It is industry freely burning fossil fuels to make a profit, and about the fact that every person on the earth requires energy, a clean source for which does not yet exist, or has not been implemented because of the tight grip governments and corporations hold on their stake in energy (fossil fuels), on which they know every person is dependant. ... These figures are not consistent with a natural trend, and, when one considers the tens of thousands of years in which humans have inhabited the earth, and that humans have really only started burning fossil fuels heavily since the industrial r...

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The use of fossil fuels and internal combustion engines were the catalyst for exponential rates of social, economic, and technological growth. ... "Human activities, including the burning of fossil fuels, are increasing the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG's). ... Because of the large amount of fossil fuels being burned today, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have grown from about 280 parts per million in 1900, to over 370 parts per million in 1998. ... At the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Washington promised to reduce fossil fuel emissions to 1990 levels ...

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Greenhouse gases(like carbon dioxide) are most often created as a result of burning fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas, and oil. ... In Alberta, the province that is most vulnerable to the changes that the ratification of the accord will bring is so because they rely almost completely of fossil fuels to produce their energy. ...

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These greenhouse gases result from human activities like fossil fuel burning, and deforestation. ... The various causes ranged from climate to fuels. ... Carbon dioxide and fossil fuel are at high levels. ...

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"In the face of opposition from a strong fossil fuel lobby, he (Chrétien) moved forward with the long term interests of Canada and the globe in mind-, said Jennifer Morgan, director of the World Wild Life Fund referring to Chrétien's victory. ...

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