The City of Los Angeles, California receives the February 2019 BAN Award for being the largest municipality in the United States to outlaw the sale of animal fur, depriving consumers of fashion choices and endorsing a policy that ignores evidence on animal conservation. The ban is expected to go into full force by 2021, unless the […]
The City of Miami Beach, Florida receives the November 2018 BAN Award for passing some of the harshest penalties and regulations on home-sharing in the country, threatening fines starting at $1,000 on the first offense and criminal charges as a third strike. The law also forces online platforms to collect significant business and tax […]
PAGEN STECHER: Hamburg erfährt mit seinen beiden Mini-Fahrverboten nicht nur bundesweite Aufmerksamkeit. Auch in den USA stoßen die Maßnahmen auf ein Echo. Das Consumer Choice Center (CCC) hat heute der Hansestadt den BAN-Award verliehen.
The City of Hamburg, Germany receives the May 2018 BAN Award for being the first city banning certain Diesel cars from some of its main streets. The Consumer Choice Center’s Managing Director Fred Roeder explains that only a few municipal governments have managed to discriminate that many consumers at once: “Over 200,000 local Diesel drivers […]
