Environment Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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bucket biology n. There’s no doubt in my mind that northern pike have been put in.…I think it’s called “bucket biology.” They probably were brought over here from the Valentine refuge lakes during the winter. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Biology Environment] [full cite] (Sep. 1, 2006)

bucket biology n. This illegal introduction, like the Arnica Creek episode, is a sign of a phenomenon widespread in lakes and streams throughout North America. Known among fisheries professionals as bucket biology, these clandestine actions put the preferences of a few selfish individuals above the needs of the public and the well-being of countless priceless aquatic resources. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Biology Environment] [full cite] (Sep. 1, 2006)

burnable snow n. The country’s administration has recently prepared the report to the Congress on the new natural gas discovery. The USA plans to extract gas from the so-called gas hydrates, which are in abundance in the Arctic region. This sort of mineral is often called “burnable snow” and its reserves are estimated at 200 thousand billions cubic feet. [English Environment Petroleum] [full cite] (Apr. 11, 2008)

by catch n. It is estimated that Dirty Fishing, also known as “by catch,” results in the accidental death and waste of 44 million pounds of sea life worldwide every year, though exact figures in the U.S. are difficult to come by. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Crime & Prisons Environment] [full cite] (Sep. 30, 2004)

carbon leakage n. But bowing to pressure from industry lobbies, the commission announced that it would not allow the ETS to preside over “carbon leakage,” an ugly term meaning the relocation of steelworks and the like from Europe to countries with non-binding climate-change standards. [English Business Environment Jargon] [full cite] (Jan. 25, 2008)

carbon sasquatch n. Actually, Laurie David has been creating one HUGE carbon footprint here on Martha’s Vineyard for the last 6 years. Her disgusting and ostentatious trophy building has been virtually ceaseless for about 6 years now. The trucks and pollution stop only when Mrs. Carbon Sasquatch is here for her summer vacation, making herself the center of everyone’s attention. [English Environment New or Nonce Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 25, 2007)

carborexic n. To others they come across as “energy anorexics,” obsessing over personal carbon emissions to an unhealthy degree, the way crash dieters watch the bathroom scale.…Jay Matsueda, who might also answer to the name energy anorexic, or carborexic, has neither heat nor air-conditioning in his condominium in Culver City, California. [English Environment New or Nonce Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 28, 2008)

chase the bloom v. phr. For the most part, colony collapse disorder has been limited to large operations that truck their hives cross country to “chase the bloom,” as it’s known. That is, vast mobile operations that make most of their cash not from honey but rather from for-hire pollination services in areas where mono-cropping and suburbanization have wiped out wild bees and small-scale bee keeping. [English Agriculture Environment Plant-life] [full cite] (May. 3, 2007)

chemtrail n. The chemicals are deposited into the sky by jets, and they leave trails that resemble those left by planes when flying at certain altitudes. The trails that we are used to seeing, which are caused by condensation, are called “contrails.” However, those that contain the chemicals are named “Chemtrails.” [English Aviation Environment] [full cite] (Apr. 4, 2007)

cherry-stem v. At meetings with various groups during the past few years, the National Park Service had said that some areas within the recommended wilderness boundary could be “cherry- stemmed” out from the wilderness boundary as “minor modifications.”… “Cherry-stemming” is a method of excluding “non-conforming” uses such as roads from areas proposed as wilderness. [English Environment] [full cite] (Sep. 12, 2007)

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