EMISSION


Meaning of EMISSION in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ harmful , noxious , toxic

▪ gaseous

▪ automobile ( esp. AmE ), exhaust , tailpipe ( AmE ), vehicle

▪ industrial

▪ atmospheric

▪ greenhouse gas

the Kyoto protocol on cutting greenhouse gas ~s

▪ acid , carbon , carbon dioxide , lead , mercury , methane , sulphur/sulfur , etc.

▪ global

global ~s of carbon dioxide

VERB + EMISSION

▪ generate , produce

▪ curb , cut , lower , minimize , reduce

We must take action to cut vehicle ~s.

▪ eliminate

▪ control , limit , regulate

▪ offset

New power plants must offset ~s by funding climate-change projects.

▪ measure , monitor

EMISSION + VERB

▪ increase

▪ decrease , fall

EMISSION + NOUN

▪ levels , rates

PREPOSITION

▪ ~s from

measures to reduce harmful ~s from traffic

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