I’ve been doing some day trips that land me in or near Portsmouth, New Hampshire’s mecca for poorly thought-out anti-plastic policy. From ‘shopping bags‘ to paperboard containers, their war on plastic is relentless, even when those replacements are worse for the environment.
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Plastic Straws
So, the NH Senate wishes to place ANOTHER unfunded mandate on towns and cities?
by Skip
[Art.] 28-a. [Mandated Programs.] The state shall not mandate or assign any new, expanded or modified programs or responsibilities to any political subdivision in such a way as to necessitate additional local expenditures by the political subdivision unless such programs or responsibilities are fully funded by the state or unless such programs or responsibilities are approved … Read more
NH Democrats Murphy, Rung, Stack, and Thomas Wage War on Drinking Straws
Merrimack’s far-left contingent sided with the war on convenience this week. All four Democrats voted to spend 100,000 dollars a year or more to police drinking straws. The law would make it a crime for restaurant employees to offer a plastic drinking straw to a patron.
The Assault Plastics Bill
No, I’m not talking about ‘plastic guns’. I’m talking about HB102, which would add ‘the distribution of single-use plastics to consumers’ to the list of things towns can regulate. The idea is to let towns ban the use of plastic bags in grocery stores, or plastic drinking straws in restaurants. But ‘single-use’ covers a lot of ground. … Read more
A TWO-FER! Really wanna see an eco-gun grabber’s face when they see this!
by Skip
Shanum punum! They hate plastic straws and they hate anything to do guns – ban! ban! ban! This should give them the heebie-jeebies! (H/T: Michelle)