phase out

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France on Tuesday announced a "first of its kind" plan to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 and gas by 2050 during a global conference aimed at breaking reliance on fossil fuels.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

At last year’s COP30 in Brazil, about 80 countries backed a road map to phase out oil, gas and coal, but it was dropped from the final document for lack of consensus, angering many delegates.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

Benesh says the date that most Big Food companies are planning to phase out certain dyes isn’t a coincidence.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

The Dreamliners will help Delta phase out older Boeing 767-400s, which already have premium seats taking up more than a third of their cabins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

When AI Lab administrators elected to phase out the lab's powerful PDP-10 machine in the early 1980s, the operating system that hackers once likened to a vibrant city became an instant ghost town.

From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Williams, Sam