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States Suspending Plastic Bag Bans in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Numerous cities and states with plastic bag bans are suspending these policies in response to public health concerns raised about the safety of alternative reusable bags during the Coronavirus pandemic. -
Northeastern States Embrace, Other States Prohibit, Plastic Bag Bans
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Minnesota is one of a growing number of states that has enacted a state-wide law prohibiting local governments from banning or regulating bags. -
Texas Supreme Court Strikes Down Plastic Bag Ban
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Texas Supreme Court struck down the City of Laredo’s ban on plastic bags, in a decision likely to overturn similar ordinances in nearly a dozen other Texas municipalities. -
Michigan Issues Statewide Prohibition on Local Plastic Bag Bans
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The State of Michigan now has a law prohibiting local governments from banning, regulating, or imposing fees on the use of plastic bags and other containers. -
California Senate Rejects Plastic Bag Ban
Opinion -The California Senate rejected a bill that would ban the distribution of single-use plastic grocery bag. The ban failed despite spirited support from celebrities such as Bette Midler, Jackson Browne, and Rita Wilson. -
Research & Commentary: Plastic Bag Bans
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Following the San Francisco city council’s decision in 2007 to ban the use of plastic bags at grocery stores and chain pharmacies, a number of local governments have implemented similar policies within their jurisdiction. -
New Hampshire Senate Rejects Plastic Bag, Soda Straw Bans
Opinion -environment-climate-news -New Hampshire will not ban thin-film plastic bags or limit restaurants’ use of plastic soda straws this year. -
New Hampshire Senate Declines to Ban Plastic Bags or Limit Soda Straws
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Bans on single-use plastic bags fail to achieve the stated legislative goals of decreasing plastic waste and are costly to retailers and consumers. -
Don’t Ban Plastic Bags!
Opinion -Editorial -Learn the facts about plastic versus paper bags – and bag the bans, instead. -
The Supposed Health Risks of Banning Plastic Bags
Opinion -Editorial -The Keep America Beautiful campaign does not even rank plastic bags in the top ten sources of nationwide litter. Madness. -
Heartland Institute Experts Comment on California Ban on Plastic Grocery Bags
Opinion -California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on Tuesday signed SB270, a bill that bans single-use plastic shopping bags. The law takes effect on January 1, enforced against stores that are at least 10,000 square feet. -
Study: Banning Plastic Grocery Bags Does Not Cut Disposal Costs
Opinion -Banning plastic grocery bags does not reduce disposal and recycling costs, a study of several U.S. cities shows. Consumers choose plastic bags far more often than paper or reusable bags to carry their purchases. -
Banning Plastic Bags Harms the Environment, Raises Costs
Opinion -Government bans on plastic grocery bags harm the environment and do not reduce consumer costs, the National Center for Policy Analysis reports in a new study.“Bag bans are bad for the environment. -
Los Angeles City Council Bans Plastic Grocery Bags
Opinion -The Los Angeles City Council voted 13 to 1 to ban plastic grocery bags, making the City of Angels the largest in the nation to enact such a ban. -
San Jose, Los Angeles County Ban Plastic Shopping Bags
Opinion -In the wake of the State of California enacting a plastic shopping bag recycling program while rejecting an outright ban on plastic shopping bags, Los Angeles County and the City of San Jose have imposed their own bans on the convenient and lightweight -
California Assembly Votes to Ban Plastic Shopping Bags
Opinion -Californians are about the lose the freedom to use disposable plastic shopping bags, as a bill to ban the bags is making its way through the legislature with the support of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R). -
Colorado Senate Bags Plastic Shopping Bag Ban
Opinion -The Colorado Senate has rejected a bill that would have made Colorado the first state to ban plastic shopping bags.Proponents of the bill had argued plastic bags are not biodegradable and can harm wildlife. -
Los Angeles to Ban Plastic Grocery Bags
Opinion -The Los Angeles City Council has voted to ban plastic grocery bags unless the state imposes a 25 cent fee on the bags by July 2010. -
Correct or Cancel Mom’s Grocery Bag Misinformation
Opinion -Editorial -Misleading claims on organic food grocery bags deceive shoppers on bees and pesticides. -
The dark side of Governor Newsom’s gas-powered vehicle ban
Opinion -Editorial -Humans have been utilizing metals since at least 6000 BC where Neolithic pottery kilns have been discovered that melted tin and copper -
Minneapolis Considers Imposing a Fee on Plastic Bags
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A Minneapolis City Council member is proposing a bag fee to circumvent a state law that preempts local bag bans. -
Maine Bans the Sale and Distribution of Styrofoam Containers
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Ignoring objections raised by business groups, conservative politicians, and consumers, Maine became the first state in the country to ban Styrofoam, also known as polystyrene. -
San Francisco Bans Plastic Straws
Opinion -environment-climate-news -San Francisco became the latest city to ban the sale or distribution of single-use plastic straws at restaurants, bars, and retailers countywide. -
Now They’re Waging War on Plastics!
Opinion -Editorial -Earth Day Network’s misguided anti-plastic campaign is a sign of more nonsense to come.
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