Definition of FOSSIL FUELS

Examples of fossil fuel in a Sentence

oil and other fossil fuels

Recent Examples on the Web Secondly, businesses must move faster to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. — Grant Reid For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, "Mars CEO: Business leaders must help fight the climate crisis," 13 Jan. 2020 What's been lacking is a clear measure of the impact of pollution from fossil fuels. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Ditching coal in the US is saving lives, helping crops," 6 Jan. 2020 And on the other side of the coin, investors are starting to rapidly divest from fossil fuels. — Elijah Wolfson, Time, "20 Ways the World Got Better in 2019, in Charts," 23 Dec. 2019 To curb emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases, society must switch from fossil fuels to renewable forms of energy. — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, "Switching to Renewables Can Hurt Vulnerable Groups—Unless Utilities Plan Ahead," 18 Dec. 2019 Economists say market mechanisms can speed up the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. — Frank Jordans, The Denver Post, "How Madrid talks fell short on climate ambition," 15 Dec. 2019 Plans typically reduce emissions from electricity generation by switching it away from fossil fuels, then electrify other carbon-belching activities, such as driving cars and heating buildings. — The Economist, "Power storage is the missing link in green-energy plans," 30 Nov. 2019 Before long, Gunn-Wright was drawing on her Oxford master’s degree in comparative social policy to sketch the framework for how the country could shift away from fossil fuels. — Karen L. Smith-janssen, Marie Claire, "The Architect Behind Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal Has a Plan to Save the Planet—and All of Us," 4 Oct. 2019 In a new twist on nationalizing Kentucky politics, Republicans tried to link Democrats to the Green New Deal, which would shift energy supplies away from fossil fuels like coal to curb greenhouse gases blamed for global warming. — Bruce Schreiner, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Kentucky Dem looks to made inroads in pro-Trump coal country," 2 Oct. 2019

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“Fossil fuel.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fossil%20fuels. Accessed 26 January 2020.