How to cut an environmental dash in France this summer - a sprinkling of useful eco-words and phrases from Lonely Planet's French Phrasebook (pounds 3.99):
la couche d'ozone = ozone layer
les dechets toxiques = toxic waste
l'effet de serre = greenhouse effect
un essai nucleaire = nuclear testing
le papier recycle = recycled paper
les pluies acides = acid rain
la pollution des eaux = water pollution
le pot catalytique = catalytic converter
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