phase down

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Recent Examples on the Web The capacity to burn coal for power went up in 2022 despite global promises to phase down the fuel that’s the biggest source of planet-warming gases in the atmosphere, a report Wednesday found. Sibi Arasu, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2023 The fundamental issue determining the speed of China’s coal phase down is the government’s approach to spurring growth and its ability to move away from smokestack industries, said Jorrit Gosens, a scholar at Australian National University, lead author of the paper. Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022 Getting China to phase down its coal remains one of the biggest US goals in climate talks, Kerry said. Nectar Gan, CNN, 19 July 2023 The regulations governing power plants come on the heels of other Biden administration plans to cut tailpipe emissions by speeding up the country’s transition to electric vehicles, to curb methane leaks from oil and gas wells, and to phase down the use of a planet-warming chemical in refrigerants. Coral Davenport, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023 See all Example Sentences for phase down 

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“Phase down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phase%20down. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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