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  • noun Alternative spelling of megaton.

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Examples

  • Then we might see affordable housing stock that doesn't eat up carbon by the megatonne.

    We can't afford to let a feral elite mortgage our future | the big issue 2011

  • A teragram is the equivalent of 1 megatonne, or one million metric tons.

    Firedoglake » FDL Late Nite: Some Inconvenient Truths 2006

  • Even enforcing the speed limit would save up to a megatonne

    The Guardian World News Peter Walker 2011

  • The province's effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions is on course to suffer a 2.17 megatonne-per-year setback, after an environmental assessment (EA) certificate was approved for the $800-million Cabin Gas Plant last Thursday (Jan. 28).

    TheTyee.ca Greg Amos 2010

  • The province's effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions is on course to suffer a 2.17 megatonne-per-year setback, after an environmental assessment (EA) certificate was approved for the $800-million Cabin Gas Plant last Thursday (Jan. 28).

    TheTyee.ca 2010

  • The government has estimated that the renewable fuels policy will allow it to reduce greenhouse gases by about one megatonne of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per year.

    Dose.ca Music briefs Mike De Souza 2010

  • The province's effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions is on course to suffer a 2.17 megatonne-per-year setback, after an environmental assessment (EA) certificate was approved for the $800-million Cabin Gas Plant last Thursday (Jan. 28).

    Progressive Bloggers 2010

  • The province's effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions is on course to suffer a 2.17 megatonne-per-year setback, after an environmental assessment (EA) certificate was approved for the $800-million Cabin Gas Plant last Thursday (Jan. 28).

    TheTyee.ca 2010

  • The province's effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions is on course to suffer a 2.17 megatonne-per-year setback, after an environmental assessment (EA) certificate was approved for the $800-million Cabin Gas Plant last Thursday (Jan. 28).

    TheTyee.ca 2010

  • The province's effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions is on course to suffer a 2.17 megatonne-per-year setback, after an environmental assessment (EA) certificate was approved for the $800-million Cabin Gas Plant last Thursday (Jan. 28).

    TheTyee.ca 2010

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