climate arsonistとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

climate arsonist (複数形 climate arsonists)

1. (derogatory) A person who intentionally accelerates climate change.
   • 2019 August 21, Lloyd Alter, “In Canada, Saying Climate Change Is Real Could Get You in Trouble During the Election”, in Treehugger:

     He is a hard right wing climate arsonist or nihilist (denier is too kind) whose candidates are variously conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers.

   • 2020 January 14, Michael E. Mann, “When It Comes to the Australian Bushfires, Rupert Murdoch is an Arsonist”, in Newsweek:

     After all, once the public connects the dots between fossil fuel pollution, climate change disinformation, and the burning urgency of its consequences, Murdoch and his fossil fueled friends will be seen as the true arsonists: climate arsonists.

   • 2020 September 14, Peter Baker; Lisa Friedman; Thomas Kaplan, quoting Joe Biden, “As Trump Again Rejects Science, Biden Calls Him a ‘Climate Arsonist’”, in The New York Times:

     If you give a climate arsonist four more years in the White House, why would anyone be surprised if we have more of America ablaze?