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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 »

Proposed Bills to Take Action on for Health and Environment

May 1, 2014 by Ecology Center

Ah, spring in Sacramento: an abundance of Assembly Bills and Senate Bills, young pieces of policy that could become important state laws. This is the time of year that proposed bills make their way through various committees, each committee holding a vote before the bill can go to the next step. As a bill comes… Read more »