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fossil fuel

noun as in fuel derived from prehistoric organisms

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Leaders recently committed to divesting the university’s holdings in fossil fuel companies.

With few exceptions, economies sitting above rich reservoirs of fossil fuels develop anemic economies beset by corruption.

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Even with renewable energy production coming on line at a breakneck pace, much of the world will still be using fossil fuels for the foreseeable future and the greenhouse gas emissions from that fossil fuel production needs to go to zero.

Major countries are promising bold action, markets are moving away from fossil fuels, businesses are paying attention to climate concerns and upcoming stimulus funding could prioritize greener investments.

Our wettest days in San Diego could get 25-30 percent worse depending on how fast we warm up the planet with fossil fuel use, scientists predict.

But Sanders, a representative of the Northeastern vacation state of Vermont, also opposes fossil fuel development.

By most measures, it is the dirtiest fossil fuel on the planet.

Breaking the link between fossil fuel and our energy-fueled lifestyle requires a certain amount of self-abnegation.

They are predicated on an assumption of fossil fuel scarcity and U.S. vulnerability to volatile global oil markets.

Re-localizing food economies can—not necessarily, but can—help reduce our reliance on fossil fuel.

George Ingram had made a thorough study of coal, or fossil fuel, its formation and value.

We can hardly estimate the value of these great stores of fossil fuel to an industrial civilization.

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On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fossil fuel, such as: hydrocarbon deposit, nonrenewable energy, and nonrenewable fuel source.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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