Pollution from power plants, vehicles and other sources accounted for one in five of all deaths that year, more detailed analysis reveals Air pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil was responsible for 8.7m deaths globally in 2018, a staggering one in five of all people who died that year, new research has found. Countries with the most prodigious consumption of fossil fuels to power factories, homes and … Continue reading ‘Invisible killer’: fossil fuels caused 8.7m deaths globally in 2018, research finds [The Guardian, 09/02/21]