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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Oil and chemical companies who created a high-profile alliance to end plastic pollution have produced 1,000 times more new plastic in five years than the waste they diverted from the environment, according to new data obtained by Greenpeace. The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) was set up in 2019 by a group of companies which include ExxonMobil, Dow, Shell, TotalEnergies, and ChevronPhillips, some of the world’s biggest producers of plastic.

Flying during the Thanksgiving holiday is likely to be terrible—as usual. The lobbying group Airlines for America anticipates a record 31 million people will take to the air to visit family and friends for the holiday. But no matter how terrible the flying experience might be this season, it will probably be as good as it gets for a long time to come, as the second Trump administration plans to take a wrecking ball to commercial airline regulation. Under Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the federal Department of Transportation has made a priority of tackling some of the biggest gripes Americans have had about air travel.

In a win for lawfully conducted elections, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court stepped In on Monday to stop election officials from counting deficient mail-in and absentee ballots.

While I was checking out the PBS streaming app to find when the new Ken Burns mini-series Leonardo da Vinci was being released, I stumbled upon this French series labeled "Astrid." Astrid et Raphaëlle is a simple enough procedural premise. An Autistic archivist named Astrid Nielsen and impulsive inspector Raphaëlle Coste work together to solve crimes in and around Paris. I did enjoy The Good Doctor so I was intrigued. I've loved many French TV series including the most excellent Spiral and Braquo, so I gave it a whirl. It hooked me right away. What their description doesn't show is how heartfelt and authentic the duo's interplay is as they begin to work together and understand each other.

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