environmental issue

collocation in English

meaningsofenvironmentalandissue

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environmental
adjective
uk
/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.təl/us
/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.t̬əl/
relating to ...
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issue
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪʃ.uː/us
/ˈɪʃ.uː/
a subject or problem that people are thinking and ...
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(Definition ofenvironmentalandissuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Yet those most aware of costs (bads) are not always the same fromenvironmentalissueto issue.
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A centralenvironmentalissuefor developing countries is valuation when the policy being followed is inefficient, so that welfare is not being maximized.
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This pattern tracks the theoretical prediction that the geographic and temporal spread of anenvironmentalissuerepresents critical policy variables.
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It seems that the design of sustainable agreements requires some form of linkage between theenvironmentalissueand corresponding issues that are of concern to the countries involved.
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If the directive is intended to deal with theenvironmentalissue, surely its proposers should be neutral as to how the cost is borne.
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However, a carbon tax would discriminate in favour of renewables, as it should if we are serious about theenvironmentalissue.
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The motivation is theenvironmentalissue, which does not have the immediacy of energy shortage or high prices.
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Sustainable development is not possible without adopting a structural approach to theenvironmentalissue.
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We should apply this principle if we are ever uncertain as to the possible negative impact of a specificenvironmentalissueon our health.
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Let us not run away with theenvironmentalissue.
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It is worth saying that theenvironmentalissueis, above all, the people's issue.
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My third point is on theenvironmentalissue.
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That is a majorenvironmentalissueon its own.
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Will he recognise that there is a connection between theenvironmentalissueand economic regeneration?
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If that is not the case, will she find time for a debate on this most importantenvironmentalissue?
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However, there can be no doubt that the wholeenvironmentalissue, including the forests, for example, is tied up with questions of poverty and population.
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We do not want to devalue the importance of theenvironmentalissueby confusing it with the matter of privatisation.
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Will he assure us that the decision was based solidly on theenvironmentalissue?
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During my visit to a number of applicant countries my impression of theenvironmentalissuewas confirmed.
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One is theenvironmentalissueof polluting the night sky, which was raised by my noble friend, and the other is cost.
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