carbone

(Char)coal

Charbon

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

La responsabilité sociale des entreprises

Cradle-to-grave

Du berceau au tombeau

Eco(logically)-friendly

Ecologique, respectueux de l'écologie

Endangered species

Des espèces en voie de disparition

Environmentally-friendly

Respectueux de l'environnement

Fair trade

Commerce équitable

Ferrous/non-ferrous

Ferreux/non-ferreux

Fossil fuel energy

Energie à combustible fossile

Genetically Modified Organisms/GMO

Organsimes Génétiquement Modifiés/ OGM

Geothermal energy

Energie géothermale

Global warming

Réchauffement de la planète

Greenhouse effect

Effet de serre

Harmful

Nocif/nuisible/dangereux

Hydroelectric energy

Energie hydroélectrique

Noxiousness

Nocivité

Organic

Biologique

Paperless

Dématérialisé (sans papier)

Pollination

Pollinisation

Repurposing

Reconversion

Soot

Suie

Stringent

Strict, rigoureux

Sustainable development

Développement durable

Tenuous

Précaire, peu convaincant, mince

The dirt

La saleté

The Food and Drug Administration/FDA

Agence américaine des produits alimentaires et médicamenteux

The ozone layer

La couche d'ozone

Tidal power

L'énergie des marées

To check a burner

Vérifier les brûleurs (chauffage)

To dispose of something

Jeter, se débarrasser de quelque-chose

To gasp

Avoir le souffle coupé, haleter

To generate power

Générer de l'énergie

To recharge a device

Recharger un appareil

To sort out waste

Trier les déchets

To store

Entreposer, stocker

To switch on/off

Allumer/éteindre

Unleaded petrol

Essence sans-plomb