That’s because California is finally closing a major loophole in its plastic bag ban. Starting on Jan. 1, stores will be ...

This is what the data says about plastic bag bans. Plastic bag bans have been popping up across the country for the past decade, but a lawmaker in one state is looking at walking back the law enacted ...

As we have seen this summer, the climate crisis and its extreme weather events are already upon us, causing property damage, jeopardizing our infrastructure and endangering public health. One way to ...

May 1, 2019 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Every spring, I dry-clean a dozen of my winter coats. By the time I’ve stocked them back in my closet, I have enough ...

The backstory: The law began as Senate Bill 53, authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, to ...

Plastic pollution is a global environmental issue that needs no introduction — the very words conjure images of plastic bags washed up along shorelines and floating lagoons of plastic debris choking ...

Hundreds of thousands of shoppers have called on Target to ditch plastic bags, once and for all. A Change.org petition on the topic has collected 459,420 signatures as of December 26, 2019. The ...

ALBANY – By this point, you've probably heard: New York is banning plastic bags come March 1. The days of loading up your groceries in bags made of plastic film will soon be over in the Empire State, ...