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		<description><![CDATA[A bill that even skeptics can rally around. | I&#8217;ll admit it: &nbsp;I&#8217;m a bit of a skeptic about the anti-plastic bag hullabaloo.&nbsp;Just about every study I&#8217;ve seen suggests that, when you compare plastic bags with paper grocery sacks, plastic is the unexpected winner: &nbsp;they produce less air and water pollution, take up less space in landfills, consume less energy over their life cycles, take less energy to recycle, and are responsible for lower levels of global warming emissions....]]></description>
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