environmental benefit

collocation in English

meaningsofenvironmentalandbenefit

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environmental
adjective
uk
/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.təl/us
/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.t̬əl/
relating to ...
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benefit
noun
uk
/ˈben.ɪ.fɪt/us
/ˈben.ə.fɪt/
a helpful or good effect, or something intended ...
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(Definition ofenvironmentalandbenefitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The major question is how to restore the tree resource base forenvironmentalbenefitwhile simultaneously improving the welfare of poor farmers.
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In life-cycle cost terms, a solar collector system has a positiveenvironmentalbenefitover the life-cycle of the system as the burning of fossil fuels is displaced by renewable energy.
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Their analysis shows that the flat payment scheme with a cap on eligible land size is the most equitable but least efficient in terms ofenvironmentalbenefitper dollar spent.
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In considering energy policy, we should bear in mind four key objectives: economic efficiency, security of supply,environmentalbenefit, and the relief of fuel poverty.
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Using methane from abandoned mines will reduce greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere and therefore has a significantenvironmentalbenefit.
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The added value offered by this directive lies in the potential health andenvironmentalbenefit.
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Another potentialenvironmentalbenefitof wave and tidal power is that it could help to combat coastal erosion.
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Obviously, it would be absurd to go to enormous cost to achieve an insignificantenvironmentalbenefit.
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Therefore, on environmental grounds, my constituency will be at the forefront of producing cheap energy, with anenvironmentalbenefitto boot.
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The cost will not be proportional to theenvironmentalbenefit.
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The principalenvironmentalbenefitof lower speed is a reduction in emissions.
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I see noenvironmentalbenefitin unfairly putting 400 small trout farmers out of business.
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We need to look at a graduated disposal tax and at taxing the various forms of disposal according to theirenvironmentalbenefit.
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What an enormousenvironmentalbenefitthat will be!
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We were discussing the implication whereby privatisation is confused with the demands of the consumer forenvironmentalbenefit.
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Cutting morning traffic would be of enormousenvironmentalbenefit.
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It strongly supports the proposed aggregates levy and the steps that we are taking to use the tax system to promoteenvironmentalbenefit.
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Those are important principles, but there is no reference toenvironmentalbenefitin the guidelines.
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In many cases there is littleenvironmentalbenefitto be gained from prior incineration.
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One has, as she so rightly says, to balance the cost against theenvironmentalbenefit.
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