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No Time to Despair. Let’s Get Busy Creating the Future!

December 22, 2016 by Ecology Center

Dear Ecology Center Supporters, The Trump victory has shaken us to the core. It’s a complete repudiation of the values we hold dear. We are awakening to a different view of the work ahead, marked by grave uncertainties. What will happen to US commitments to address climate change? The food stamp program? Immigrants? Basic civil… Read more »

Watch Out for Plastic Industry’s Campaign to Overturn California’s Bag Ban

March 30, 2015 by Ecology Center

Last year, we celebrated a landmark environmental win as California became the first state to sign a bag ban into law. Now, the plastic industry has gathered enough signatures to put a referendum on the November 2016 ballot to overturn SB 270. They filed the paperwork last month, and more than 18 months away from… Read more »

California’s Big Win with Bag Ban Is already under Threat

October 13, 2014 by Ecology Center

We were bolstered this year as SB 270, California’s bag ban, made its way through the legislature, and landed on Gov. Brown’s desk late last month. As he signed it, he wrote, “This bill is a step in the right direction – it reduces the torrent of plastic polluting our beaches, parks and even the… Read more »

Two Wins in Sacramento for Local, Clean Energy, and California’s Bag Ban!

September 3, 2014 by Ecology Center

Two state bills that we’ve been tracking had great victories last week! AB 2145, a bill that would have destroyed Community Choice Energy programs, died without a vote at the close of the legislative session. California also will be the first state in the country to have a statewide plastic bag ban thanks to SB… Read more »

NY Times Covers Bag Bans, Just in Time for Bag Ban Vote in California Legislature

May 23, 2013 by Ecology Center

“Is It Time to Bag the Plastic?” reads the headline of a bag ban article in Sunday’s NY Times. The piece provides a snapshot of different plastic bag ordinances across the country. The timing is spot on for us in California – a statewide bag ban is one week away from a critical vote in… Read more »