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Widespread use of fossil fuels a threat to climate goals
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A bucket-wheel excavator at work at a coal mine in Newcastle in Australia’s New South Wales state. Coal and gas are set to hit new consumption records this year, says the International Energy Agency.
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SINGAPORE - Fossil fuels have underpinned economic growth for more than a century and lifted an untold number of people around the world out of poverty. But their widespread use has also led to a crisis.
The very fuels powering economies now threaten to cripple them through climate change.
