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Mexico City With 9 Million People, Joins China By Enacting New Ban on Single-use Plastics and Straws in 2021

[ad_1] Daniel Lerman In Mexico City, after more than a year of behind-the-scenes work, a ban on single-use containers, silverware, straws, glasses, stirrers, and other popular but disposable items went into effect. The Secretary of the Environment of Mexico City explained on Twitter that the capital will now be a place “without single-use plastics” and…

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California Porpoises Rebound in a Big Way Following Ban on Indiscriminate Fishing Nets

[ad_1] After decades of use, gillnets and the fishing strategies that employ them have been banned by California law, providing a sanctuary blessing for seabirds, sharks and the secret porpoise. The years between 1987 and 2002 saw many gillnet bans in California coastal counties, where previously dead marine animals were found on beaches entangled in…