{"id":5109,"date":"2011-03-08T11:08:01","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T16:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=5109"},"modified":"2011-03-08T11:08:01","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T16:08:01","slug":"coal-the-reigning-and-future-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=5109","title":{"rendered":"Coal: The Reigning and Future King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> 
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