Starbucks will still give it to you the paper straw, since the new biomass plastic one isn’t stiff enough or large enough in diameter to accommodate those weightier beverages. Hopefully Starbucks is ...

Devout paper straw enthusiasts are speaking out as public opinion about the environmentally friendly sipper shifts to favor plastic. Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order ...

They’re not working too good,” Trump said at a 2020 campaign rally, in large part echoing public sentiment. The Trump Administration branded the campaign against plastic straws “irrational ...

They’re not working too good,” Trump said at a 2020 campaign rally, in large part echoing public sentiment. The Trump Administration branded the campaign against plastic straws “irrational ...

A decade ago, a video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nostril went viral, spurring a wave of activism aimed at curtailing plastic pollution. The disposable plastic straw became ...

Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade. On Monday ...

The move by Trump — who has long railed against paper straws, and whose 2019 reelection campaign sold Trump-branded reusable plastic straws for $15 per pack of 10 — targets a Biden ...

US President Donald Trump recently announced that he has decided to overturn the Biden administration's decision to halt plastic straw purchases by 2027. "Back to plastic!", Trump wrote ...

President Donald Trump said Friday he would sign an executive order next week to undo a Biden-era plan to phase out plastic straws by 2027 ... release large amounts of carbon dioxide and ...

The culture wars over plastic straws came roaring back Friday, as President Donald Trump vowed to sign an executive order next week ending a Biden-era effort to phase them out by 2027. Paper ...

To determine what plastics persist in the ocean, the team tests different products in large tanks that recreate the natural ocean environment. Straws are one of the most common plastic waste ...

In 2015, a disturbing video of an olive ridley sea turtle suffering from a plastic straw stuck in its nose went viral, changing many viewers’ attitudes toward the plastic tool that is largely a ...