fossil fuels

1. Coal, petroleum, and natural gas.

All fossil fuels produce carbon dioxide when burned. (See greenhouse effect.)

Burning fossil fuels is a main cause of air pollution.

All of these fuels were formed from the remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago.

Example Sentences

It is the world's second-largest coal exporter, holds the third-largest coal reserves and continues to channel billions of dollars in public subsidies to fossil fuels.

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It doesn’t require imports of batteries and fossil fuels.

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Although the state’s drought picture has improved for the moment, scientists caution that conditions across the West are trending hotter and drier because of the burning of fossil fuels and resultant climate change.

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Copper assets are highly prized right now because of their importance to booming electrification trends and diversification away from fossil fuels, as well as new applications from data centers for artificial intelligence.

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So Lula talked of roadmaps away from fossil fuels to the handful of world leaders that came to Belém before the official start of the COP.

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