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Canadian researchers have found evidence that coal may have contributed to the disaster that killed off the dinosaurs.
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An A Moment of Science listener wrote to us: I keep hearing about the hidden costs of fossil fuels like coal. What exactly does it mean? What are hidden costs?
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