Nearly 47 million Americans at high risk of potential health hazards from fossil fuel infrastructure, study finds

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Nov 17, 2025, 7:00 am71 ptsTrending
Fossil fuels release pollutants into the air when extracted and burned, but there's more to their production than massive oil rigs diving deep into Earth and smoky power plants. Those processes are examples of only the first and last—and generally most visible—moments in a fossil fuel's five-stage journey.

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