Both sides are claiming victory in a California Supreme Court case over the banning of plastic bags. The court ruled in a 7-0 decision that Manhattan Beach, a town of 35,000, could skip environmental review of the ban because its ordinance would not have significant impact. But opponents of the ban believe that larger communities would be subject to lengthy and costly environmental reviews. The environmental footprint of plastic vs. paper has been heavily debated. Numerous towns in the Bay Area are seeking plastic bag bans, while opponents are represented by a plastic industry group, Save the Plastic Bag Coalition. [Read more-Marin Independent Journal].
San Francisco has been identified as one of the most vulnerable cities in the nation when it comes to water-related impacts of climate change....
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