How to Use emission in a Sentence

emission

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  • To date, the sales of these refills has saved more than 79 tons of carbon emissions.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2024
  • The new rule lowers the emissions standard for mercury from these plants by 70%.
    — Patrick Parenteau, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
  • That's about four times the total emissions of the transportation sector as of 2021.
    — Kelly Livingston, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The goal: to try and set the standards for how the industry will get to its goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
    — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2024
  • Since 2005, most U.S. states have witnessed a decline in these emissions.
    — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 21 June 2023
  • At a time when the world needs to be reducing emissions, the numbers continue to climb.
    — Hannah Ritchie, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2024
  • However, much more than that will be needed for the world to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
    — Matthias Mueller, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Aug. 2023
  • This emissions reduction would still lead to a loss of 15 percent of the Tibetan plateau’s snowpack by the end of the century.
    — WIRED, 23 Oct. 2023
  • But, if things shift to the highest emissions scenario, the Arctic could be ice-free for up to nine months late this century.
    — Simrin Singh, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Even if humans turned off the CO2 spigot today, the emissions already in the system would continue to warm the world for decades.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 21 July 2023
  • Rather, Harrison argues, the aim is to buy time while countries bring emissions down.
    — Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
  • After three long years of delays due to emission standards the Emira made its stateside last month.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2024
  • And yet, global greenhouse gas emissions continued to grow over the past year, the new UNEP report says.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 20 Nov. 2023
  • La Niña should cool things a bit, but greenhouse gas emissions that drive global warming are still rising in the background.
    — Pedro Dinezio, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2024
  • The general aviation airports where the planes take off and land are some of the biggest producers of lead emissions in the country.
    — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2024
  • The researchers also found that the fires spread more quickly because of drought and heat amplified by greenhouse gas emissions.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The Lululemon spokesperson said the company has made some progress toward its emissions goals but still has a ways to go.
    — Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 17 July 2024
  • Some researchers say the report, in effect, suggests that pastoralism is part of the emissions problem.
    — Michael Benanav, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2024
  • So, things that affect those emissions will affect climate.
    — CBS News, 9 July 2023
  • After all, there are tailpipe emissions to consider when sitting and waiting for a drive-thru order.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 3 Jan. 2024
  • To accomplish that goal, GM must find ways to appeal to those customers for whom emissions are not the highest priority.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Plus, the current food system contributes 20 to 40 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 12 June 2023
  • Globally, food waste accounts for almost ten per cent of the world’s planet-warming emissions.
    — Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2024
  • But a bus fueled by green hydrogen would have about half the total emissions of a typical battery-electric bus run on a mixed grid.
    — Kristel Tjandra, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Global carbon dioxide emissions hit record highs last year.
    — Andrew King, WIRED, 27 July 2024
  • Patagonia Mayor Andrea Wood said the town does not support the permit, noting its lack of emissions data.
    — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2024
  • And then there are additional emissions from clearing forests and transporting wood to be used as fuel.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 6 May 2024
  • Despite the many efforts and programs to arrest climate change, emissions from fossil fuels, including coal, oil, and gas, have reached a new record in 2023.
    — Sacramento Bee, 26 Apr. 2024
  • But the real work of reducing emissions, and actually delivering on the aims of these agreements, is still to come.
    — Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2023
  • And in June, a lawsuit brought by Hawaiian youths was settled when the state government agreed to eliminate emissions from its transportation sector by 2045.
    — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2024

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