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Israeli troops crossed the border for the first time since 2006 in a ground operation targeting Hezbollah. The Israeli military called for evacuations in southern Lebanon. As a Crisis Builds ...

To the editor: To combat plastic pollution in our oceans, we need to cut back on plastic production, not try to capture the endless stream of it. A recent article in The Times on an effort to ...

Despite global concerns over the accumulation of plastic waste, the drive to produce new plastics shows no signs of slowing down. According to OECD data, the world’s annual plastic production ...

I hope Gov. Gavin Newsom quickly signs this important legislation into law. To the editor: I was very involved in opposing the state’s first plastic bag ban 10 years ago on the grounds that the ...

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Gal, Susan 2019. Making registers in politics: Circulation and ideologies of linguistic authority. Journal of Sociolinguistics, Vol. 23, Issue. 5, p. 450.

California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores.