How to Use environmentalist in a Sentence

environmentalist

noun

• But as the project faced strong opposition from communities in its path and from some environmentalists, costs ballooned.
  — Stephen Castle, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
• Even before Truss assumed the position of prime minister, she wasn't exactly known as an environmentalist.
  — Devika Rao, The Week, 11 Oct. 2022
• Once reaching a height of 20 feet, the plant was revered by environmentalists for its furry exterior and garlicky-smelling flowers that reflected moonlight.
  — Shannon McDonagh, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
• The greatest threat to our forests has been the environmentalists, led by the Sierra Club.
  — WSJ, 11 June 2023
• Now, a group of environmentalists and divers are pushing to protect the reef line just off South Beach.
  — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 1 June 2024
• As a longtime Maui environmentalist, Tina Lia wants to save the birds.
  — Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2023
• Back in the 1980s, those were Anne Gorsuch’s experts, and the ruling was seen as a defeat for environmentalists.
  — Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
• But when the agency came knocking, the chance to slow the flow of trash into one of the largest public landfills in the country was hard for O’Keefe, an ardent environmentalist, to turn down.
  — Susan Shain, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Jan. 2023
• But when the agency came knocking, the chance to slow the flow of trash into one of the largest public landfills in the country was hard for Mr. O’Keefe, an ardent environmentalist, to turn down.
  — Susan Shain, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2023
• How removing the dams will change the landscape Tribes and environmentalists had fought for decades for removal of the dams as part of a basin-wide restoration effort.
  — Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
• But the power of the courts is clearly becoming one more arrow in the environmentalists’ quiver.
  — TIME, 4 Jan. 2024
• John Weisheit, a river runner and environmentalist, moved from Phoenix to Moab, Utah, decades ago to escape growth and enjoy the river.
  — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 30 Dec. 2022
• Among the crowd that spilled out of the large tent where Hariharan performed was Snigdha Kar, an environmentalist, and her 7-year-old daughter, Shreyashri.
  — Mujib Mashal Saumya Khandelwal, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2022
• The gift shop at the Louisville Zoo is filled with adventure toys for the tiny environmentalist and animal lover in your family.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 2 Dec. 2022
• Now, there’s a trend that has been gaining momentum in the past few years among gardeners and environmentalists: No Mow May.
  — Ashley Soebroto, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2023
• Most environmentalists agree that the 1872 mining law needs to be updated and there are several bills in Congress that would do so.
  — Time, 17 July 2023
• William became heir apparent less than three months ago with the death of his grandmother, the queen, but he already has been crowned Britain's chief environmentalist.
  — Michael Casey, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2022
• The concern now, among the community and environmentalists alike, is that vinyl chloride will leach its way into the 14-state Ohio River Basin.
  — Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Feb. 2023
• But that still isn’t enough for some environmentalists.
  — Andrew Follett, National Review, 14 Dec. 2023
• City leaders want to remake the Sepulveda Basin with new walking trails and open space, but the plan has been criticized by some environmentalists.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
• The spike in fish deaths has angered environmentalists and fishing advocates, who argue the state draws too much water from the delta while failing to safeguard fish.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
• There’s this battle between fossil fuels and environmentalists that needs to be put to rest.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 10 July 2024
• They’re touted by environmentalists and the government as a way to clear some of the toxic smog that often chokes metropolises across the country.
  — Michelle Toh, CNN, 22 Aug. 2023
• But environmentalists there and elsewhere have raised alarms about the ability of such public systems to handle some of those toxins.
  — Jesse McKinley Lauren Petracca, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2023
• King Charles was an early adopter of climate change messaging and is a keen environmentalist.
  — Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2023
• Yet the resources and chemicals needed for pristine emerald turf have made the sport an environmentalists’ bête noire.
  — Cara Buckley, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
• On your carbon capture effort you’ve been dissed not just by environmentalists but by your fellow CEOs in the oil industry.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2023
• Biden’s critics say the move was made to appease environmentalists during an election year.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Feb. 2024
• The danger to environmentalists in Colombia is real: As of 2022, the nation topped the list of countries that had the most murders of environmental activists.
  — Nina Burleigh, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
• Once upon a time, Maryland had Republican politicians who were proud environmentalists and stewards of the vast Chesapeake watershed.
  — Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2024

Last Updated: 21 Aug 2024