California to ban all plastic bags in grocery stores by 2026 & more environmental news.

[View this email in your browser]( Wednesday, September 25, 2024 “Every breath of air we take, every mouthful of food that we take, comes from the natural world. And if we damage the natural world, we damage ourselves." — Sir David Attenborough [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [X]( California to Ban All Plastic Bags in Grocery Stores by 2026 [California]( Governor Gavin Newsom has signed [Senate Bill 1053]( banning all [plastic bags]( at grocery stores in the state beginning in 2026. [Read More]( Related: [California Sues ExxonMobil Over Its Global Plastic Waste Pollution and Deceptive Recycling Campaign]( ‘Fossil Fuel Companies Are Hijacking Our Universities’: 6 Top Schools Received Over $100 Million in Funds From Polluting Industries Since 2003 Elite [universities in the United States]( — which conduct important [climate]( research — are raking in millions from [fossil fuel]( interests, potentially creating conflicts of interest. This is according to a collection of [new reports compiled by student organizers]( and released by the student-led Campus Climate Network, as The Guardian reported. [Read More]( Related: [Climate Disaster Survivors Call For Criminal Investigation Into Fossil Fuel Industry]( 3,601 Chemicals in Food Packaging Detected in Humans A new peer-reviewed study has revealed that many chemicals from food packaging are present in human bodies, indicating that the chemicals are transferring from the packaging to the food itself. [Read More]( Related: [68 PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found by Scientists in Food Packaging Worldwide]( Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Reopen as Microsoft Agrees to Purchase Power From It for 20 Years In March of 1979, [Pennsylvania]( Three Mile Island [nuclear]( plant — which was powered by two pressurized light-water reactors — experienced a cooling malfunction that caused part of the core of the second reactor to melt, releasing radioactive material into the environment. Constellation Energy has plans to reopen Three Mile Island, and Microsoft has agreed to buy power from it for 20 years. [Read More]( Related: [Microsoft Signs Nuclear Fusion Power Deal Under Sustainability Banner]( Climate Fiction 101: Everything You Need to Know Climate fiction is a genre of fiction that emerged in the first decades of the 21st century in response to growing awareness of the [climate crisis]( caused primarily by the burning of [fossil fuels](. It is often abbreviated as “cli-fi.” [Read More]( Related: [Climate Crisis 101: Everything You Need to Know]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2024 EcoWatch, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for EcoWatch Top News of The Day Our mailing address is: EcoWatch 1122 Oberlin RoadRaleigh, NC 27605 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](