Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 17â¦90, the United States Congress approved the creation of a special district to serve as the permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution.
Fossil Fuels - There are coal, crude oils, oil shales, tar sands and natural gases such as butane, ethane, methane which occur naturally from the decomposition of plant and sea and land organisms over millions of years. Burning fossil fuels is the major way in which humans add to the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
First, when fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) are burned, the carbon in them combines with oxygen in the air to form CO2 (carbon dioxide). CO2 absorbs heat being radiated off the Earth that would normally escape into space, warming the atmosphere. Thus, burning fossil fuels cause global warming, resulting in climate change.