August 23, 2019
Miami Herald, Julia Ingram, August 22, 2019- Single-use plastic bans in Florida are being rolled back as quickly as they are rolled out. The town of Surfside voted to repeal its plastic ban — passed only six weeks ago — at its Aug. 13 commission meeting. The next day, the town of …
August 19, 2019
National Geographic, Sarah Gibbens, August 15, 2019- A battle over plastic—a material so prolific the UN calls the 90 percent of it that ends up as trash a pollution crisis—is under way in Florida. Coral Gables, a small city of 51,000 people just south of Miami, wants to ban polystyrene from restaurants and …
September 16, 2016
Mineral Wells Index September 15, 2016 By JOHN AUSTIN Wednesday’s State Senate hearing on banning the use of public funds to process union dues payments was a reminder that the fight over local rulemaking will return to the spotlight in January. The Legislature in 2015 saw about 70 proposals to take …
September 12, 2016
San Francisco Chronicle September 10, 2016 by Kurtis Alexander The long-running debate over paper versus plastic was pretty much settled in the Bay Area years ago. Plastic lost. Most cities around the bay, and nearly 150 cities and counties statewide, bar groceries and drug stores from giving single-use plastic bags to customers. …
August 22, 2016
The American Prospect, August 22, 2016 by Abby Rapoport When Denton, Texas, passed a fracking ban in November 2014, it was national news. The story seemed out of a movie, a David-and-Goliath tale in which a scrappy band of citizens goes up against big industry and wins… Sure enough, despite widespread local …