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War on Plastic Bags Continues As Massachusetts Senate Tries To Save the Whales

War on Plastic Bags Continues As Massachusetts Senate Tries To Save the Whales

By Colin Young State House News Service The Massachusetts Senate went on record again Thursday in favor of a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags with sponsors pointing to the harm such bags have done to whales, but then rejected a proposal whose sponsor said was intended to reduce the risk of sea mammal entanglement.

By Colin Young State House News Service The Massachusetts Senate went on record again Thursday in favor of a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags with sponsors pointing to the harm such bags have done to whales, but then rejected a proposal whose sponsor said was intended to reduce the risk of sea mammal entanglement.…