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. Steve Vladeck:

   One of the questions the Court has agreed to take up in these cases is whether, in delegating the power to The EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, Congress exceeded those limits, if the Court says yes, that will not just curtail the EPA's power to respond to climate change in a moment in which it's hard to imagine that Congress will fill the gap ; it would have enormous implications for -- and impose far greater limits on -- the federal government's regulatory power writ large.

2. Gaurab Basu:

   The truth is that greenhouse gas emissions are abstract, and can be perceived as not impacting people's day-to-day lives and the people that they love, and so I think that our job here is to translate the science and the research and make it real for people and the things and people that they love.

3. Heidi Kujawa:

   Every community struggles with plastic waste, putting in a Blocker [ System ] is going to help reduce landfill, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce transportation needs, all of that other good stuff.

4. Iain Keith:

   As the world's third largest greenhouse gas emitter, Brazilian support is crucial if the world is going to call time on the age of fossil fuels in Paris, now we need to see Brazil spelling out how precisely it intends to do this.

5. Kristie Ebi:

   As an example, one option to reducing carbon emissions is more extensive use of biofuels. But some research suggests that increasing the land used for biofuels could reduce the amount of land available for agriculture, which could affect food insecurity for the poor, decision-makers should ensure that the options implemented to reduce greenhouse gas emissions do not create new challenges ; all the benefits and harms of a policy should be taken into consideration.