fossil fuels

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Unlike fission, nuclear fusion generates “no long-lived radioactive waste,” Bechtel says, and unlike fossil fuels, it doesn’t involve burning finite resources and creating carbon emissions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

“Tom has put in place an investment policy to ensure that he does not directly invest in fossil fuels, payday lending, or private prisons,” spokesman Anthony York said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Although a major oil and gas producer, Iran sought to revive the project in the late 1980s to diversify its energy resources and reduce its dependence on fossil fuels for domestic consumption.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Solar power plays a major role in efforts to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and address climate change.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

“You’re kidding, right? You don’t think the huge amounts of greenhouse gases we’re releasing into the air by burning fossil fuels has anything to do with the fact that the earth keeps getting hotter?”

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz