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.
Burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas damages the  environment because it releases a harmful gas, carbon dioxide,  which adds to the other greenhouse gases in â¦ the atmosphere, traps  more of the sun's heat, and causes global warming which is driving  climate change.he burning of fossil fuels is bad because it causes carbon dioxide levels to rise in the atmosphere. This extra carbon dioxide adds to the enhanced greenhouse effect causing global warming.