The four fossil fuel stockpiles that could toast the world

Grist
By Samantha LarsonApr 14, 2014, 1:35 pm21 pts
By now it’s old news that the U.S. is in the midst of an oil and gas boom. In fact, with 30.5 billion barrels of untapped crude, our proven oil reserves are higher than they have been since the 1970s. But if that oil doesn’t stay in the ground, along with most U.S. gas and coal reserves, then the planet…

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