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The war on coal is over. Coal lost.
Posted on 16 October 2017 by dana1981
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2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #41
Posted on 15 October 2017 by John Hartz
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2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #41
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