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The battle over plastic bags in Michigan is about more than just plastic bags. It’s about keeping progressive municipalities from exploring solutions to the problems that we’re facing. It’s about squashing both innovation and local democratic rule.

By Mark | January 3, 2017

A few days ago, Michigan Republicans made national headlines for passing a ban on the banning of plastic bags… And, yes, you read that right. They didn’t pass a law banning plastic bags, but they passed a law making it illegal for local jurisdictions to ban the use of such bags, which are increasingly clogging […]

Posted in Environment, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Carryout Bag Ordinance, Earth Day, eco-fee, Ecology Center, Flint water crisis, George Heartwell, Global Warming, guns, Hawaii, lead, living wage, local control, Michigan Restaurant Association, minimum wage, paper bags, plastic bags, pre-emption laws, preemption, Senate Bill 853, turtles, Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners | 37 Comments

Turtles want their lives back too, you self-obsessed asshole

By Mark | June 2, 2010

The quote, for those of you who don’t recognize it, is from Tony Hayward, the President of BP, who, I believe, said it in complete seriousness, as though he felt that people should feel sorry for his plight. With all the focus on dead dolphins and sea turtles, like the one pictured above, I think […]