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Plastic Bag Manufacturers Spend $3 Million Hoping Repeal Calif Ban

2014-12-31 17:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: This past September, California became the first state in the U.S. to ban single-use plastic bags when Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill sponsored by San Fernando Valley State Senator Alex Padilla, overcoming heavy lobbying and big spending from a handful of out-of-state bag manufacturers. This bill is a step in the right directionit reduces the torrent of plastic polluting our beaches, parks and even the vast ocean itself, said Brown in September. Were the first to ban these bags, and we...

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