How to Use greenhouse gas in a Sentence

greenhouse gas

noun
  • 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
  • At issue is whether greenhouse gas emissions are a matter controlled only by federal law, or if states can play a role.
    David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 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
  • And the gap grows wider every year that humanity delays meaningful cuts to global greenhouse gas emissions.
    Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 9 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
  • The city also aims for the program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve traffic congestion on the roads, the department wrote.
    Dana Munro, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2024
  • Organizers say the event is a protest against greenhouse gas emissions and a celebration of body positivity.
    Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
  • Only when humanity greatly reduces its greenhouse gas emissions will the pace of record-breaking temperatures slow.
    Andrew King, WIRED, 27 July 2024
  • If a player builds a fossil fuel power plant, for example, the level of greenhouse gasses in the game increases — indicated on the board itself with a little marker.
    Saira Mueller, CNN, 14 June 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Patients suck the powder into their lungs — no puff of gas required, and no greenhouse gas emissions.
    Martha Bebinger, NPR, 6 May 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • That’s billions of pounds of food every year that could be put to better use to feed the hungry but instead ends up contributing to greenhouse gas emissions.
    Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
  • For decades, most of that waste has been generally destined for landfills, the transport of which results in large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Raising cattle for meat produces anywhere from 11 to almost 20 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.
    Tara Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023
  • And for the planet: Choosing healthy plant protein sources instead of red meat reduces greenhouse gas emissions and slows climate change, researchers added.
    Byerin Prater, Fortune Well, 19 Oct. 2023
  • To turn it around, experts say, the world must cut back drastically on planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 July 2023
  • Researchers also said that for the first time, the index this year considered the countries’ responses to climate change, such as rates of greenhouse gas emission.
    Emi Tuyetnhi Tran, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • That risk will continue to rise as long as greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels continue to go up.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 27 Sep. 2023

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