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environmentalist

[en-vahy-ruhn-men-tl-ist, -vahy-ern-] / ɛnˌvaɪ rənˈmɛn tl ɪst, -ˌvaɪ ərn- /


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Brett Hartl, government affairs director of environmentalist group the Center for Biological Diversity, vowed a fight.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

“Why do we need a nine gigawatt data center in one of the driest states in the nation that’s in a severe drought,” Caroline Gleich, an environmentalist and professional skier, asked.

From Salon Jun. 12, 2026

The uprising harked back to the 1980s and 1990s, when iconic environmentalist Judi Bari led Earth First! campaigns against logging in the region.

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2026

“Silent Friend” is a film not of environmentalist pleading but of ecological profundity.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

This soundscape, as acoustic environmentalist R. Murray Schafer conceived it, concerns what those sounds tell us about who we are and the time in which we live.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

The project was called off in 2021 following a decade of legal challenges and protests from environmentalists, farmers, Native American groups and others who cited the threat of spills.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

His decision to allow exploratory drilling in the area known as the Brazilian Equatorial Margin was heavily criticised by environmentalists, who raised concerns that any potential oil spills could devastate its ecosystem.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

The environmentalists said the ranchers brought in invasive plants with their feed, and that cattle fouled the soil and waterways.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

In California, a mining company is scrapping with environmentalists over an expansion plan meant to quadruple gold output.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Curiously, though, environmentalists also describe Native American history as embodying precisely the opposite lesson: how to live in a spiritual balance with Nature.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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