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fossil

noun as in organic remains of a previous time

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Over 18 months, experts there extracted and sequenced ancient DNA from two dire wolf fossils — a 13,000-year-old tooth from Sheridan Pit, Ohio, and a 72,000-year-old inner ear bone from American Falls, Idaho.

And although the adoption of electric cars has been one of California’s greatest success stories, the state is still struggling to encourage a transition away from fossil fuel-powered heavy-duty trucks and buses.

The most effective measure would be to switch ships away from fossil fuels to green fuels, but that would be very expensive.

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Removing 76 gasoline ads ‘would send the message that it’s time to end our embrace of polluting fossil fuels,’ Senate Majority Leader Lena Gonzalez wrote.

A bipartisan group of California lawmakers is calling on the Trump administration to preserve $1.2 billion in federal funds for a hydrogen energy project to help wean the state off planet-warming fossil fuels.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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