A 12-year-old boy in England has died, and a GoFundMe campaign set up by a loved one is claiming that his death stemmed from ...

In this Pokémon Emerald Hardcore Nuzlocke challenge, I’m taking on the game using only Bug-type Pokémon, with strict rules—no items and no overleveling! Can my team of Bug-types survive the toughest ...

Welcome to Day 13 of the Flexible Mind Yoga Challenge 💛. Today’s theme is GIVE — a gentle 10-minute yoga flow designed to open your heart, release resistance, and cultivate compassion.

A BAN ON BAGS RIGHT NOW IN HARRISBURG. A STATE SENATOR IS PUSHING TO OUTLAW SINGLE USE PLASTIC BAGS AT RETAIL STORES ACROSS THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH. NEWS EIGHT’S MICHAEL FULLER IS HERE. WITH HOW ...

Following the Kylie Jenner Lips Challenge and the #CharlieCharlieChallenge, Twitter users are being duped into a "charity" stunt that involves them putting plastic bags on their heads and holding ...

Paper bags tend to require more energy to produce than plastic ones. A 2011 study by Britain’s Environment Agency, for example, concluded that you’d have to reuse a paper bag three times to ...

Authors of a new plastic waste report, said after the plastic reduction law, roughly 16.5 billion single-use plastic bags and 110 million single-use paper bags were kept out of the waste stream ...

Texas man executed for the killing of a pastor during church robbery The 28-year-old pastor was beaten, strangled and suffocated with a plastic bag at a Baptist church in Arlington during a robbery.

When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste.

Following the repeal, plastic bag purchases fell gradually but failed to return to pre-policy levels even after 18 months — the conclusion of the study’s timeframe.

California and other states — and some cities — have learned a lesson: Bans on plastic bags don’t always go as planned. In fact, California's original ban made things worse.