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Study finds heavy-petroleum fuels raising vanadium emissions; human emissions outpacing natural sources by factor of 1.7

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and are destined to rise significantly with the use of heavy oils, tar sands, and bitumen as combustion sources. Oil and coke refineries are generally built in areas where residents don’t have the political or economic clout to fight back, Schlesinger noted. —lead author William H. Schlesinger, James B. 1715500114.

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