carbon

Example Sentences

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She says she is teaching her son to value "real experiences" over possessions and takes measures to offset the carbon footprint of the hobby.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Rent increases will only be permitted "where landlords deliver genuine improvements to homes, particularly upgrades that improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions".

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

He defended crafts chain Michael’s against claims that toxic levels of carbon monoxide at one of its stores caused brain damage to an employee’s unborn daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Farallon also invested in fossil fuel projects, including an Australian coal mine that denuded thousands of acres of koala habitat and generated an enormous amount of carbon emissions.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The problem was that you needed something really hot–hotter even than the middle of the hottest stars–to forge carbon and iron and the other elements without which we would be distressingly immaterial.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson