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Fossil fuels are bad for your health and harmful in many ways besides climate change

  • Written by Noel Healy, Associate Professor of Geography, Salem State University
Fossil fuels are bad for your health and harmful in many ways besides climate changeThe Flint Hills Resources oil refinery, near downtown Houston.AP Photo/David J. Phillip

Many Democratic lawmakers aim to pass a Green New Deal, a package of policies that would mobilize vast amounts of money to create new jobs and address inequality while fighting climate change.

Led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey, they are...

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