During Wednesday’s CNN Climate Town Hall, 2020 presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) stated that we should ban plastic straws and have incentives to ban single-use plastic.
Moderator Erin Burnett asked Harris if she would ban single-use plastic.
Harris responded, “I think we have to create incentives to ban these — we have to create incentives, and there is no question that we have seen innovation take place when leaders lead.”
Burnett then asked, “Plastic straws are a big thing right now. Do you ban plastic straws?”
Harris answered, “I think we should, yes. I’m going to be honest, it’s really difficult to drink out of a paper straw…we’ve got to kind of perfect that one a little bit more.”
Burnett followed up, “So, you’d ban it, but rely on innovation?”
Harris responded, “Yeah. Innovation is a process. … But let’s encourage innovation. And I think we can do a little better than some of those flimsy plastic straws. But we do need to ban the plastic.”
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