Fossil fuels such as natural gas, coal, and oil are currently the main source of energy in the United States. Although by burning these fossil fuels, we can power our cars, heaters and televisions, and other helpful things, extracting and burning these rare resources come at heavy cost to humans, the Earth and other living things. The current practices of using fossil fuels for energy are harming living organisms and the Earth. Animals are being killed from converting fossil fuels to energy. The most common way animals are harmed from fossil fuels is oil spills. An oil spill is the release of oil into an environment, normally bodies of water, because of humans. The last major oil spill released 205.8 million gallons of oil into the Gulf
