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What is the purpose of OPA90?
To regulate oil spill response and prevention following the Exxon Valdez disaster.
What are the effects of oil spills?
Harm to water supplies and death of wildlife.
What is the environmental impact of burning fossil fuels?
Air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
What is the impact of coal mining?
Habitat destruction.
How are fossil fuels formed?
Dead organic matter + heat + pressure over millions of years.
What are the stages of coal formation?
Peat, Lignite, Bituminous, Anthracite.
How is crude oil extracted?
Drilling and refining, often in large facilities.
How does cogeneration work?
Captures waste heat from electricity generation for other uses.