fossil
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A 2024 report by my American Enterprise Institute colleagues Ruy Teixeira and Yuval Levin showed that 72% of Americans favor using both fossil fuels and renewables.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The fossil market gained momentum after the 2020 sale of Stan, a T.Rex, for $31.8 million to the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
"But the climate system now is fundamentally different due to fossil fuel-driven climate change," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Some scientists have told the BBC that the auction may herald a new era in fossil collecting by the ultra-rich.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
“And it’s all because of climate change. Burning fossil fuels puts carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which traps the earth’s heat.”
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Chief among the "fossils", in the eyes of some of the soldiers who responded to our requests, is Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, the austere 60-year-old commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
"The United States is the only country in the world where fossils like this are considered personal property," Cassandra Hatton, head of science and natural history at Sotheby's, told AFP before the auction.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
The higher prices helped reshape the market, encouraging more fossils to come up for sale while giving commercial paleontologists more resources to fund costly and yearslong digs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Rawlence explained that although waterfowl fossils are abundant at St Bathans, goose remains are much less common.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
The famous Java Homo erectus fossils prove that humans have occupied at least western Indonesia for a million years.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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