Weekly Link Round-Up: 08/21/09
No commentsFree movie screening in Fort St. John, Canada, aims to bring awareness to the plastic bag problem. [Energetic City] The Seattle bag tax proposition is shot down in the vote, prompting Portland to rally in an attempt to avoid the same results. [Oregon Live] Seattle voices sound off on the bag tax failure. [Seattle Times] [...]
Tags: back-to-school, bag tax, Canada, Oregon, plastic bags, plastics, recycling, reusable bags, Seattle
Friday Link Round-Up: 03/27/09
No commentsHey So-Cal, got plans tomorrow from 11AM-2PM? Help clean up Seal Beach! [Beach Trading] Madison, WI, is entertaining the idea of a plastic bag ban! [Isthmus] Fox News is getting in on the plastic bag greenness game. [Fox] Going camping? Want to keep things green and sustainable? Check out this blog. [RiverWired] Washington, DC, is [...]
Tags: activism, bag ban, California, Canada, Connecticut, conservation, environmental policy, events, plastic bags, reusable bags, Seal Beach, Seattle, Washington, Washington DC
Friday Link Round-Up: 11/21/08
No commentsSeattle doesn’t want you to forget about your bags once the hype frenzy’s over. [NWCN] Connecticut continue to raise the bar on itself. [Mansfield Today] Meanwhile, New Jersey thinks a ban will only further the recession. [The Hub] Everything’s bigger in Texas, including environmental improvements. [Impact News] Vermont makes Fridays casual and plastic bag free! [...]
Tags: Connecticut, New Jersey, plastic bags, recycling, reusable bags, Seattle, Vermont
Sometimes Seattle Gets Stalled… Again
1 comment so farAlas, Seattle! They just want to get some anti-pollution initiatives passed, but it seems like new obstacles keep cropping up at every turn. Today’s particular obstacle is a big one, too: enough signatures have been collected to bring an injunction against the plastic bag tariff that was supposed to begin in January. More than enough [...]
Tags: environmental policy, opinion, opinions, plastic bags, recycling, Seattle
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
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
Congratulations, Seattle!
No commentsI reported a couple of weeks ago on Seattle’s interest in a disposable bag tariff, and now The battle for the city’s fate is over: yesterday a plastic 20-cent bag tax proposal finally came before Seattle’s City Council as a vote, and it almost-unanimously passed. Seattle is taking a different approach to the “paper or [...]
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
Seattle’s Public Forum: LIVE! (Two Days Ago)
No commentsOn Tuesday, I reported that Seattle’s city council was holding a town meeting regarding a proposed expanded ban on Styrofoam and 20-cent tariff on disposable grocery bags. This morning I came across Seattle’s The Stranger, where SLOG blog correspondent Erica Barnett was on the scene to microblog play-by-plays of the hearing, observing it all so [...]
Seattle to Hold Public Forum on Disposable Solutions
2 comments so farHeads up, Seattle! Tonight at 7PM, city council will be holding a public forum on two pressing and pertinent environmental subjects: a proposed wholesale ban on Styrofoam products and added 20-cent fee for disposable plastic bags. Even if it’s costly, [Seattle Mayor Greg] Nickels says shoppers, consumers and businesses need to do right by the [...]
