We can take steps to make fossil fuel industries less dangerous while we transition to cleaner energy. The toll of fossil fuels on human health and the environment is well documented. But our dependence on fossil fuels exacts a very high price on the people who extract or process these fuels.
extremism /ÉªkËstriËËmÉªzÉm/ noun. extremism. /ÉªkËstriËËmÉªzÉm/. noun. Learner's definition of EXTREMISM. [noncount] : belief in and support for ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable. political extremism.
An extremophile (from Latin extremus meaning extreme and Greek philiÄ (ÏÎ¹Î»Î¯Î±) meaning love) is an organism that thrives in physically or geochemically extreme conditions that are detrimental to most life on Earth. In contrast, organisms that live in more moderate environments may be termed mesophiles or neutrophiles.