It is impossible for me to propose a “solution” to any environmental issue that is so outrageous that the Democratic politicians won’t go for it.
But let me try.
How about the governor has a no-bid nine figure contract with a seven figure kickback to his favorite offshore account.
The request for bids will indicate that the winner will have thousands of experts train New Yorkers on how to carry their groceries in large buckets on their head.
This has proven to be a great success in the third world, and we want to join them in perpetual poverty!
I was talking to someone that had been in a third-world country. The tap water is no good for drinking, so they buy (or carry?) drinking water in plastic bags.
So there are millions of plastic bags all over the place, and they clog the drain water which creates stagnant pools for Malaria mosquitoes to thrive, and back up sewage, which pollutes....
their drinking water.
And mind you - the problem isn’t the plastic bags - it is the people’s total ignorance and lack of regard for their environment.
In our town they banned plastic bags. So I always grab an extra handful when I shop a mile in the other direction. Although we also bought brand new plastic bags to pick up the dog-poop with.