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Los Angeles County Supervisors Make Plastic Bag History After State Legislators Fail to Regulate

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Plastic Pollution, Mark Ridley Thomas, Julia Brownley, Zev Yaroslavsky, AB 1998, Gloria Molina, Plastic Bags, Mike Antonovich, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, La Impact, Green News
Lisa Kaas Boyle

Californians deserve better than wasted tax dollars used to clean up plastic waste and higher grocery costs that cover the "free" single use bags.

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California Drops the Ball on Plastic Bag Ban

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Single Use Bag Reduction Act, Plastic Pollution Coalition, Plastic Pollution, AB 1998, Plastic Bag Ban, Plastic Bags, The American Chemistry Council, California Plastic Bag Ban, Green News
Lisa Kaas Boyle

Why is it that the average American hasn't yet come to associate single-use plastic bags with the terrible environmental and economic toll these bags exact?

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Plastic Bag Monsters Kill Journalist and Crew

Ben Zolno | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reusable Bags, Whole Foods, California, Reusable Grocery Bags, Plastic, AB 1998, Pollution, Plastic Bags, Convenience, Mark Leno, Violence, Brownl, Comedy News
Ben Zolno

As this journalist tried to warn us, we're all being eaten alive. Sadly, only our governments can save us. Yikes.

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Lawmaker Blasts Plastics Trade Association for Falsities

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Single-Use Bag Reduction Act, Plastic Pollution Coalition, AB 1998, Acc, Plastic Pollution, Plastic Bags, The American Chemistry Council, Julia Brownley, Los Angeles News
Lisa Kaas Boyle

The author of the Single-Use Bag Reduction Act delivered a blistering expose of the false figures being used by the plastics industry trade association, the American Chemistry Council (ACC), to oppose her bill.

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25-Foot Turtle Stumps for Plastic Bag Ban

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: AB 1998, Pacific Leatherback Turtles, Environment California, Sea Turtles, Plastic Pollution, The Surfrider Foundation, Single-Use-Plastics, Heal the Bay, Single Use Bag Reduction Act, Plastic Pollution Coalition, Charles Moore, Plastic Bag Ban, Plastic Bags, Calcoast, Green News
Lisa Kaas Boyle

If The Single-Use Bag Reduction Act passed, California would be the first state in America to prohibit single-use plastic bags in grocery stores, convenience stores and pharmacies.

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WATCH: 'The Majestic Plastic Bag' -- Hilarious Nature Mockumentary With Jeremy Irons

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: AB 1998, Ab 1998 Mockumentary, Video, Plastic Bag Documentary, Jeremy Irons Plastic Bag, Heal the Bay, Plastic Bag Mockumentary, Majestic Plastic Bag, Heal the Bay Mockumentary, Plastic Bag Jeremy Irons, Plastic Pollution, Green News

With the California Senate preparing to vote on AB 1998 -- a bill that would ban plastic bags statewide -- Heal the Bay has released a hilarious mocku...

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Don't Feed Plastic Bag Monsters: Pass California Ban

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Single Use Bag Reduction Act, Plastic, Single-Use Plastic, AB 1998, Monster, Plastic Bags, Chico Bags, Green News
Lisa Kaas Boyle

Collectively, Californians use 19 billion single-use plastic bags annually. Used but briefly, these bags have long-term consequences for California.

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Actresses Lobby to Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags

Marshall Wright | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rachelle Lefevre, AB 1998, Rosario Dawson, Plastic Bag Ban, Amy Smart, Californians Against Waste, Los Angeles News
Marshall Wright

On Tuesday, actresses Rosario Dawson, Amy Smart, and Rachelle Lefevre joined Environment California's legislative director at the state capitol.

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