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That's in spite of an ongoing global increase in the burning of fossil fuels for energy, with the Global Carbon Budget last month finding that carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and cement will rise to a record 37 billion metric tons in 2024.
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David Vetter, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Widespread adoption of heat pumps can make a major dent in the 11 million metric tons of greenhouse gases emitted by buildings annually, which is more than 13% of statewide emissions.
—Susan Miller, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
By some estimates, the homes in the district emit just 0.13 metric tons per resident for energy use annually—significantly below Heidelberg’s citywide average of 2 metric tons.
—Marina Lopes, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
One 2018 study in the journal Nature found that Antarctica lost around 3 trillion metric tons of ice from 1992 to 2017, with the rate of loss increasing from about 76 billion metric tons per year before 2012 to 219 billion metric tons per year in most recent years.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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David Vetter, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Widespread adoption of heat pumps can make a major dent in the 11 million metric tons of greenhouse gases emitted by buildings annually, which is more than 13% of statewide emissions.
—Susan Miller, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
By some estimates, the homes in the district emit just 0.13 metric tons per resident for energy use annually—significantly below Heidelberg’s citywide average of 2 metric tons.
—Marina Lopes, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
One 2018 study in the journal Nature found that Antarctica lost around 3 trillion metric tons of ice from 1992 to 2017, with the rate of loss increasing from about 76 billion metric tons per year before 2012 to 219 billion metric tons per year in most recent years.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Metric ton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metric%20ton. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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