Energy and Environment

California lawmakers pass first US plastic bag ban

By Washington Examiner
Published August 30, 2014 6:41am ET
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Lawmakers are sending Gov. Jerry Brown a bill that would make California the first to impose a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags.

SB270 cleared the Senate on a 22-15 vote Friday. It was approved by the Assembly a day earlier.

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