Save the Plastic Bag Coalition Sues Santa Cruz
Save the Plastic Bag Coalition is suing Santa Cruz County to fight the plastic bag ban they just passed in September, 2011. The ban in Santa Cruz applies to supermarkets, restaurants and convenience stores and prohibits free plastic bags from being handed out with each purchase. Grocery shoppers also have
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Earth Day and Reusable Shopping Bags Go Together
April 22rd is Earth Day, and Earth Day is a great reason to start discussing more eco-friendly practices you can start with your own family, in your home. Reusable shopping bags provide a great tool to enhance Earth Day activities that might be happening in your children's school already. We
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Leatherback Turtles Seen In Monterey Bay
The Leatherback turtle is an ancient reptile that has existed, almost unchanged, since before the dinosaurs. A small group of Leatherbacks travel the Pacific, from as far away as Papua New Guinea looking for jelly fish on the Central Coast.
They arrive in late summer, early fall, along the California
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Reusable Shopping Bags A Great Beginning
You have probably noticed more and more retailers offering reusable shopping bags at the check out aisle for sale. You may also have been hearing news of more and more cities throughout the United States lobbying to ban retailers from offering customers plastic bags at check out. There are a
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