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Want to know how YOU can save the Albatross?

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1) Call your California Legislator to let them know that you support AB 319 by Assembly Member Stone. The bill would require that plastic beverage container caps be attached to the bottle, or designed such that the beverage is consumed without removing the cap. This bill is up in its first Committee – Assembly Natural Resources next Monday, April 17, 2017 and needs all the help it can get! Photo by Chris Jordan.
2) Put the attached support letter on your organizational letterhead. AB 319 Sample Support letter
3) Share the attached images and handouts.  AB 319 Fact Sheet
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