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Dartmouth College Running Out of Paper Straws

Matthew McDonald

Dartmouth College's switch to paper straws to reduce the use of plastic on campus isn't working out as well as college officials hoped, because the school is running out of them.

Only one facility in the United States makes paper straws, and recent decisions by several left-wing city governments to ban plastic straws has led led to a run on paper straws.

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Canada Sending Angry Crabs To Attack the United States

Matthew McDonald

Angry green crabs from Nova Scotia migrating to coastal Maine waters are destroying soft shell clams and eel grass, researchers say.

The crabs originated in northern Europe and are more aggressive than the type of green crabs that have previously inhabited New England waters. Those come from southern Europe originally.

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