emissions
Example Sentences
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Rail accounted for only 0.3 percent of EU planet warming emissions from transport in 2022 compared to almost 12 percent for civil aviation.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
On Tuesday, Guterres noted that Africa contributes relatively little to global emissions but suffers disproportionately from climate change, including droughts, floods and food insecurity.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Volkswagen was previously found guilty in the emissions cheating scandal, Pfizer over its promotion of the anti-inflammatory drug Bextra and Exxon for the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Under extreme assumptions, these emissions would change the global temperature by thirty-four one-thousands of one degree Celsius—an effect that would be undetectable.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
They had bombarded dozens of elements with deuterons and assiduously tracked emissions of alpha particles during the bombardments; but the continued emission of electrons or positrons after the bombardments ended had escaped their notice.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
