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Scientists confirm reusable containers safe to use during coronavirus pandemic
"Based on the best available science and guidance from public health professionals, it is clear that reusable systems can be used safely by employing basic hygiene."
Thailand starts off new year with plastic bag ban
“It’s not going to be easy to change the way of thinking and behavior of those people.”
Australia cuts 80% of its plastic bag use in just three...
Internationally there are 32 countries that have plastic bag bans in place.
Plastics industry loses legal bid against Chile’s landmark bag ban
Chile's Constitutional Court ratified a bill that bans plastic bags across the country after rejecting an appeal from the plastics industry.
Vancouver becomes first city in world to approve zero waste strategic...
"It's a coastal city, with the plastic items having a significant impact on the environment, we feel it's important to take action."
Michigan bans local plastic bag bans
Other states that have banned local plastic bag ordinances include Wisconsin, Idaho, Florida and Arizona.
It’s official: California becomes first U.S. state to ban plastic bags
25 million single-use plastic bags are discarded every day in California. This new law aims to benefit the environment and all wildlife.
These 6 States Want to Ban Plastic Bag Bans (Yes, You...
Meanwhile, the two states that have actually passed plastic bags bans are facing hurdles.
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Comparing poverty in India and America
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Bernie groups break free of Dems: New party rising?
The beauty of the foregoing strategy is that it seeks a viable new party through a graduated series of accomplishable, grassroots-based electoral successes.
‘History will not judge this kindly’: DNC Platform Committee votes down Medicare for All...
"The fact that our nation is the only advanced industrial country without universal healthcare cannot be blamed on Republican obstruction alone. It was also caused by Democratic leaders who've spent decades catering to corporate interests."
Disease-denying propaganda spews a pandemic of pandemonium!
We'll judge Trump Medieval Madness as we do other historic low points, like McCarthyism, interning the Japanese or 250 years of slavery plus a century of Jim Crow brutality.
Supreme Court leaves order in place permitting Trump administration to construct border wall
The order, which is temporary, gives the Trump administration authority to start the wall projects where fencing already exists.