fossil fuel
noun
: a fuel (such as coal, oil, or natural gas) formed in the earth from plant or animal remains
Examples of fossil fuel in a Sentence
oil and other fossil fuels
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But legal challenges from fossil fuel interests and their allies delayed the finalization of rules to limit climate-warming gasses from the power sector.
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Jeff Brady, NPR, 25 Apr. 2024
Plastics are made with fossil fuels and chemicals, including thousands that are highly toxic with links to cancer, infertility, impacts on brain development, and other serious health conditions that are released during the recycling process, which spreads these toxic chemicals even further.
—Judith Enck, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024
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Jeff Brady, NPR, 25 Apr. 2024
Plastics are made with fossil fuels and chemicals, including thousands that are highly toxic with links to cancer, infertility, impacts on brain development, and other serious health conditions that are released during the recycling process, which spreads these toxic chemicals even further.
—Judith Enck, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024
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“Fossil fuel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fossil%20fuel. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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