239. France Bans Short-Haul Flights: How Bad is Flying for the Environment? (English Vocabulary Lesson)
Thinking in English
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The Impact of Flying on the Environment
Sustainable, causing or made in a way that causes little or no damage to the environment and therefore able to continue for a long time. Aviation: The activity of flying aircraft or of designing, producing and keeping them in good condition. Contrail: A white line left in the sky by an aircraft that consists of water vapor,. That has condensed or turned back into very small drops of water. As in, many of the contrails we can see are from jets flying out of a nearby air force base. Domestic.: Relating to a person's own country; as in, he has taken 10 domestic flights this year. Objection: The act of expressing or feeling opposition to or dislike of
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