August 15, 2018
Alabama Colorado Iowa Michigan Missouri Texas Washington Wisconsin National The Man Who Fought Monsanto Will Leave a Lasting Legacy Anna Lappe, Civil Eats, 8/13/2018 A San Francisco jury has ruled in the first court case against the chemical company Monsanto, finding that its signature products, glyphosate-based herbicides Roundup and Ranger …
July 26, 2018
Alabama California Colorado Florida Hawaii Illinois Ohio New Jersey Pennsylvania Texas Virginia Washington National California banned new soda taxes. Could it happen in Pennsylvania? The Philadelphia Inquirer, 7/10/2018 California cities and towns are now banned from enacting taxes on soda — thanks to a new state law. A similar bill that would eliminate Philadelphia’s tax …
July 11, 2018
California Florida Montana North Carolina Ohio Texas Washington Headline of the Week Big Soda Is the New Big Tobacco East Bay Express, 6/29/2018 Extortion. That’s what people called it—and that’s certainly what it was. Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and other beverage giants just held California hostage and won… National Fizzled Out; …
June 28, 2018
California Florida Illinois Iowa Maryland New Jersey North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina Texas Utah Washington National The West Coast soda wars threaten to engulf the nation Salon, 6/25/2018 A new frontier in the soda tax war is emerging along the west coast. Industry-funded committees have drawn up ballot …
June 13, 2018
Colorado Florida Minnesota New Mexico North Carolina Pennsylvania Tennessee Texas National Food and Nutrition State bills banning taxes on sugary drinks gain momentum FoodDive, 6/5/2018 Since 2015 when Berkeley, California implemented a soda tax in an effort to reduce the consumption of sugary beverages, the controversial initiative has appeared …