emissions
Example Sentences
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According to the IEA, around 70% of fossil-fuel methane emissions could be reduced with current technologies—more than half of it at zero net cost.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Although the instrument was not specifically designed to study lightning, it can detect microwave emissions from nearby storms.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
They said the wildfire released carbon equivalent to 85% of the average annual emissions from fires across the UK from 2001 to 2021.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
At one coal-burning unit, emissions for mercury, nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide were well under permitted levels, according to hourly and 24-hour measurements on a computer screen.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
The study concluded that the effect on Americans of radioactive emissions from nuclear tests was vastly outweighed by their exposure to diagnostic X-rays and other common sources.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
