How to Use phase down in a Sentence

phase down

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• Xi did, for the first time, say China would phase down its coal use later this decade, a step Graves welcomed.
  — Josh Siegel, Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2021
• The clean energy incentives are set to phase down over the next couple of years.
  — Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 13 May 2020
• The deal lacked any agreement to phase down the unbated use of fossil fuels.
  — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2022
• Likewise, a follow-through on last year’s pledge at COP26 to phase down coal use was also absent.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2022
• Those tariffs are then gradually phased down in the second and third years.
  — Ana Swanson and Brad Plumer, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2018
• Those penalties are gradually phased down in the second and third year of the three-year tariff program.
  — Linda Qiu, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2018
• The deal fell short on another key priority: an agreement to phase down the use of all fossil fuels.
  — Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 20 Nov. 2022
• Many observers point out the final deal did not include commitments to phase down or reduce the use of fossil fuels.
  — Adjoa Adjei-Twum, CNN, 24 Nov. 2022
• Currently, wind projects must break ground by the end of 2020 to qualify for the federal credits, and the solar tax credits phase down over the next couple of years.
  — Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 16 June 2020
• Chinese President Xi Jinping said that his country, the world’s largest emitter, would phase down coal consumption in the second half of this decade.
  — Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2021
• This record comes only a year after countries agreed to phase down their use of coal at the United Nations’ climate conference in Glasgow.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 16 Dec. 2022
• Governments agreed to phase down coal burning that didn’t also capture the carbon-dioxide emissions for storage.
  — Matthew Dalton, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
• Those are potent greenhouse gases typically used in refrigeration and cooling, and the Obama EPA had sought to phase down their use.
  — Josh Siegel, Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2020
• 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, ajc, 6 Apr. 2023
• Wind and solar developers are asking for more time to get projects in service and still collect the full value of renewable energy tax credits that are set to begin phasing down next year.
  — Jennifer A Dlouhy, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
• This measure, negotiated in 2016, is driving changes in the cooling energy sector by requiring nations to phase down use of HFCs.
  — Abay Yimere, The Conversation, 19 Jan. 2023
• After two weeks of talks in Glasgow, diplomats from almost 200 countries reached an agreement to ramp up their carbon-cutting commitments, phase down fossil fuels and increase aid to poor countries on the front lines of climate change.
  — Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022
• The statement didn’t include a commitment to broaden the pledge to phase down unabated coal emissions to cover all fossil fuels, and there was no reference to global greenhouse gas emissions peaking by 2025.
  — Time, 20 Nov. 2022
• At the same time, the industry is focused on lowering its costs, especially given that an important federal tax credit is set to begin phasing down in 2020.
  — Diane Cardwell and Ana Swanson, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2017
• In 2016, countries added an amendment to phase down the consumption and production of hydrofluorocarbons, which are potent greenhouse gases.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023
• The agreement includes a veiled reference to the benefits of natural gas as low emission energy, despite many nations calling for a phase down of natural gas, which does contribute to climate change.
  — Seth Borenstein, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2022
• The current system incentivizes work and accumulation of assets since benefits are phased down as income and assets increase.
  — Melissa Howell, Quartz, 18 Sep. 2019
• Major automakers like Ford and General Motors are investing heavily in electric vehicles and preparing to phase down sales of gasoline- and diesel-powered cars.
  — New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021
• After that, the percentage of cost that could be immediately deducted would gradually phase down.
  — Bloomberg.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• Early Sunday morning, delegates approved the compensation fund but had not dealt with the contentious issues of an overall temperature goal, emissions cutting and the desire to target all fossil fuels for phase down.
  — Seth Borenstein, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2022
• The new legislation would require the nation’s chemical manufacturers to phase down the production and use of coolants called hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs.
  — Coral Davenport, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2020
• Moreover, some items on the list, such as phasing down funding for overseas contingency operations and disaster spending, probably were going to happen anyway.
  — Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2018
• The budget request also would cut funding to implement the Montreal Protocol, a globally popular ozone treaty that’s now also phasing down hydrofluorocarbons—a powerful class of greenhouse gases used in cooling and refrigeration.
  — Thomas Frank, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2020
• The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to phase down production and use of hydrofluorocarbons, highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2021

Last Updated: 22 Jul 2024