Correction to "Battle of the Plastic Bag Bans Rages on in California Towns"

by Sarah Parsons · 2011-02-01 14:04:00 UTC
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On January 29, 2011, we ran a post entitled "Battle of the Plastic Bag Bans Rages on in California Towns." In this post, the writer stated that the Save the Plastic Bag Coalition was funded by the American Chemistry Council (ACC). We have since learned, from the Save the Plastic Bag Coalition, that they accept no funding from the ACC, nor are they affiliated with the ACC in any way.

This post also suggested that the Save the Plastic Bag Coalition lobbied against the statewide plastic bag ban bill, A.B. 1998. According to Save the Plastic Bag Coalition's legal counsel, Stephen Joseph, the organization was not involved in these lobbying efforts. Also, despite what our post might have implied, Mr. Joseph states that Save the Plastic Bag Coalition does support fees on paper bags when plastic bag bans do occur.

We regret the above mentioned errors and have included a correction update in the original post.

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Sarah Parsons is Change.org's Sustainable Food Editor. Her work has appeared in Popular Science, OnEarth, Audubon and Plenty.
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