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fossil fuels

Coal, petroleum, and natural gas.

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All fossil fuels produce carbon dioxide when burned. ( See greenhouse effect .)

Burning fossil fuels is a main cause of air pollution .

All of these fuels were formed from the remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago.

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The government has defended its net-zero policies after Sir Tony Blair said limiting fossil fuels was "doomed to fail" and a new approach was needed.

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He says "any strategy based on either 'phasing out' fossil fuels in the short term or limiting consumption is a strategy doomed to fail".

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"Things can and do go wrong, whether that is from renewables, fossil fuels or nuclear power. This could be the Swiss cheese model, where the holes in the system have happened to align."

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One of his first moves as PM, before the election, was to repeal Trudeau's unpopular carbon pricing programme, which was designed to give financial incentives for people and firms to turn away from fossil fuels.

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Alas, Trump and his appointees are undoing dozens of regulations limiting fossil fuels.

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