Efforts to reduce the amount of packaging in lunches has sparked aspirations for a "zero-waste lunch."
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Efforts to reduce the amount of packaging in lunches has sparked aspirations for a "zero-waste lunch."
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The Bay Area is charging up. Along with L.A. and New York, San Francisco is one of the largest U.S. markets for plug-in electric vehicles (EVs). The pledge by the mayors of San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose in 2008 to make the metropolis the nation’s EV capital is now bearing fruit. With political...
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Since San Francisco implemented its plastic shopping bag ban in 2007, other Bay Area cities have begun following suit creating a regional trend despite the plastic industry’s argument that paper bags also harm the environment. Marin County approved a ban last month. Palo Alto is considering expanding its current restrictions beyond specific supermarkets. After...
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U.S. urban parklands occupy more than 1,500 square miles, or an area roughly the size of Rhode Island, and their number of annual visitors far exceeds those in our national parks. A distillation of urban park statistics in the 85 most populous U.S. cities was just released by The Trust for Public Land, a...
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