Exxonerating Evidence

“California has filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against ExxonMobil for allegedly deceiving the public about the plastic pollution crisis, the state’s attorney general, Rob Bonta, announced on Monday.” (I wonder if it matters that we never really believed that “plastic recycling could solve the plastic waste and pollution crisis.”) California sues ExxonMobil over alleged role in plastic pollution crisis.

+ “California had already banned thin plastic shopping bags at supermarkets and other stores, but shoppers could purchase bags made with a thicker plastic that purportedly made them reusable and recyclable.” (In other words, the problem on a bag by bag basis was made worse.) California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores.