fossil fuel
noun
: a fuel (such as coal, oil, or natural gas) formed in the earth from plant or animal remains
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oil and other fossil fuels
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Critically, roughly 70% of the increase in clean-energy spending over the past five years has come from net importers of fossil fuels — nations motivated not by climate idealism but by energy security.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 June 2026
That clarity has allowed other researchers to tie the financial damages from catastrophic weather events to the influence of fossil fuels produced by individual companies.
—ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026
The algae also gains nitrogen from rain loaded with nitrates from fossil fuel pollution, Lapointe said.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2026
In order to standardize their modeling, over the last couple of decades climate scientists developed a suite of projections for how much CO2 would get dumped into the atmosphere via fossil fuel use.
—Adam Frank, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 June 2026
That clarity has allowed other researchers to tie the financial damages from catastrophic weather events to the influence of fossil fuels produced by individual companies.
—ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026
The algae also gains nitrogen from rain loaded with nitrates from fossil fuel pollution, Lapointe said.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2026
In order to standardize their modeling, over the last couple of decades climate scientists developed a suite of projections for how much CO2 would get dumped into the atmosphere via fossil fuel use.
—Adam Frank, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
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“Fossil fuel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fossil%20fuel. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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