#Post-Thanksgiving storm threatens travel plans

#Post-Thanksgiving storm threatens travel plans

A post-Thanksgiving storm could impact the travel plans of those trying to get home after the holiday, according to notifications Friday from the National Weather Service (NWS). “Heads up for travelers: A winter storm system will bring snow accumulations to the Central Plains Saturday into Sunday,” the NWS office in Springfield, Mo. said in a…

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#Recycling won’t solve the plastic problem. Here’s what will.

#Recycling won’t solve the plastic problem. Here’s what will.

There is no shortage of news about plastic’s ubiquity or its harms. Microplastics are in clouds, drinking water, playgrounds and our blood. Marine mammals are entangled in and ingest plastic at alarming rates. Plastic exacerbates climate change and biodiversity loss, and high-income countries increasingly consume and export used plastic to lower-income countries for disposal. The…

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#Senate Democrats shoot down Biden naysayers in party 

#Senate Democrats shoot down Biden naysayers in party 

Senate Democrats are pushing back hard on criticism from within their own party that President Biden’s poll numbers are so weak that the party should replace him atop the ticket, dismissing concerns about Biden’s electability as totally counterproductive.   Some of the sharpest criticism of Biden’s electability has come from former President Obama’s senior political…

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#Gas prices could hit lowest Thanksgiving level in years

#Gas prices could hit lowest Thanksgiving level in years

The national average of gas prices could drop to the lowest level around Thanksgiving in years, according to new estimates.  On Monday, AAA reported that the average national price of gas was about $3.31 per gallon — nearly a 10 percent decrease from last year’s average of $3.67 per gallon during the same period. The national average…

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