Climate Change Killing Lobsters, Activists Say

Climate Change Killing Lobsters, Activists Say

Lobstermen working off the coast of Cape Cod found dead lobsters in their traps earlier this fall, leading some observers to conclude that warmer weather is causing higher water temperatures which is leading to less oxygen in the water.

Marine animals sense low oxygen levels in the water and move to places where there is enough, but animals caught in traps can't do that, a member of the Massachusetts Special Commission on Ocean Acidification said, according to The Cape Cod Times.

On Campaign Speech, Constitution Supports Mark Zuckerberg Over Elizabeth Warren
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On Campaign Speech, Constitution Supports Mark Zuckerberg Over Elizabeth Warren

Ira Stoll

As surely as winter follows fall, Republican election victories are followed by unconstitutional attempts to restrict political speech.

The Nixon presidency brought the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, which the U.S. Supreme Court partially struck down in Buckley v. Valeo. The George W. Bush presidency brought the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, also known as McCain-Feingold, after the senators who sponsored it. The Supreme Court partially struck down McCain-Feingold in a series of decisions, including McConnnell v. FECFEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, and Citizens United.

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