emissions

Example Sentences

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Lower carbon dioxide emissions from soil in these areas often reflect declining root activity and shrinking microbial populations.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

The country has set an ambitious target of doubling its clean energy supply by 2035, and achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2060.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

One of the bigger howlers is the exclusion of some emissions from chemical production or the manufacture of plastics, both booming industries.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Doing away with oil, it can reduce by 90 percent planet warming emissions from aviation -- itself responsible for up to four percent of all greenhouse gases released in the European Union -- proponents say.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

During this period, plastic increasingly filled landfills and oceans while its production—up to 8 million tons annually by 2020—contributed to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly