Synonyms for greenhouse gas
green·house gas

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1. greenhouse gas, greenhouse emissionnoun

   a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation

   Synonyms:
   greenhouse emission

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1. Kamadoli Costa:

   As part of Tiffany Co.'s commitment to sustainability, we support the global movement to act on climate change. Using our brand to advocate for this important issue -- in addition to Tiffany's long-term goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 -- is one of the most important actions we can take.

2. Paul Fischbeck:

   Eating lettuce is over three times worse in greenhouse gas emissions than eating bacon, lots of common vegetables require more resources per calorie than you would think. Eggplant, celery and cucumbers look particularly bad when compared to pork or chicken.

3. Steven Amstrup:

   Despite uncertainties about how this bear got into this starvingcondition, we can be absolutely certainif we allow the world to continue to warm, there will be ever greater numbers of such events as survival rates decline over more and more of the polar bear range, andwe can be certainthat, without halting greenhouse gas rise, the world’s polar bears gradually will disappear.

4. Gavin Schmidt:

   While the ranking of individual years can be affected by chaotic weather patterns, the long-term trends are attributable to drivers of climate change that right now are dominated by human emissions of greenhouse gases, the data shows quite clearly that it's the greenhouse gas trends that are responsible for the majority of the trends.

5. Garret Graves:

   I think that signing on to an agreement...that allows for China to have a 50% increase in greenhouse gas emissions annually by 2030 is inappropriate.