How to Use greenhouse gas in a Sentence
greenhouse gas
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The port, with the DWP, is aiming to phase out greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the decade.
— Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024 -
The greenhouse gas rating is a 7 and the smog rating is a 7; both out of 10.
— Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024 -
The amount of greenhouse gas emissions allowed under the cap has not been made public.
— Rod McGuirk, ajc, 27 Mar. 2023 -
Add that to the gobs of greenhouse gas that its biomass stores and you’ve got a natural climate protector.
— Emma Bryce, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2023 -
But this resonance has the potential to drive a melt even without the greenhouse gas buildup.
— John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 July 2024 -
The need for countries around the world to limit their greenhouse gas emissions is definite—but how to do it is less clear.
— IEEE Spectrum, 18 July 2023 -
That's a long drive, and transportation is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.
— Curtis Vanderschaaf, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2023 -
Might a tipping fee for greenhouse gas emissions be the first and most obvious thing to do about climate change?
— Bob Inglis, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024 -
The first involves cutting the country's greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
— John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 Oct. 2023 -
But delegates have warned that parts of the text are still not strong enough, and that the real work of reducing greenhouse gas emissions is still ahead of us.
— Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2023 -
The ruling said Switzerland has failed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to meet its own targets.
— Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024 -
But methane is a much more potent greenhouse gas in the short term, compared with carbon dioxide.
— Lisa Friedman, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024 -
La Niña should cool things a bit, but greenhouse gas emissions that drive global warming are still rising in the background.
— Pedro Dinezio, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2024 -
Patients suck the powder into their lungs — no puff of gas required, and no greenhouse gas emissions.
— Martha Bebinger, NPR, 6 May 2024 -
The higher the death toll, the greater the economic and moral impetus to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change.
— Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 10 June 2024 -
Currently, sandy beaches make up more than one-third of the shorelines around the globe, the study said, and the best way to mitigate the issue would be to reduce greenhouse gasses.
— Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2023 -
So pharmacists should play a role in suggesting the inhalers with the fewest greenhouse gas emissions.
— Martha Bebinger, NPR, 6 May 2024 -
Freight trains can move goods at a lower cost while producing less greenhouse gas emissions than big trucks.
— Mark Walker, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2023 -
Researchers also believe that greenhouse gas emissions may lead to stronger and more frequent La Niña and El Niño events like this year’s triple-dip.
— Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2023 -
Many take part in the ride as an expression of body positivity and as a protest of greenhouse gas emissions.
— Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 15 June 2024 -
If greenhouse gas emissions were to stop altogether, the extent of the sea ice could reverse in just a matter of years, Crawford said.
— Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 June 2024 -
Experts warned that the worst was not over, with climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions that hasaffected almost every part of the world.
— Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 18 July 2023 -
And greenhouse gas emissions from a pound of turkey are equivalent to those from burning a half gallon of gasoline.
— Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2024 -
Power plants account for more than one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
— Kelly Livingston, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2024 -
The largest share – 35% – come from the transportation sector, which generates about 24% of total greenhouse gas emissions in the nation.
— USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024 -
The agency will propose greenhouse gas emissions limits this year.
— Sophie Austin, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2023 -
While the atmosphere has about 200 times more carbon dioxide than methane, the latter is a more potent greenhouse gas.
— Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Apr. 2023 -
Simple swaps could lead to huge decreases in greenhouse gas emissions.
— Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 26 Nov. 2024 -
Dahl said the Canadian wildfires are the result of climate change and signals the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions, which trap heat and cause global warming.
— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 15 May 2024 -
Primark claims to be making efforts to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions but acknowledges that 97.5 percent of its overall carbon footprint comes from the activities of its suppliers.
— Geoff Colvin, Fortune Europe, 28 Nov. 2024
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