AUTHOR=Yin Xiaoyu , Xu Baofeng , Li Jia , Wu Jingyi TITLE=Environmental technology’s diminishing marginal returns: a study of green patents and emission reductions in China JOURNAL=Frontiers in Environmental Science VOLUME=13 YEAR=2025 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-science/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2025.1524824 DOI=10.3389/fenvs.2025.1524824 ISSN=2296-665X