environmentalist
noun
en·vi·ron·men·tal·ist
in-ˌvī-rə(n)-ˈmen-tə-ləst 
-ˌvī(-ə)r(n)-
plural environmentalists
: an advocate of environmentalism : a person who is focused on the preservation, restoration, and improvement of the natural environment
While dams have been touted in the name of water conservation and clean, renewable energy, environmentalists have long challenged the claim that dams are "green" technology. The deleterious ecological impacts of dams, they insist, have been profound.—
Patrick Joseph
Patrick JosephMeanwhile, environmentalists have responded that climate change and habitat loss due to development should require builders to think even more carefully about their projects.—Emma Cotton et al.
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But environmentalists like Davidson doubt that landowners actually have much of a legal case.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 12 June 2025
That is precisely what worries environmentalists like Olsi Nika, a marine biologist and the director of the NGO EcoAlbania.
—Marzio Mian, The Dial, 12 June 2025
Just days after a Texas oil firm shocked California environmentalists and regulators by announcing the resumption of offshore oil production near Santa Barbara County, a court has ordered the company to cease further coastal construction or repairs until the company obtains official approvals.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
And while these representatives of some of the most powerful parts of the agriculture industry think the report went too hard on pesticides and chemical use, many environmentalists and other food systems advocates say some language was not strong enough.
—Chloe Sorvino, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 12 June 2025
That is precisely what worries environmentalists like Olsi Nika, a marine biologist and the director of the NGO EcoAlbania.
—Marzio Mian, The Dial, 12 June 2025
Just days after a Texas oil firm shocked California environmentalists and regulators by announcing the resumption of offshore oil production near Santa Barbara County, a court has ordered the company to cease further coastal construction or repairs until the company obtains official approvals.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
And while these representatives of some of the most powerful parts of the agriculture industry think the report went too hard on pesticides and chemical use, many environmentalists and other food systems advocates say some language was not strong enough.
—Chloe Sorvino, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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environmentalist
noun
en·vi·ron·men·tal·ist
-ˌvī-rən-ˈment-ᵊl-əst
-ˌvī(-ə)rn-
: a person concerned about environmental quality and especially with controlling pollution
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environmentalist
noun
en·vi·ron·men·tal·ist
-ᵊl-əst
1
: an advocate of environmentalism
2
: one concerned about environmental quality especially of the human environment with respect to the control of pollution
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