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It also was expected to prevent the release of 395 million metric tons of carbon emissions — roughly the amount released by 100 coal plants in a year.—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025 Recover expects production capacity of 12,500 metric tons of fiber by the end of 2026.—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 14 May 2025 That means that Japan imports 770,000 metric tons of rice each year without any tariffs, around half of which comes from the U.S. most years.—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 8 May 2025 The project, according to Post-Tribune archives, will result in the avoidance of more than 3.9 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent each year.—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for metric ton
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