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human use of fossil fuel

By Trevon1

  • fossil fuels

    fossil fuels
    wood is main energy source

  • acts

    acts
    EPA proposes first set of hazardous waste management standards

  • acts

    Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendments enacted

  • fossil fuels

    fossil fuels
    human fossil fuel use emitted 6.4 Petagrams of carbon per year

  • fossil fuels

    fossil fuels
    fossil fuels accounted for almost 90 percent of the world's energy production

  • petroleum

    petroleum
    39 percent of energy used

  • natural gas

    natural gas
    24 percent of energy used

  • coal

    coal
    24 percent of energy used

  • fossil fuels

    fossil fuels
    coal is the dominant fossil fuel

  • fossil fuel

    fossil fuel
    33.2 percent of electricity came from coal.

  • fossil fuels

    fossil fuels
    The United States has abundant deposits of natural gas and imports less than 4 percent of the total amount consumed annually chiefly from Canada

  • regulation

    regulation
    up to 80 percent of listed fossil-fuel reserves may be "unburnable."