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Problems with Fossil Fuels

Fossil fuels can cause pollution even before we burn

them. Several oil tankers, ships that transport

oil, have had accidents. The tankers spilled

the oil they were carrying. The spilled oil

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polluted
polluted the water. It also killed sea animals. In 1989, an

oil tanker named the Exxon Valdez ran aground

in Alaska and broke open. It spilled 416 million

liters of oil into the ocean! The spill stretched

for 740 kilometers. Hundreds of thousands of

sea birds, otters, and other animals were killed.

Unit 8 | Problems with Fossil Fuels