Fossil-fuel use and feeding world cause greatest environmental impacts: UNEP panel

A panel of 27 of the world's foremost experts assembled by UNEP has synthesized a comprehensive library of the most authoritative global studies to diagnose which of the planet's many ailments cause the greatest harm, and should therefore be accorded priority government policy treatment. Topping the list, of course: fossil-fuel use. And the mining and/or energy-intense production of certain materials -- especially iron, steel, aluminum and plastics. Sharing the very top tier of trouble is agriculture.

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