State Lawmakers Block Plastic Bag Bans

State Lawmakers Block Plastic Bag Bans

After several years of failed attempts to pass free-standing legislation blocking municipal plastic bag bans, Pennsylvania lawmakers used a budget-related bill to extend a current moratorium on such bans for at least a year, with little debate and no public hearings. The new provision, inserted into the fiscal code (HB1083) just hours before a full vote, is tucked between parts of an...
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Where Does All The Marine Plastic Go?

Where Does All The Marine Plastic Go?

In the May 2020 issue of Physics World, science journalist Marric Stevens wrote about the problem of the missing plastic in the world’s oceans. Although we are starting to see large amounts of plastic in the oceans, the quantity is far smaller than we expect to see – based on the quantities of plastic being released into the oceans every year. In the...
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