Friday Link Round-Up: 10/24/08
No commentsCanadian teens pledge to serve the environment. [Welland Tribune] Reusable bags coming to Palm Springs. [My Desert] They’re coming to Battle Creek as well. [Battle Creek Enquirer] Assemblymen distributing them even on Roosevelt Island. [Roosevelt Islander] Democracies run a bit slower, sometimes. [Everything's Corner] A reusable bag on your shoulder is pennies in your pocket! [...]
American Chemistry Council Promotes Beach Clean-Up
No commentsAt this point, we should all be familiar with your friend and mine, the American Chemsitry Council. Famous for taking a stand in favor of the wonderful science of disposable plastic bags, they are one of the foremost and most formidable opponents in the quest to promote reusable bags. Oh, and now they are promoting [...]
Congratulations, Encinitas!
1 comment so farEncinitas, California — official headquarters of your trusty reusable bag blog — has just become the first city in San Diego County to enact a ban on disposable plastic shopping bags. Council members voted to approve the ban Wednesday night. The ban will be phased in over time, and supporters are happy to set the [...]
Exaggerating Claims Helps No One
No commentsWhen editors and columnists railing in favor of disposable plastic bags use fallacious arguments and flimsy attacks, it makes them look like fools. Unfortunately, this fact can go both ways and a couple of Los Angeles officials now stand as an example of what not to do. In their Aug. 15 Blowback, L.A. County Supervisors [...]
Friday Link Round-Up: 08/29/08
No commentsIt still isn’t over yet in Seattle. (Seattle Times) On the other hand, a bag tax beckons in San Francisco. (ABC7 SF) Packing reusable bags is strenuous? Also: BAG RAAAAAAGE!!! (The Standard) Hawaii’s big island is ready to follow Maui into bag restrictions. (Pacific Business News) Meanwhile, Honolulu is dragging its feet. (Honolulu Star Bulletin) [...]
Tags: activism, California, contest, Hawaii, India, Minnesota, opinions, recycling, reusable bags, school, Seattle
Plastic Bag Fee Bill AB 2058: YOU Can Help!
No commentsCalifornia Assemblyman Lloyd Levine’s Assembly Bill AB 2058 — a bill that, if passed, would demand a 25-cent environment-supporting tariff for each and every disposable plastic bag handed out at grocery stores — has been kicking around for months now, but unfortunately it seems to have stalled somewhere along the committee decision line. Corporations and [...]
Tags: activism, California, environmental policy, Heal the Bay, plastic bags, pollution
Friday Link Round-Up: 08/08/08
No commentsLest we forget, bags are just one battle in the war on hellish pollution. [Vice TV] Seattle will never rest again. [Seattle P-I] Meanwhile, another California city gets on board. [Morgan Hill Times] And still another California city cracks down all on its own. [Marin Independent Journal] Dudes need dude bags, apparently. [Random Rodricks] Dan [...]
Tags: California, environmental policy, fashion, reusable bags, Seattle
Oh Snaps, Diane Lane!
No commentsNothing brings credence to a cause quite like having A-list celebrities behind it, and Diane Lane is apparently joining in and taking up the reusable bag mantle. At an Oceana fundraiser in Laguna Beach this past weekend, Lane spoke up about the simple step she’s taking to make the oceans a better place. At an [...]
Friday Link Round-Up: 07/11/08
1 comment so farLudacris rolls out in a hybrid? Who knew! [LA Diary] A kindred spirit expertly shuts down a whole lot of irrational whining about disposable bags and the inconvenience of dog-walking. [Seattle Metblogs] That bag monster guy is becoming quite the internet superstar. [Ecopreneurist] Prepackaged food is really getting out of control. (Though please don’t take [...]
Tags: California, fashion, pop culture, recycling, reusable bags, Seattle
