Why the humble straw “issue” has so incensed the present administration and triggered an executive order more or less banning paper straws from federal buildings, in favor of plastic ones, is ...

A new bill making its way through the Florida Legislature would prevent local governments from restricting single-use plastic and erase any existing laws.Fort Myers Beach banned plastic straws in ...

“BACK TO PLASTIC!” President Trump posted. On Feb. 10, Executive Order 14208 repealed the federal use of paper straws mandated by the prior administration, citing expense, ineffectiveness and ...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to scrap the federal government's ban on single-use plastics and bring back plastic straws and disposable grocery bags. "The Liberals' plastics ban is ...

Many consumers have found paper straws to be unacceptable alternatives. The United States was also moving to phase out plastic straws but on Feb. 20, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an ...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised to strike down a key element of the Liberal government’s environmental policy Friday as he and other party leaders got back on the campaign ...

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld MONTREAL — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to end the federal single-use plastic ban on items like straws and grocery bags if his party is elected.