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  • n  the act or instance of a planned discontinuation

  • If Germany rolls back the phase-out, Gina Gillig, co-founder of Mothers Against Atomic Energy, worries that her decades of anti-nuclear activism will have been for nothing.
  • Despite the lack of hard data, industry watchers estimate that the phase-out of mercury-based instruments has greatly reduced that burden.
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  • Jim Prentice in EnergyOnline
    Minister Prentice stated, "Today's announcement positions Canada one step closer to reaching its goal of being a clean energy superpower..........A responsible, clear phase-out of the electricity sector's inefficient coal-fired generation will allow...

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