Definition of metric ton
: a unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms — see Metric System Table
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The agreement struck by the Obama administration led to the removal of more than 1,300 metric tons of chemical weapons by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons by June 2014.
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Apple says its renewable energy projects have reduced the company's greenhouse gas emissions by 54 percent since 2011 and prevented nearly 2.1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere.
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The Obama administration, at the time, said the standards would curb carbon pollution and cut more than 6 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas over the life of the program.
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Rio Tinto controls 82 percent of Hail Creek in the Bowen Basin region of Queensland state, which produced more than 9 million metric tons of coal in 2017, according to filings.
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Humans produce more than 300 million metric tons of plastic every year.
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Its carbon tax on transportation and heating fuels jumped to C$30 ($23) a metric ton on Jan. 1, and promptly spurred a coal-to-gas fuel switch in Alberta, according to a Feb. 14 report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
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The satellite weighs slightly more than six metric tons, which is about half a ton heavier than any Falcon 9 payload bound for geostationary orbit that the company has tried to land before.
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About one-quarter of transportation emissions, the equivalent of 415 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, comes from medium- and heavy-duty trucks, the kinds of vehicles that deliver freight to warehouses, businesses and consumers’ homes.
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First Known Use of metric ton
1864
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Definition of metric ton for English Language Learners
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: a unit of mass and weight equal to one million grams
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