fossil fuels
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Like other European countries, the Czech Republic -- an EU member of 10.9 million -- is divesting from fossil fuels including black coal, used in heating plants or steelworks, to reduce emissions in line with EU targets.
From Barron's
Meanwhile, incentives for the use of green chemicals, produced from low-carbon hydrogen instead of fossil fuels, haven’t been enough to spur the massive investments needed to overhaul the industry.
They can use electricity generated from increasingly clean sources, as wind and solar power replace polluting fossil fuels.
From BBC
That reflects the high cost of building Hinkley C, but supporters of nuclear power say that it is a guarantee against the volatile global market for fossil fuels.
From BBC
A series of chemical processes then transform those fossil fuels into Polyethylene terephthalate -- or PET -- which the bottle is made from.
From Barron's
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