rhetoric

Essay | Climate change to climate crisis: An evolution in rhetoric
A collage of words and phrases used in relation to climate change, including "global warming," "environment," and "fossil fuels."

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Rebecca Small
George Washington University
From "global warming" to "climate change" to "climate crisis," the terms that we use to refer to the worsening environment have political and social implications.