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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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