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climate arson

climate arson noun: intentional acceleration of climate change.

Noun

climate arson (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) Intentional acceleration of climate change.
    • The Transportation Research Board, nominally an arm of the National Academy of Sciences, is engaged in technocratic climate arson with its call for further highway expansion and more car travel.2019 April 9, Joe Cortright, “Highway to Hell: Climate denial at the TRB”, in City Observatory
    • The administration’s gleeful climate arson and ‘let the weak perish’ coronavirus response in particular signal that their worldview is even darker than self-interest alone.2020 September 9, Paul Waters-Smith, “Trump’s Corrosive Values Will Spread”, in Current Affairs

Words formed from climate arson

Questions about climate arson

What does climate arson mean?
Climate arson means intentional acceleration of climate change.
What part of speech is climate arson?
Climate arson is a noun.

Words near climate arson in the dictionary

  1. climatarians
  2. climatastrophe
  3. climatastrophes
  4. climate
  5. climate anxiety
  6. climate arson
  7. climate arsonist
  8. climate arsonists
  9. climate bond
  10. climate bonds
  11. climate breakdown

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