environmental problem
collocation in Englishmeanings of environmental and problem
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environmental
adjective
uk/ɪnˌvaɪ.rəˈmen.təl/us/ɪnˌvaɪ.rəˈmen.t̬əl/
relating to ...
problem
noun [C]
uk/ˈprɒb.ləm/us/ˈprɑː.bləm/
a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with ...
(Definition of environmental and problem from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of environmental problem
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Opposition to the operational destructor demonstrated that the effort to remove one environmental problem might introduce another.
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The answer to this question is especially important for the environmental problem mentioned above.
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This result would clearly seem to illustrate the potential effectiveness of a multilateral response to an environmental problem.
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The extension of sewerage is a potential candidate for delays if indeed no real environmental problem is associated with the use of septic systems.
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If there turns out to be convincing evidence that global warming is real and could become a serious environmental problem, international action may be needed.
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The experiment also illustrates how non-obvious policies may be more efficient than traditional policies to address an environmental problem.
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Manure is a complex environmental problem affecting multiple media, with interactions between the various media.
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Given the stochasticity of weather, this would not be an efficient solution to an environmental problem.
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Predicting the constants of nature becomes a messy environmental problem.
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In the case of surface irrigation systems, salinity build up has become a major environmental problem.
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At first glance it appeared to be a comprehensive list, but to my eyes there was a glaring omission - the most fundamental environmental problem was missing entirely.
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In a global environmental problem, there is not however a regulator per se vested with the power to enforce a given policy in a number of nations.
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The climate change caused by man and its adverse effects on the environment and mankind are the most serious global environmental problem facing us.
Packaging only plays a minor, albeit visible, role in the environmental problem and is a source of irritation to many people.
The environmental problem would equate itself because the cooling towers would not be necessary.
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And slurry is an increasing environmental problem in this country.
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One of the key points in this report concerns historical waste, which is perhaps the greatest environmental problem of all.
All things considered, this could be said to constitute a considerably greater environmental problem than the mining currently in operation.
For a long time it has been self-evident to see packaging as an environmental problem, a small and necessary problem certainly, but a problem nonetheless.
We usually agree that they are the greatest environmental problem of our time, and we usually agree that we must do more.
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