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This year, CALPIRG released a report showing that the volume of plastic bag waste in California had actually increased since 2014 as a result of the loophole in that law. Read more: California's ...
Lemon law: ConnPIRG and CALPIRG were involved in passing the first new-car lemon laws in 1982 that require manufacturers to repair or repurchase severely defective relatively new vehicles. [12] Safer art supplies: CALPIRG led the effort to enact the nation's first laws protecting children and artists from toxins in art supplies in 1985. [13]
Since the thinner plastic bags were prohibited, the thicker plastic bag distribution has resulted in a 46% increase in plastic bag waste discarded in California, according to a report by CALPIRG.
Ten years after California passed landmark legislation to reduce plastic bag use, the tonnage of discarded bags has skyrocketed. What happened? California's war on plastic bag use seems to have ...
Environment California was formed by the California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) in 2003 to take over its environmental work. [2] Environment California supported and campaigned for the Million Solar Roofs Bill in 2006 and the Global Warming Solutions Act in 2007.
Nader asked Rosenfield to go to California and help grow the California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) in 1981. As program director, he lobbied on a variety of issues including utility and campaign finance reform and public access to government. [1] The goal was to "bring Nader style advocacy to the West Coast." [9]
A decade ago, California lawmakers looking to cut down on plastic waste in state landfills (and the water) passed SB 270, barring grocery stores from handing out single-use plastic bags to customers.
Part of the reason for the switch was that California passed a series of laws to ban the use of antibiotics in non-medical, prophylactic treatments. Additionally, several groups of consumer advocacy NGOs, led by CalPIRG, had been pressuring a number of restaurant chains to stop using meat raised with low-dose antibiotics. [5]