New Bill Aims to Restore 'Common-Sense' Plastic Water Bottle Ban in National Parks

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By Lorraine ChowSep 15, 2017, 1:25 pm91 pts
Last month, the Trump administration raised environmental alarm bells when–under alleged beverage industry pressure—it rescinded the 2011 "Water Bottle Ban" in national parks, an Obama-era guideline that allowed parks to prohibit the sale of disposable plastic water bottles on park facilities to reduce…

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