greenhouse gas
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noun
any of the gases whose absorption of solar radiation is responsible for the greenhouse effect, including carbon dioxide, methane, ozone, and the fluorocarbons.
Origin of greenhouse gas
First recorded in 1980–85
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A carbon tax may be a good way to respond to greenhouse-gas emissions.
Globally, livestock—mostly cattle—account for 18 percent of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Cattle rank up there with automobiles and power plants in terms of greenhouse-gas emissions.
New polling suggests 76 percent of Americans support some government limitations on greenhouse-gas emissions.
greenhouse gas
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