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Mark Westlund

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    Supreme Court Ruling Could Encourage More Extensive Plastic Bag Ban in S.F.

    ​There are many things to be proud of, living in San Francisco. Besides being skinnier than the rest of America -- though unfortunately less stylish -- we were the first city to ban single-use plastic bags. (Never mind that the plastic bag ban doesn't actually help the environment. It still makes ... More >>

  • News

    June 8, 2011

    Clean Energy Stimulus Cash Is Slow to Be Spent

    ​There are many things to be proud of, living in San Francisco. Besides being skinnier than the rest of America -- though unfortunately less stylish -- we were the first city to ban single-use plastic bags. (Never mind that the plastic bag ban doesn't actually help the environment. It still makes ... More >>

  • News

    September 15, 2010

    SF residents too nostalgic to recycle Mr. Potato Head

    ​There are many things to be proud of, living in San Francisco. Besides being skinnier than the rest of America -- though unfortunately less stylish -- we were the first city to ban single-use plastic bags. (Never mind that the plastic bag ban doesn't actually help the environment. It still makes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    Semen Not Compostable in San Francisco

    ​In San Francisco's era of mandatory composting, city officials want you to obey the law. But they do not want you to take the law into your own hands. Regardless of what awaited behind the green door, sexual fluids are unwelcome within the green bin, according to the city's Department of the Envi ... More >>

  • Dining

    January 7, 2009

    Baggage

    The city's politicos made the enviros happy by banning plastic bags, but left us with more pollution and cost

  • News

    August 20, 2008

    Plastic bags still in SF stores despite ban

    The city's politicos made the enviros happy by banning plastic bags, but left us with more pollution and cost

  • News

    October 15, 2003

    Water on the Brain

    One energy executive claims a tidal system that meets the city's electric needs could be built in over 20 years, at a cost of $1.5 billion

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