"BACK TO PLASTIC!" the X post shouted, and it generated an instant reaction. On Truth Social, Trump wrote: "Crooked Joe's MANDATE, 'NO PLASTIC STRAWS, ONLY PAPER,' IS DEAD! Enjoy your next drink ...

President Donald Trump Feb. 10 signed an executive order directing federal agencies to support buying plastic straws. "We're going back to plastics," Trump said in a video of the White House ...

Keishi Koja is an Okinawa-based reporter/translator who joined Stars and Stripes in August 2022. He studied International Communication at the University of Okinawa and previously worked in education.

Keishi Koja is an Okinawa-based reporter/translator who joined Stars and Stripes in August 2022. He studied International Communication at the University of Okinawa and previously worked in education.

In a massive green feat, as many as 216,500 trees were planted across Dubai in 2024 - a 17 per cent rise from 2023. This translates to an average of 600 trees being planted every day last year ...

This oak tree has stood in this very spot since long before he or I walked the Earth. It is early winter when MacKenzie, an atmospheric scientist and director of Birmingham University Institute ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — Colorado's forests store a massive amount of carbon, but dying trees -- mostly due to insects and disease -- have caused the state's forests to emit more carbon than they ...

ABC Science took three packaging products that are common and relatively easy to recycle — glass bottles, aluminium cans and PET plastic bottles — to see just how much of each makes it through ...

They are made by heating these chemicals at a high temperature. When the plastic is soft it can be poured into a mould. Once the plastic cools, it hardens into a shape. Plastic is a material that ...

Polypropylene is a type of plastic used to make everything from yogurt containers to water bottles. It's easy to recycle and is one of the most popular plastics used today. You'll know a piece of ...

After two years of talks, we are closer to securing a treaty for the ages. One that hits the problem of plastic pollution hard and protects human, planetary and economic health. A high degree of ...