Sentences with phrase «extractive relationship»
The struggle over weighing possible manipulations of the atmosphere as a backstop strategy brings home the reality that we're poised to move from a mainly extractive relationship with the planet to a more managerial role.
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One of the clearest needs is for an overhaul of the Minerals Management Service within the Department of Interior, which many environmental campaigners have pilloried not only for its approval of this project without a detailed environmental review, but for a far too cozy relationship with the extractive industries it's supposed to oversee.
«The expansionist, extractive mindset, which has so long governed our relationship to nature, is what the climate crisis calls into question so fundamentally.
Like a bad relationship, Klein shows us that our reliance on endless consumption, free market mentality and extractive culture have left us isolated and convinced that we are not only incapable of saving ourselves, but we are actually not worth saving at all.