Wal-Mart in Arizona has eliminated the use of plastic bags. I don't know if it's going to be policy in all locations. But the concern is based on bad science:
Scientists and environmentalists have attacked a global campaign to ban plastic bags which they say is based on flawed science and exaggerated claims.
The widely stated accusation that the bags kill 100,000 animals and a million seabirds every year are false, experts have told The Times. They pose only a minimal threat to most marine species, including seals, whales, dolphins and seabirds…
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Thank you, Germaine, for the picture.
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Clenched fist hits President Obama upside the head, signaling perception of weak horse. Positive actions on the part of the U.S. would include that we STFU about Iran's nuclear ambitions. ...Obama doesn't believe in threats. He believes that we should speak nicely to our enemies, and carry no stick. Shortly after the release of the videocast, Iran's energy minister, Parviz Fattah, said that his country would "finish and operate" the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear plant by the end of this year. He, along with a leading adviser to Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, stressed that this nice talk from the American president had to be followed by positive actions. Obama would like mutual respect--but the Iranians smell weakness.
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