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For Rocker Jackson Browne, Every Day is Earth Day

"I hope this doesn't mess up the bar," said Dennis Scrimo, as he ran a hose from the sink in the lower lobby bar at the Terrace Theater in Long Beach, Calif. Snaking it across the lobby, he then hooked the hose up to a water filtration dispenser. Over the last hour, Scrimo has been a blur while rolling out the dispenser,...

Walmart Pizza Recalled Amid Plastic Fears

A Midwest private label manufacturer has issued a recall for Marketside pizza, a Walmart store brand, over concerns small pieces of plastic could have gotten into the food.

California Moves to Ban Plastic Shopping Bags

LOS ANGELES (June 3) -- California has moved closer to becoming the first state in the nation to join a growing international movement against the use of single-use plastic shopping bags, which environmentalists and anti-littering advocates condemn as unnecessary, unsightly and dangerous to wildlife. The state Assembly...

Sweet Idea: Coke Uses Sugar Cane for Bottles

(Jan. 25) – Coca-Cola is going greener. The world's biggest seller of beverages has begun using a new bottle partially made from a plant-based material that, unlike petroleum-based plastic, is biodegradable. The new bottles for Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Light, and Coke Zero still contain only 30 percent sugar cane-based...