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Environmental Cost of Fossil Fuels
A recent World Bank study of six cities in developing countries found that the social costs of all environmental impacts amount to a total of US$3.8 billion, of which health impacts account for 68%.

Environmental Cost of Fossil FuelsEnvironmental Cost of Fossil Fuels
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2000, 9 pp. (Lvovsky et al.)

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