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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective producing little emission of atmospheric pollutants.
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Examples
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Much of the nuclear-generation capacity will be replaced with low-emission, renewable-power production, but likely not fast enough.
Germany Looks to Fossil Fuel Amid Nuclear Exit Bernd Radowitz 2011
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The parent company, cab4one, maintains the majority of taxi journeys in the capital are for one passenger only, so it makes sense to use the tiny, low-emission vehicles which, it says, can be used by passengers up to 1 meter 98 centimeters tall and can carry a reasonable amount of baggage.
KLM Improves Business Class Jeff Mills 2011
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So here we are at the "Sputnik moment" when even our low-emission fossil fuels are detrimental to our health and environment by virtue of the way in which they are extracted.
Susan Deily-Swearingen: So When Does the Sputnik Moment Begin? Susan Deily-Swearingen 2011
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The 10,000-student district has long been a leader in purchasing low-emission buses, partly because the air quality in the area is poor, says John Clements , the district's director of transportation.
Forget the Prius. The Future Of Electric Is the School Bus Mike Ramsey 2011
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Nuclear technology is not low-emission and cannot address the issues of climate change; is not a substitute for sustainable energy.
Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010
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So here we are at the "Sputnik moment" when even our low-emission fossil fuels are detrimental to our health and environment by virtue of the way in which they are extracted.
Susan Deily-Swearingen: So When Does the Sputnik Moment Begin? Susan Deily-Swearingen 2011
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The portion for the Clean Development Mechanism, aimed at helping developing countries put low-emission options in place, fell by nearly half, in large part because of uncertainties about the successor to the Kyoto Protocol.
Mason Inman: The Climate Post: Record-Breaking Greenhouse Gas Emissions, but Carbon Market Failing Mason Inman 2011
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The portion for the Clean Development Mechanism, aimed at helping developing countries put low-emission options in place, fell by nearly half, in large part because of uncertainties about the successor to the Kyoto Protocol.
Mason Inman: The Climate Post: Record-Breaking Greenhouse Gas Emissions, but Carbon Market Failing Mason Inman 2011
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The delay would upend a myriad of solar, wind and low-emission automobile projects.
Calif.'s Prop 23 battle pits Big Oil against environmental concerns Steven Mufson 2010
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Nuclear technology is not low-emission and cannot address the issues of climate change; is not a substitute for sustainable energy.
Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010
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