environmental lobby

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meaningsofenvironmentalandlobby

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environmental
adjective
uk
/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.təl/us
/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.t̬əl/
relating to ...
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lobby
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlɒb.i/us
/ˈlɑː.bi/
a group of people who try to persuade the government or an official group to ...
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(Definition ofenvironmentalandlobbyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theenvironmentallobbyis keen to ensure that we have as much information as possible about where it believes that the country should be going.
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The worldenvironmentallobbyis concerned about the prospects of larger tankers coming into their areas.
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I do not see why he should relinquish his position to satisfy theenvironmentallobby.
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It is no part of my thesis that theenvironmentallobbyrequires us to cease using modern methods.
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In recent years theenvironmentallobbyhas been hyperactive and dedicated in its attack on roads and travel by private vehicles.
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It is regrettable that there is a strong feeling among theenvironmentallobby, which was part of the consultation process, that its views were ignored.
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So one has to be very careful in pressing theenvironmentallobbytoo hard on agriculturalists, if you are going in for these schemes.
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I know that theenvironmentallobbywill argue, with some justification, about a reduction in road traffic.
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All this is really caused by people in theenvironmentallobbyand others who have some sort of horror of anything they do not understand.
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I hope that theenvironmentallobbywill take note of that.
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I regard theenvironmentallobbysometimes with amusement and sometimes with frustration.
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We are always hearing from theenvironmentallobby, but we spend little or nothing on improving our inland waters such as they are.
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At one time theenvironmentallobbywas regarded as an assembly of cranks.
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There is a largeenvironmentallobbyand there must be a compromise with them.
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There are those whom one may loosely describe as being in theenvironmentallobby.
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Currently, the coal industry is under great pressure from theenvironmentallobby, and in some respects that pressure is not entirely fair.
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It is a sad commentary on the impracticality of the hard coreenvironmentallobbyin the country that it does not yet support nuclear power.
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Theenvironmentallobbyargues about how clean the nuclear industry is compared with the coal industry.
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Again, it is quite an additional burden to take on the whole of theenvironmentallobbyas well as the consumer protection lobby.
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Theenvironmentallobbyin the south-east does not favour this expansion, either.
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