Posted on 10/11/2014 8:38:36 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Plastic bag manufacturers on Friday passed their first hurdle in their effort to delay and eventually repeal Californias new ban on single-use plastic shopping bags before it takes effect.
The office of Attorney General Kamala Harris cleared the way for the groups to begin collecting signatures for a referendum vote on the ban on the November 2016 ballot.
Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the first statewide ban on plastic bags, citing a torrent of plastic pollution in parks and waterways. It followed one of the fiercest legislative battles of the year, pitting bag makers against environmentalists.
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I agree. I love it when they put 2 bananas in one of those big plastic bags.
I'm all for saving rainforest and first growth redwood and the like, those kind of trees might well serve a purpose in keeping as much biological diversity as possible - which is IMHO important because so often scientific research ends up studying and using God's creation; more biodiversity more stuff to reverently use and learn from, but second growth and such forest is just a crop, albeit one with a multi year cycle. One that provided good jobs. Gee, what a surprise.
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