extractive
Speech parts
1. extractive - Noun
2. extractive - Adjective
Meaning
Capable of being extracted.
Tending or serving to extract or draw out.
Anything extracted; an extract.
A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts.
Any one of a large class of substances obtained by extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xanthin, hypoxanthin, and creatin extractives from muscle tissue.
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Our economic system, run for profit and waste and based primarily on the extractive industries, is the cause of climate change. We have wasted the earth's treasure and we can no longer exploit it cheaply.
Agriculture is the most destructive industry that we have. More than coal mining and other extractive industries.
Nigeria is still grappling with the negative consequences of the use of opacity by senior members of government and their cronies between 1993 and 1998, awarding themselves juicy contracts in the extractive industry.
Vegetables deplete soil. They're extractive. If soil has a bank account, vegetables make the largest withdrawals.
Another option is to integrate carbon charges into royalty regimes for extractive industries, though rebates should be provided for exported fuels as, under the Paris Agreement, countries are responsible only for emissions within their own borders.
An ardent supporter of extractive industries, Noel advocated strongly for the mine, saying it would diversify Kane County’s economy in ways that would support working families.