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emission

noun as in issuance, diffusion

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A major UK trial of a controversial feed additive designed to reduce emissions of planet-warming methane gas by dairy cows has ended.

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Ask a different question: What kind of electric vehicles would we get if policy incentives were genuinely aimed at replacing gasoline-driven miles to produce a net reduction in greenhouse emissions?

The last 10 years have been Earth’s hottest on record, driven largely by greenhouse gas emissions that come from the burning of fossil fuels.

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Global emissions have surged since the agreement was signed, and China is a major culprit.

Only a few dozen leaders have turned up here in Belém, and a majority of countries have failed to submit new plans to cut carbon emissions, the root cause of rising temperatures.

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