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Which is a fossil fuel that contributes to global climate change when burned?

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Coal is the dirtiest of the fossil fuels and responsible for over 0.3C of the 1C increase in global average temperatures – making it the single largest source of global temperature rise. Oil releases a huge amount of carbon when burned - approximately a third of the world's total carbon emissions
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