From: Douglas Grandt answerthecallamac.com ‘Subject: Whats your endgame forthe certain demise of ExxonMobil? Date: Jkne 18, 2019 at 10:15 AM To: Darren W. Woods Darren W.Woods@ExxonMoblicom, Lisa Murkowski senator mutkowsk@ murkowski senate. gov (Ce: Nell A. Hansen nel a hansen @exxonmobt com, Theodore J. Wonar theodore jwo)nar@exxormobiicom, Suzanne M. McCarron Suzanne M McCarron ExxoaMablcom, Max Sehulz max schul2@exxonmobi com, Joan Crowther (Senate ENR-A) John _Crowiner@energy senate gov, Melissa Enriquez (Senate ENA-A) Melissa_ Enriquez @energy senate gov, Senator Berrie Sanders inlow sanders senate gov, Katle Thomas (Sen Sanders) kalle_thomas@sanders senate gov Hinch, Ethan (Sanders) Etnar_Hinch@sanders senate gov Dear Darren and Lisa, This is certainly one fine pickle you've gotten us into, Ollie. What is your endgame for the certain demise of ExxonMobil? Seriously! Doug Grandt New California Bill Coul Revolutionize How the U.S Tackles Plastic Pollution By Tara Lohan, originally published by The Revelator | June 18, 2019 Asweeping “circular economy” bill in the California legislature aims to drastically reduce plastic waste and boost domestic recycling. The ubiquity of plastic in our lives is leaving a mark — on the geologic record, in remote regions of the Earth, in the bodies of 90 percent of seabirds. Our oceans are a toxic soup, swirling with an estimated 50 million tons of plastic waste. But the tideis changing. Mounting global pressure to curb plastic pollution is gaining steam. A significant leap came last year with the European Union's vote to ban single-use plastic items by 2021 and boost bottle recycling 90 percent by 2025. On June 10 Canada announced it would follow Europe’s lead. In the United States, efforts to reduce plastic waste have so far been piecemeal — bans on specific items, like plastic bags, and only in certain municipalities. But California could help the country take a massive leap forward, At the end of May, the California Senate passed S.B. 54, the California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act, introduced by Senator Ben Allen and modeled after the European effort. A day later, the state's assembly passed identical legislation, A.B. 1080, introduced by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez. If the bills clear opposite houses and earn the governor's signature, it will be groundbreaking. “We haven't seen anything like this elsewhere in the U.S.,” says Angela Howe, legal director of Surtrider, a nonprofit devoted to clean oceans and beaches, which is part of a coalition of organizations working in support of the legislation and reducing plastic pollution. The focus of the legislation is on producer responsibility — both reducing the amount of waste generated and making sure what is absolutely necessary is either compostable or recyclable. On average only 9 percent of plastics are recycled in the United States, and that already-modest number is expected to decrease even further as more countries follow China's lead in closing their doors to waste exports from the United States and elsewhere.Plastic isn’t just washing up on beaches, it's piling up at landfills, making the crisis in the country even more urgent and expensive. Asweeping “circular economy” bill in the California legislature aims to drastically reduce plastic waste and boost domestic recycling. The ubiquity of plastic in our lives is leaving a mark — on the geologic record, in remote regions of the Earth, in the bodies of 90 percent of seabirds. Our oceans are a toxic soup, swirling with an estimated 50 million tons of plastic waste. But the tide is changing. Mounting global pressure to curb plastic pollution is gaining steam. A significant leap came last year with the European Union's vote to ban single-use plastic items by 2021 and boost bottle recycling 90 percent by 2025. On June 10 Canada announced it would follow Europe’s lead. In the United States, efforts to reduce plastic waste have so far been piecemeal — bans on specific items, like plastic bags, and only in certain municipalities. But California could help the country take a massive leap forward. At the end of May, the Califomia Senate passed S.B. 54, the California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act, introduced by Senator Ben Allen and modeled after the European effort. A day later, the state's assembly passed identical legislation, A.B. 1080, introduced by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez. If the bills clear opposite houses and earn the governor's signature, it will be groundbreaking.