Noun Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas. We heat our house with gas. Do you have a gas stove or an electric one? The car gets good gas mileage. The car almost ran out of gas. He was driving with one foot on the gas and one foot on the brake. Verb soldiers gassed on the battlefield We stopped to gas the car. See More
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From its production to its end-of-life, plastic belches greenhouse gas emissions at every stage of its life cycle. Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 16 Sep. 2022 Some states are transitioning away from carbon dioxide-emitting fossil fuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stave off the worst effects of a warming planet. John Raby, ajc, 16 Sep. 2022 According to the Environmental Protection Agency, transportation is the single largest source of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.CBS News, 15 Sep. 2022 The judge’s order in February said the Biden administration had failed to adequately consider the sale’s effect on planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. Janet Mcconnaughey, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2022 And getting more electric vehicles on the road could help cut greenhouse gas emissions, which would help with the ongoing climate change issues. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 15 Sep. 2022 Last week, the White House released a report on crypto’s environmental impact, saying that crypto-asset activity in the U.S. compares to the country’s greenhouse gas emissions from railroad diesel fuel.Time, 15 Sep. 2022 The judge's order in February said the Biden administration had failed to adequately consider the sale’s effect on planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. Janet Mcconnaughey, Chron, 14 Sep. 2022 The project will increase capacity by 50 percent at the Beam plant in Boston, Ky., while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by the same percentage, Beam Suntory said Wednesday.BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022
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The already expensive trip came with an unexpected cost: The price for a gallon of unleaded at Death Valley’s Furnace Creek gas station, the only place to gas up for miles, was $8.25. Evan Halper, Washington Post, 20 May 2022 Nobody wanted oil in general in spring 2020, when global stay-at-home orders meant nobody needed to gas up and get to the office. Julianne Pepitone, CNN, 12 Mar. 2022 Over the course of an hour, more people used the station as a cut-through to skip a long light than to gas up for $6.99 a gallon. Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2022 Members of the militia group the Oath Keepers, it was later revealed, had planned to trap members of Congress in a tunnel and to gas them. Molly Jong-fast, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2022 Your therapist can gas on about her divorce to HER therapist. Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 22 Aug. 2021 Your therapist can gas on about her divorce to HER therapist. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 22 Aug. 2021 Your therapist can gas on about her divorce to HER therapist. Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 22 Aug. 2021 Your therapist can gas on about her divorce to her therapist.Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2021 See More