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WORDS TO UNDERSTAND

environmental policy: a plan made by government agencies, businesses, or other public or private organizations that pertains to human effects on the environment; specifically, one that is developed to reduce or prevent harm to the environment infrastructure: in relation to the construction industry, the systems of a city, region, or nation, such as communication, sewage, water, transportation, bridges, dams, and electric interdisciplinary: drawing from two or more different fields of knowledge space mining: the process of searching for, collecting, and utilizing natural resources that are found on the moon, other planets, and near-Earth objects; resources include minerals, gases (mainly helium-3), metals (eg, iron, nickel, cobalt), and water

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