heavy industry
noun
: the production of goods (such as coal or steel) that are used to make other goods
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Almost all the heavy industry in Shelby County – and the associated pollutants – are located in southwest Memphis, Jia added.
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Andy Miller, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2024
Current consumers of fossil fuels and chemicals, such as India, have rolled out ambitious domestic green hydrogen production programs, first to make fertilizer and then to help decarbonize their heavy industry.
—S. Julio Friedmann, Foreign Affairs, 15 Sep. 2022
It can also be used for heavy industry, like steelmaking, which renewables can’t power.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 19 June 2024
That carbon negativity is meant to cancel out the climate impact of hard-to-abate emissions from heavy industry, transport, and agriculture.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 13 June 2024
If adopted widely, the devices could help clean up heavy industry, such as steel-making, in Germany and elsewhere.
—Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
Community groups representing the neighborhood, which is surrounded by heavy industry, are concerned that the bill will attach new requirements only to certain types of facilities.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2024
This dates back to 2003 when writer Russell T Davies was asked by the BBC’s then head of drama, Jane Tranter, to revive the show and to base the production in South Wales, an area hitherto known for coal mining and heavy industry.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 May 2024
The plant is among the last still operating in Ukraine’s Donbas region, once the country’s center of heavy industry and now a focal point of Russian ground offensives that are ravaging towns and cities along the front line.
—Maria Varenikova Nicole Tung, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2024
Andy Miller, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2024
Current consumers of fossil fuels and chemicals, such as India, have rolled out ambitious domestic green hydrogen production programs, first to make fertilizer and then to help decarbonize their heavy industry.
—S. Julio Friedmann, Foreign Affairs, 15 Sep. 2022
It can also be used for heavy industry, like steelmaking, which renewables can’t power.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 19 June 2024
That carbon negativity is meant to cancel out the climate impact of hard-to-abate emissions from heavy industry, transport, and agriculture.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 13 June 2024
If adopted widely, the devices could help clean up heavy industry, such as steel-making, in Germany and elsewhere.
—Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
Community groups representing the neighborhood, which is surrounded by heavy industry, are concerned that the bill will attach new requirements only to certain types of facilities.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2024
This dates back to 2003 when writer Russell T Davies was asked by the BBC’s then head of drama, Jane Tranter, to revive the show and to base the production in South Wales, an area hitherto known for coal mining and heavy industry.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 May 2024
The plant is among the last still operating in Ukraine’s Donbas region, once the country’s center of heavy industry and now a focal point of Russian ground offensives that are ravaging towns and cities along the front line.
—Maria Varenikova Nicole Tung, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2024
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