Summary
They lost in some of California’s biggest cities. They lost in the state Legislature. Now out-of-state plastic bag manufacturers are taking a final shot at keeping their product in the nation’s largest market, waging a high-stakes battle with environmentalists that will be decided by voters in November.
The companies have spent $5 million to place not one but two measures on the ballot in an effort to defeat activists who have been trying to rid the state of single-use plastic grocery bags.
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“When your existence as a company is at stake, you should be willing to go to all kinds of lengths to avoid extinction,” said Michael Wara, a Stanford Law School professor who specializes in environmental law. “If I were a plastic bag manufacturer, I’d be using all my resources to fight this tooth and nail, too.”
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