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Business Environment Government 

Louisiana OKs Permit for Plastics Plant in ‘Cancer Alley’

February 4, 2019February 5, 2019 SABRINA CANFIELD
Louisiana, permits, plastic, pollution, race

Spurring claims of environmental racism, Louisiana granted a permit allowing a Taiwanese single-use plastics manufacturer once named the worst environmental polluter in the world to build a new plant in a mostly black community known as “Cancer Alley.”

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Business Consumers Courts Environment Health 

Lawsuit Over Microplastics in Nestle Water Thrown Out

January 4, 2019January 7, 2019 MARTIN MACIAS JR
contamination, Nestle, plastic, water

A lawsuit claiming food and beverage giant Nestle misled consumers about its water quality by allowing high levels of microplastics in its products was dismissed by a federal judge.

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Environment International 

European Officials Agree on Ban of Some Single-Use Plastics

December 19, 2018December 19, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
EU, marine biology, plastic, pollution, retail

The 28-nation EU bloc moved closer Wednesday to banning single-use straws, plates, cutlery and cotton buds after officials from member states and the European Parliament said they’re following recommendations by its executive branch designed to marine pollution.

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Environment Government International 

EU Moves Step Closer to Ban on Many Single-Use Plastics

October 25, 2018 WILLIAM DOTINGA
European Commission, European Parliament, garbage, plastic, recycling

The European Parliament on Thursday voted to ban many single-use plastic items, targeting what the administrative arm of the EU says are the 10 products most likely to end up as litter in oceans.

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Environment Government National 

Trump Commits US to Expanding Efforts to Clean Up Ocean Litter

October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 BRANDI BUCHMAN
Donald Trump, oceans, plastic

President Donald Trump signed legislation Thursday committing the United States to expand efforts to clean up nearly 8 million metric tons of litter polluting the world’s oceans. 

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Environment Government Law 

California First State to Restrict Plastic Straws in Restaurants

September 20, 2018 NICK CAHILL
California, plastic, pollution

California Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday inked legislation aimed at breaking society’s “infatuation” with plastic straws.

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Environment Government Law Regional 

Open Meetings

September 20, 2018 BRIEF
Brief8, Louisiana, open meetings, plastic

Opponents of a $9 billion Formosa plastics plant in Louisiana claim they were locked out of public meeting Wednesday night in St. James Parish about the company’s application.

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Environment Government Law 

California One Step Closer to Restricting Plastic Straws

August 23, 2018August 23, 2018 MARTIN MACIAS JR
California, plastic, pollution

Taking a sip of your drink at local restaurants and fast food joints across the Golden State will have to be done without a straw – unless you request one – if legislation approved Thursday by lawmakers is signed by Gov. Jerry Brown.

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Entertainment Government Regional 

SF Plastics Ban

July 25, 2018July 26, 2018 BRIEF
Brief5, plastic, San Francisco

San Francisco city leaders inched closer to banning all small plastic items Tuesday, with a plan to outlaw plastic straws, food containers and wrappers by July 2019 headed toward a final reading next week.

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Business Consumers Environment 

Starbucks, Citing Ocean Threat, Is Ditching Plastic Straws

July 9, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
plastic, recycling, Restaurants

Starbucks will eliminate plastic straws from all of its locations within two years, citing the environmental threat to oceans.

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Business Government Law 

Seattle Bans Plastic Straws, Utensils at Restaurants, Bars

July 2, 2018July 3, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
plastic, recycling, Restaurants, Seattle

Looking for a plastic straw to sip your soda? It’s no longer allowed in Seattle bars and restaurants.

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Environment Regional 

Seattle Plastics Ban

July 2, 2018 BRIEF
Brief, oceans, plastic, Seattle

Eight years after passing a law to ban straws and plastic utensils in Seattle’s bars and restaurants, the ban took effect Sunday and businesses that don’t comply now face $250 fines.

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Appeals Business Consumers Law 

Texas High Court Strikes Down Local Bag Bans

June 22, 2018June 22, 2018 DANIEL CONRAD
ordinance, plastic, retail, Texas

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday upheld an appeals court ruling that disallows local governments from banning single-use plastic bags, finding that state law bars ordinances restricting the sale or use of containers.

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Business Employment Personal Injury 

Texas Judge Rules for Workers Hurt in Weekend Blast

May 21, 2018 CAMERON LANGFORD
evidence, explosion, Houston, manufacturing, plastic, restraining order, Texas

Ten workers injured Saturday in a fiery explosion at a suburban Houston plastics plant won a temporary restraining order Monday forcing the plant owner not to tamper with a valve suspected of setting off the blast.

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Environment Science 

Tons of Microplastics Found in Arctic Sea Ice

April 24, 2018April 27, 2018 JULIE ST. LOUIS
Arctic, oceans, plastic, pollution

Photos of plastic clogging the world’s waterways and filling the stomachs of unfortunate sea birds and whales have become common in recent years, and on Tuesday the journal Nature Communications reported on an enormous buildup of frozen plastic particles trapped in Arctic sea ice.

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Business Consumers Courts Environment 

Nestle’s ‘Pure Life’ Water Filled With Plastic, Class Says

April 13, 2018April 16, 2018 MARTIN MACIAS JR
Class Action, false advertising, Nestle, plastic, water

A federal class action filed late Thursday accuses food and beverage giant Nestle of misleading consumers about the quality of its Pure Life bottled water, which a recent study found contains high levels of microplastics. 

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Consumers Health 

Study Finds Plastic Contaminants in Most Bottled Water

March 16, 2018March 16, 2018 EMILY ZANTOW
contamination, plastic, Research, water

A new study led by a nonprofit journalism group found that 90 percent of several top brands of bottled water were contaminated with tiny pieces of plastic.

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Environment Regional 

California Beach Town Bans Plastic Straws, Cutlery

February 27, 2018February 28, 2018 NATHAN SOLIS
beaches, California, Malibu, oceans, plastic, pollution

The Southern California coastal enclave of Malibu on Monday banned plastic cutlery, straws and stirrers at restaurants and fast food joints in an effort to keep beaches free from refuse.

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Environment Government 

Save Our Trash

January 30, 2018January 30, 2018 ROBERT KAHN
Brief, Canada, plastic, pollution, retail, Vancouver

The Canadian Plastic Bag Association sued the city of Victoria in British Columbia Supreme Court, challenging a law prohibiting the dispensation of single-use plastic bags.

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Environment International 

Plastic-Free Oceans Require Corporate Support, Nonprofit Says

November 16, 2017November 17, 2017 SEAN DUFFY
oceans, plastic, water

Fully addressing the massive buildup of plastic waste in the planet’s oceans requires policymakers and business leaders to talk and work together, champion British sailor and philanthropist Ellen MacArthur writes in an editorial published Thursday.

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