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Ancient salamander-crocodile predator revealed by new WA fossil research

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 24 Feb 2026
A salamander-crocodile type predator survived five extinction events and travelled from waters off Norway to WA's Kimberley coast ... .
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Supreme Court’s Michigan pipeline case is about Native rights and fossil fuels, not just technical ...

The Facts 24 Feb 2026
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) ....
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Defending state champ Fossil Ridge is No. 1 in soccer preseason poll

Coloradoan 24 Feb 2026
Watch postgame mayhem as Fossil Ridge celebrates 5A soccer state title. Watch the Fossil Ridge girls soccer team celebrate the program's first state title with fans and the Colorado 5A championship trophy.
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To power Utah’s data center boom, companies are turning to fossil fuels

Grist 24 Feb 2026
That collision of the AI boom and limited power supplies means Utah’s rush to build data centers is likely to rely on fossil fuel energy for the foreseeable future, raising concerns about the state’s already struggling air quality.
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US supreme court takes up fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case

The Guardian 23 Feb 2026
The decision could potentially hinder the wave of climate litigation the US has seen in recent years ... ....
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Fossilized puke from before the dinosaurs contains 41 tiny bones

Boing Boing 23 Feb 2026
... for fossilized puke — unearthed at the Bromacker fossil site in Thuringia, Germany.
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US Supreme Court agrees to consider fossil fuel claims case

Anadolu Agency 23 Feb 2026
The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an effort from fossil fuel companies to dismiss a lawsuit seeking billions of dollars in damages resulting from the impact of their products on climate change.
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Wise up to the deceitful efforts to protect fossil fuels

The Day 23 Feb 2026
Powell obediently mimics Trump’s inane insistence on protecting legacy fossil fuel production, while simultaneously thwarting renewable energy development ... availability of the raw fossil fuels.
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250 million-year-old amphibian fossils from Australia reveal global spread of 'sea-salamanders'

Phys Dot Org 23 Feb 2026
Paleontologists uncovered fossils of these weird animals in rocks (known as the Blina shale) on Noonkanbah station, roughly 250 kilometers inland of Broome, during field expeditions in the 1960s.
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Breadcrumbs offer fossil fuel–free production of everyday goods

Phys Dot Org 23 Feb 2026
The humble breadcrumb could hold the key to cutting out fossil fuels from one of the chemical industry's most widely used reactions, according to a new study ... on hydrogen gas made from fossil fuels.
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New method uses waste bread to replace fossil fuels in chemical manufacturing

Interesting Engineering 23 Feb 2026
... Fossil-free process. Modern manufacturing processes depend mostly on carbon-emitting fossil fuels. Specifically, the hydrogenation process has relied on hydrogen gas derived from fossil fuels.
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“Golden Ammonites Peek Out From Black Shale”: What Makes These 183-Million-Year-Old Fossils So Sparkly?

IFL Science 23 Feb 2026
The minerals involved in the fossilization of ancient life can have a dramatic effect on how that fossil turns out ... “But surprisingly, we struggled to find pyrite in the fossils.” ... Ammonite fossil from the Ohmden quarry, Posidonia shale lagerstatte.
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US Supreme Court to Consider Fossil Fuel Industry Effort to Circumvent State Courts (Union of Concerned Scientists Inc)

Public Technologies 23 Feb 2026
House Representative Harriet Hageman that she is crafting a bill to gift fossil fuel companies complete immunity from legal liability, a for the American Petroleum Institute, the largest trade association for the oil and gas industry.
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