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emission

noun as in issuance, diffusion

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ANO shares the Motorists' misgivings about the EU's emissions targets, and vows to modify or reject them outright.

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The Climate Change Act 2008, which put targets for cutting emissions into law, was introduced by the last Labour government and strengthened under Tory PM Theresa May.

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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.

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“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.

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

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