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emission

noun as in issuance, diffusion

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“We have to come together, with governmental action, and take steps to reduce man-made greenhouse gas emissions.”

World leaders and climate diplomats will meet in the Amazonian city as efforts to tackle rising emissions of planet warming gases have fallen down the political agenda.

From BBC

“The Long Heat” details what might occur if capitalism based on fossil fuels cannot be overturned, in three sections with bleak views on adaptation, emissions and geo-engineering.

“The result is that today, nearly 25% of all new vehicle sales in California are zero emissions qualified vehicles,” said John Swanton, spokesperson for the California Air Resources Board.

It is part of the government plan to achieve the target of reducing carbon emissions to net zero by 2050.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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