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      <image:title>Blog - Day of Action to Demand Changes to Cuomo’s Proposed Bag Bill</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.plasticbaglaws.org/blog/2018/1/14/governor-cuomos-plastic-bag-task-force-fails-to-recommend-a-solution</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.plasticbaglaws.org/blog/2017/12/11/environmentalists-urge-governor-cuomo-to-keep-his-promise-to-address-plastic-bag-pollution</loc>
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      <image:caption>photo credit: Dorothee Pierrard</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.plasticbaglaws.org/blog/what-about-compostable-or-biodegradable-plastic-bags</loc>
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    <lastmod>2017-10-22</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>get active in local politics_updated</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.plasticbaglaws.org/blog/panel-discussion-on-bag-campaigns-at-yale-law-school-this-wednesday</loc>
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    <lastmod>2017-10-22</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Panel Discussion on Bag Campaigns at Yale Law School This Wednesday</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.plasticbaglaws.org/blog/statement-from-jennie-romer-of-plasticbaglaws-com-pro-bono-counsel-and-coordinator-of-nycs-bag-it-coalition-in-support-of-nycs-byobag-law</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog - Statement on Gov Cuomo's Signing of Moratorium Bill from Jennie Romer, Esq.</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.plasticbaglaws.org/blog/why-carryout-bag-fees-are-more-effective-than-plastic-bag-bans-from-huffington-post-blog</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog - Why Carryout Bag Fees Are More Effective Than Plastic Bag Bans [from Huffington Post Blog]</image:title>
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