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A fossil fuel is a carbon compound- or hydrocarbon-containing material such as coal, oil, and natural gas, formed naturally in the Earth's crust from...

Plastic bans are laws that prohibit the use of polymers manufactured from petroleum or other fossil fuels, given the pollution and threat to biodiversity...

A phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles are proposed bans or discouragement (for example via taxes) on the sale of new fossil-fuel powered vehicles or use...

new or existing buildings. Fossil fuel phase-out Phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles Plastic bans Montreal Protocol "Heat pumps show how hard decarbonisation...

is bio-based PET. PET is a petrochemical plastic, derived from fossil fuels. Bio-based PET is the same plastic but synthesized with bacteria. Bio-based...

higher carbon footprint than fossil plastics. The distinction between non-fossil-based (bio)plastic and fossil-based plastic is of limited relevance since...

Fossil fuel phase-out is the gradual reduction of the use and production of fossil fuels to zero, to reduce deaths and illness from air pollution, limit...

involves higher energy and capital costs. Alternatively, plastic can be burned in place of fossil fuels in energy recovery facilities, or biochemically converted...

total plastic resin production in 2020. Regional differences in the volume of plastics production are driven by user demand, the price of fossil fuel feedstocks...

packaging" scheme. The plastic bottle was fully recyclable (like normal PET bottles) and 30 percent plant-based, with fossil-fuel plastic accounting for the...

fossil fuels like propane, natural gas, methane, and ammonia; biofuels like biodiesel, bioalcohol, and refuse-derived fuel; and other renewable fuels...

sustainable development impacts; and remove market distortions, like fossil fuel subsidies, that encourage wasteful consumption. Countries are working...

Solid fuel from biomass is regarded as a renewable energy source which can contribute to climate change mitigation efforts. Solid fuel from fossil fuels (i...

S2CID 115153877. Ironically, even though fossil fuels provided substitutes for the main uses of whale oil, the rise of fossil fuel use in the nineteenth century...

water systems and appliances. Fossil fuel phase-out Phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles Phase-out of gas boilers Plastic bans Montreal Protocol FACT SHEET:...

plastic in the sea than all other countries combined. Fibre-reinforced plastic tanks and vessels Health concerns of certain non-biodegradable (fossil...

anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, the majority of which comes from burning fossil fuels with deforestation and some agricultural practices being also major contributors...

cause environmental damage, but are generally far more sustainable than fossil fuel sources. The role of non-renewable energy sources in sustainable energy...

engines. Renewable fuels are commonly blended with fossil fuels. Hydrogen, which is rarely used, can be obtained from either fossil fuels or renewable energy...

Algae fuel, algal biofuel, or algal oil is an alternative to liquid fossil fuels that uses algae as its source of energy-rich oils. Also, algae fuels are...