Environment

Environmental regulation was a …………………… point in last year's budget negotiations.

• boiling

• crushing

• sticking

• tipping

I had to introduce my boss to the audience, but I was so nervous I completely forgot his name. He had to step in and introduce himself. I wished the ……………………………………… would open up and swallow me!

• earth

• ground

• soil

• world

In my final year at Uni I was cramming for my exams and working part-time. I managed to work myself into the …………………………………

• earth

• soil

• ground

• world

In practical terms, it will take decades of nonstop solar, wind and other renewable investment to …………………… fossil fuels. 

• plead

• withstand

• pledge

• phase out

The presidential candidate made a ……………………………… to fight climate change.

• pledge

• commitment

• plight

• corollary

The documentary ………………………………awareness of the plight of bees and others pollinators.

• brought

• showed

• raised

• made

Governments seem to be oblivious to the ………………………………………………… evidence of climate change. (check the 2 correct answers!)

• appealing

• underrated

• overwhelming

• compelling

Somehow, while we make great …………………………………… in technology, many of us have forgotten the fundamental importance of the very things on which our lives ultimately depend.

• strides

• streaks

• streams

• strenghts

For the foreseeable future we have got to put everything else on the ……………………… and focus on one thing only. 

• heater

• backburner

• boiler

• cooker

Citizens have made their voices heard: they want to have a ………………………… in environmental matters.

• word

• say

• tell

• speech