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Hidden Costs of Energy:Unpriced Consequences of EnergyProduction and Use

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Hidden Costs of Energy:Unpriced Consequences of EnergyProduction and Use

Committee on Health, Environmental, and Other External Costs and Benefits of Energy Production and ConsumptionBoard on Environmental Studies and ToxicologyDivision on Earth and Life StudiesBoard on Energy and Environmental SystemsDivision on Engineering and Physical SciencesBoard on Science, Technology, and Economic PolicyPolicy and Global Affairs Division