Unit 5: Vocabulary from Readings 2

This list covers "Jeremy Clarkson and Michael O’Leary Won’t Listen to Green Clichés and Complaints about Polar Bears," "A Roaring Battle Over Sea Lions," "The HSUS and Wild Fish Conservancy File Suit to Stop Sea Lion Killing at Bonneville Dam," and "Sea lions vs. salmon: Restore balance and common sense."
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  1. dissident
    disagreeing, especially with a majority
    In order to maintain their scepticism in the face of a sustained, and sometimes heated, challenge from their peers, they have created a mutually supportive dissident culture around an identity as victimised speakers for the truth.
  2. ideological
    relating to the characteristic thinking of a group
    So, given that scepticism is rooted in a sustained and well-funded ideological movement, how can sceptics be swayed?
  3. resonance
    the ability to create understanding or an emotional response
    One way is to reframe climate change in a way that rejects the green clichés and creates new metaphors with a wider resonance.
  4. rancorous
    showing deep-seated resentment
    Feelings, already running high, have lately hit a new and more rancorous phase.
  5. vigilante
    a person who takes the law into his or her own hands
    “Whether it was vigilantes or negligence, humans killed them,” says Sharon Young of the Humane Society.
  6. euthanasia
    the act of killing someone painlessly
    Only those left over could be euthanized—or shot if they eluded capture.
  7. predation
    the act of preying by an animal that kills and eats the prey
    In November 2010, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned a prior attempt by the agency to authorize the killing of sea lions, finding that NMFS had not properly justified its decision and that salmon populations are at greater risk from overfishing and dam operations than they are from native sea lion predation.
  8. perpetuate
    cause to continue or prevail
    While blaming sea lions for eating salmon, the states and NMFS have largely ignored recommendations of government scientists to stop stocking non-native fish like bass and walleye and adopting angler regulations that perpetuate their high levels of predation on salmon.
  9. imperative
    requiring attention or action
    Experts have warned that curbing the impact of these non-native fish is imperative for salmon recovery.
  10. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
    Tribal people were promised that while society reaped the benefits of dams, there would be a parallel acceptance of responsibility to mitigate and manage their impacts.
  11. mandate
    a formal statement of a command to do something
    Survival, balance, integrity and dignity are cultural mandates for our tribes as we work to bring the wolf back to Idaho, eagles and other raptors to the Yakima Basin, and lamprey and freshwater mussels to the Columbia River.
  12. myopic
    lacking foresight or scope
    Regrettably in that case, myopic interests impeded desperately needed management, resulting in the functional extinction of the Lake Washington winter steelhead.
Created on Thu Jan 14 16:17:38 EST 2021 (updated Tue Jan 19 12:10:03 EST 2021)

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