California Considers $1,000 Fine for Waiters Offering Unsolicited Plastic Straws
By Christian Britschgi| Ian Calderon wants restaurateurs to think long and hard before giving you a straw. Calderon, the Democratic majority leader in California’s lower house, has introduced a bill to stop sit-down restaurants from offering customers straws with their beverages unless they specifically request one. Under Calderon’s law, a waiter who serves a drink with an […]
A ‘Climate-Skeptic’ Just Took Charge Of EU Environment Policy
By Dave Keating , Neno Dimov, the man who took over as the president of the EU’s Environment Council on January 1st, got an earful yesterday when he appeared before members of the European Parliament. Some of his past words were coming back to haunt him. Lawmakers were aghast that a man who once called […]