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Beijing committed to buying 12 million metric tons of soybeans by January and at least 25 million metric tons annually for the next three years.
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ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Current international export prices of strip for cans is around $3,000 a metric ton.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
When prices for energy and ammonia surged in 2022, the EU responded with the REPowerEU Strategy, which set a target of producing 10 million metric tons of green hydrogen domestically by 2030.
—Natasha Bracken, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Northern permafrost, including in the Alaskan tundra, locks roughly 1 trillion metric tons of carbon in its top three meters of soil — about 10 times the amount of carbon in the entire Amazon rainforest, above and below the surface.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Current international export prices of strip for cans is around $3,000 a metric ton.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
When prices for energy and ammonia surged in 2022, the EU responded with the REPowerEU Strategy, which set a target of producing 10 million metric tons of green hydrogen domestically by 2030.
—Natasha Bracken, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Northern permafrost, including in the Alaskan tundra, locks roughly 1 trillion metric tons of carbon in its top three meters of soil — about 10 times the amount of carbon in the entire Amazon rainforest, above and below the surface.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Metric ton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metric%20ton. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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