Plastic State of Mind

It would have been convenient if Los Angeles County had waited another month before passing a sweeping ban on single-use plastic bags, because then I could have taken credit for it. But my feature article for the January/February 2011 issue, "Beyond Oil in 20 Years: Here's How to Get There" is still at the printer, so I can't. Even though heavy industry lobbying succeeded in killing a statewide ban on the bags in late August, however, the movement suddenly has new momentum. And wait until this parody of the Jay-Z and Alicia Keys by the LA-based Green Sangha gets around:

 

--Paul Rauber