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The state will rely on industry to tell it how much plastic needs to be reduced under single-use plastic law. And it’s a lot less than the state’s own estimates suggested. As the law goes into effect, industry sets the numbers.
Decades before microplastics were found in human hearts and brains, industry executives privately knew about tiny plastic particles crossing the gut lining, documents from the 1970s and 1980s show.
The founders of Bryn Walker, a fashion brand for women, died at their home near the UC Berkeley campus. The co-founders were married. A gun was found at the scene.
The Bouquet fire, which started around 3 p.m. Saturday in Angeles National Forest, has surpassed 1,000 acres.
Researchers at UC Berkeley have discovered valley fever spores in cities in the Central Valley and linked nearby oil drilling to an uptick in infection risk — challenging the long-held belief that the deadly disease only affects rural areas.
Leaked internal memos reveal how a packaging alliance drove a widespread lobbying and marketing campaign to dismantle California’s landmark plastic and recycling laws.
Who’s behind the secretive multimillion-dollar campaign to crush California’s landmark plastics law?
California’s embattled single-use plastics law is still alive — despite multiple lawsuits, political pressure and widespread ad campaigns to destroy it.
Lawmakers passed legislation Wednesday that would ban disposable vape cartridges, a scourge to waste haulers and facilities.
