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Vocabulary Environment

 acid rain
 (v) pollute
 (n) pollution
 (n) soil
 soil pollution
 water pollution
 air pollution
 (v) reduce
 (n) waste
 factory waste
 (adj) harmful
 (n) industry
 (n) oxygen
 power station
 power plant
 nuclear power plant
 solar energy
 solar power
 (n) petrol
 (n) gas
 burn petrol
 (v) plant
 (v) recycle
 (adj) recyclable
 (n) can
 collect rubbish
 clean out (a pond)
 (v) protect
 (n) habitat
 natural habitat
 give a hand
 (n) factory
 (n) drought
 exhaust fumes
 exhaust emissions
 energy-saving bulb
 (n) battery
 (n) threat
 (v) threaten
 (n) deforestation
 (n) hunting
 (n, pl) crops
 (n) carbon dioxide
 climate change
 (n) ecosystem
 endangered species
 (n) rubbish (BE)
 rubbish bin
 rubbish dump
 (n) garbage (AE)
 garbage can
 garbage collection
 (n) litter
 litter bin
 (n) trash
 trash can
 global warming
 greenhouse effect
 greenhouse gases
 ozone layer
 ozone depletion
 radioactive wastes
 (n) wastewater
 (n) contaminant
 sewage system
 (n) sewage
 (adj) sustainable
 sustainable development
 (n) atmosphere
 oil slick
 fossil fuels
 (n) coal
 (n) charcoal
 (n) well
 (adj) renewable
 (adj) non-renewable
 (n) cattle
 (n) rainforest
 (n) log
 (adj) extinct
 (n) blizzard
 (adj) boiling
 (adj) freezing
 (adj) mild
 (n) moisture
 moisture content
 (n) humidity
 (n) flood
 (n) hail
 (v) melt
 wind turbines
 (ph.v) run out
 alternative energy
 (adj) limited
 (v) provide
 (n) solution
 (n) resource
 (n) desalination
 (n) benefit
 (n) disaster
 (adj) long-term

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