Carbon dioxide emissions have been linked to global warming. suppose that, to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, the government orders every factory to reduce its emissions to no more than 100 tons of carbon dioxide per decade. this is an example of:

Carbon offset

Explanation:

Since the excessive amount of carbon dioxide released in air becomes a major problem and directly influences the global warming, specific regulations are introduced that limit the amount of carbon dioxide released for factories. Those limitations are called by a term 'carbon offset'. The principle idea is to impose limits that would help compensate the amount of carbon dioxide released elsewhere.

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