tailings

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Smog from 2 million tailpipes filled L.A.’s streets and burned the lungs of its denizens, but it was really created more than 2,000 miles away, in Detroit.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

You’ll also hear a larger, darker woofling from the tailpipes, and phlegmy, spattering cough as the rpm fall off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

To quantify how diesel and electric school buses impact the climate, the researchers compared the amounts of carbon dioxide emitted from diesel school bus tailpipes and from electric school buses' electricity generation and battery production.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2024

While they may not emit greenhouse gas emissions from their tailpipes, some still tap into electricity grids that include coal and gas-fired power.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2024

Buses, both public and school, grumbling and screeching, smoke billowing from the tailpipes.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds