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  • I have a ________ _______ _______ which I always use when I go shopping
    reusable shopping bag
  • ___________ energies (sun, rain, wind, tides,waves and heat) are sources of clean, inexhaustible and increasingly competitive energy.
    Renewable
  • ___________ is an adjective used to mean causing little or no damage to the environment and therefore able to continue for a long time.
    Sustainable
  • When any type of fuel is burnt, lots of different chemicals are produced.Some of these gases react with the tiny droplets of water in clouds. The rain from these clouds is known as "______ ________".
    acid rain
  • Nowadays ______ cars are becoming more common because they comsume less fuel
    hybrid
  • Your _____ _______ is the sum of all emissions of CO2, which were induced by your activities in a given time frame
    carbon footprint
  • Madrid has had pollution issues for years. An almost permanent halo of ____ hovers over the city
    smog
  • Inhaling factories and industries ______ is very dangerous for our health, increasing the probability of diseases like asthma
    fumes
  • In the future, paper books will no longer be produced to save trees from being ___ ____
    cut down
  • Global temperatures will continue to rise for decades to come, largely due to _____ ______ produced by human activities
    greenhouse gases
  • The three most important _____ _______ are coal, petroleum, and natural gas
    fossil fuels
  • Without a way to reduce waste at the ________, the city ordered an expansion of the pit for another two miles
    landfill
  • I always ______ glass bottles
    recycle
  • Global __________ will continue to rise for decades to come, largely due to greenhouse gases produced by human activities.
    temperatures
  • An __________ ________ is a species which is very likely to become extinct as for example the tasmanian devil or the red panda
    endangered species