The Plastic Bag Wars"
"The world consumes 1 million plastic shopping bags every minute - and the industry is fighting hard to keep it that way."
Source: Rolling Stone, 07/27/2011
Waste
Enviro Justice Advocates Hail Tighter EPA Haz-Waste Recyclying Rule
"Green groups are cheering a proposed rule released by U.S. EPA this week that they hope will close a dangerous hazardous waste recycling loophole created in the waning days of the George W. Bush administration."
Source: Greenwire, 07/08/2011
"House Panel Rejects Move To Regulate Coal Ash"
"In a win for the coal industry, a House committee approved a bill Tuesday that would prevent federal regulation of coal ash as hazardous waste."
Source: Gannett, 06/22/2011
"Ohio Taking in Flood of Pennsylvania Brine for Disposal"
"Millions of barrels of salty, toxic wastewater from natural-gas wells in Pennsylvania are coming into Ohio despite efforts to keep it at bay."
Source: Columbus Dispatch, 06/21/2011
"In a War of Words, Makers of Plastic Bags Go to Court"
"The plastic bag industry, increasingly on the defensive as municipal bag bans proliferate, has gone on the attack against ChicoBag, a competitor that bills itself as an eco-friendly alternative. A federal lawsuit in South Carolina accuses ChicoBag of illegal trash-talking about plastic bag waste."
Source: NY Times, 06/13/2011
"Noxious Odor Plagues Poor Desert Communities"
"The source is a Coachella Valley soil-recycling plant on tribal land, regulators say. Operators defend their enterprise, but agencies have cracked down."
Source: LA Times, 05/16/2011
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