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a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z table - in the legislative sense, an action taken to halt debate on a bill. tap water - drinking water monitored (and often filtered) for protection against contamination and available for public consumption from sources within the home. tax shift - replacing one kind of taxes with another, without changing the total amount of money collected. For example, replacing a portion of income taxes with carbon tax or other pollution taxes. telecommuting - working with others via telecommunications technologies (e.g., telephones, modems, faxes) without physically travelling to an office. thermonuclear - the application of high heat, obtained via a fission explosion, to bring about fusion of light nuclei. threatened species - species of flora or fauna likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future. Three Gorges - a project along the Yangtze river in China to build the largest hydroelectric dam in the world. timber - logged wood sold as a commodity.
TNT Equivalent - a measure of the energy released in the detonation of a nuclear weapon, expressed in terms of the quantity of TNT which would release the same amount of energy. Tongass - a national forest in southeast Alaska comprising one of the United States' last remaining temperate rainforests. toxic - poisonous. toxic emissions - poisonous chemicals discharged to air, water, or land. toxic sites - land contaminated with toxic pollution, usually unsuitable for human habitation. toxic waste - garbage or waste that can injure, poison, or harm living things, and is sometimes life-threatening. toxification - poisoning. traffic calming - designing streets to reduce automobile speed and to enhance walking and bicycling.
transit - see public transportation. transportation - any means of conveying goods and people. transportation planning - systems to improve the efficiency of the transportation system in order to enhance human access to goods and services. trash - waste material that cannot be recycled and reused (synonymous with garbage). trawls - nets with a wide mouth tapering to a small, pointed end, usually called the "cod end." Trawls are towed behind a vessel at any depth in the water column. trip reduction - reducing the total numbers of vehicle trips, by sharing rides or consolidating trips with diverse goals into fewer trips. trolling - a method of fishing using several lines, each hooked and baited, which are slowly dragged behind the vessel. turtle excluder device (TED) - a gear modification used on shrimp trawls that enables incidentally caught sea turtles to escape from the nets. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
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