MORE ON: plastic bags

Daily Report: K–12, Environment

New environmental curriculum corrects plastic bag information

October 29, 2012, 12:05 AM
The state’s Environmental Protection Agency finalized a revision of a controversial K-12 environmental curriculum on plastic bags Friday. California Watch reported last year that whole sections of an 11th-grade teachers' edition guide for a new curriculum had been lifted almost... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

State rewrites textbook chapter influenced by plastics industry

May 4, 2012, 3:54 PM
Under pressure from politicians and environmental groups, California’s environmental agency has rewritten a chapter in a statewide K-12 curriculum on plastic bags that was influenced by the chemical and plastics industry. The new chapter, which was posted today for review, no longer... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

Officials re-examine textbook influenced by plastics industry

August 23, 2011, 12:05 AM
News that California educators allowed the chemical industry to weigh in on a new state environmental curriculum has the chemical industry playing defensive while lawmakers and state agencies re-examine a text that focused on plastic shopping bags. Last week, California Watch published an... + read more
Spotlight: Environment

Plastics industry edited environmental textbook

August 19, 2011, 12:05 AM
Under pressure from a lobbying group, schools officials edited environmental curriculum to include positive messages about plastic shopping bags, interviews and documents show. + read more
A turtle eats a piece of a plastic bag.
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Chemical industry targets lawmakers over plastic bag ban

August 27, 2010, 12:05 AM
Just as the state Legislature ends its 2010 session with a flurry of major bills, lawmakers are being bombarded with a TV ad campaign mocking them for a proposed ban on plastic bags in grocery stores. "California is in trouble … 2.3 million unemployed … $19 million deficit... + read more
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