Autopsy says 3-year-old Columbus girl was suffocated, bruised

Cassidy Sakoulos died by suffocation after someone placed a plastic bag over her head, an autopsy found. Her mother is ...
NPR

California’s first plastic bag ban made things worse. Now it’s trying again

Ten years after California approved a plastic bag ban that’s been blamed for making its plastic bag problem worse, the state is banning single-use plastic grocery bags entirely. In 2014, California ...
CNN

Plastic shopping bag policies are actually working, a new study suggests

Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Greener newsletter. Our limited newsletter series guides you on how to minimize your personal role in the climate crisis — and reduce ...
WTAE-TV

Experts weigh environmental trade-offs of Pittsburgh's single-use plastic bag ban

ON. WTAE.COM. 1237 IS THE TIME ON THIS WEDNESDAY AND PITTSBURGH’S PLASTIC BAG BAN WAS IMPLEMENTED IN OCTOBER OF 2023 TO TACKLE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. IT HAS SPARKED BOTH PRAISE AND QUESTIONS ABOUT ...
Forbes

Plastic Bag Bans Tackle Ocean Pollution Right, Study Finds

A family collect plastic waste on the shore inn Ocean Conservancy's clean up in the Norwegian Northern town of Skjervøy. Plastic bag bans in the U.S. have proven effective in reducing plastic litter ...
The Hill

Where do plastic bag fees go?

Many state and local governments have implemented plastic bag fees at grocery stores in an effort to curb Americans’ plastic pollution. But where does all the money from those fees actually go? The ...