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Maine Lobster Losing ‘Sustainable’ Label Over Gear Risk To Whales

"A major seafood guide announced Wednesday it no longer considers Maine’s famed lobsters sustainable, given that whales on the brink of extinction are dying after becoming entangled in fishing gear."

Source: Washington Post, 11/17/2022

"New Measure of Climate’s Toll: Disasters Are Now Common Across U.S."

"The rising toll of climate change across the United States has been measured in lives lost, buildings destroyed and dollars spent on recovery. But a report released on Wednesday uses a different measure: Which parts of the country have suffered the greatest number of federally declared disasters?" "A new report found that 90 percent of all counties nationwide have suffered a major disaster since 2011."

Source: NYTimes, 11/16/2022

Weak GOP Showing in Midterms Blunts Possible Attacks on Biden Climate Agenda

"Even if Republicans eke out a narrow majority in one or both chambers of Congress, the fossil fuel industry will need to win Democrats to advance their top agenda item—speeding permitting of pipelines, ports."

Source: Inside Climate News, 11/15/2022

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