A St. Petersburg City Council member’s request to discuss lifting a municipal ban on plastic straws sparked multiple heated ...

When US President Donald Trump vowed to end the "ridiculous situation" of paper straws with an executive order recently, he noted that he had used "them many times, and on occasion, they break, they ...

On Feb. 10, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending the procurement and use of paper straws at federal agencies. It was a stark reversal from the Biden era, in which the former ...

Many alternatives designed to help phase out single-use plastics don’t really solve these problems at all ...

The move towards paper straws was a refreshing direction in environmental preservation, in that it was initiated locally and by producers, not through legislation. Donald Trump recently surprised ...

Matthews is tied with Sittler with 389 goals as a Maple Leaf, second to Mats Sundin, and ready to pass the 1970s legend as early as Tuesday night at the TD Garden.

Donald Trump recently surprised the world again by signing an action to end what he describes as the “forced use” of paper straws. Although there is some merit in the argument the White House ...

Private firms, in addition to public U.S. entities, have also been turning their backs on paper straws. The Environment Ministry on Friday said the review had been in the works since last year and was ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to end the federal procurement of paper straws. The order, which claims that paper straws are “nonfunctional” and says it wants to en ...

A local restaurant supply distributor says he wasn’t surprised when President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning federal use of paper straws, because in his experience they just aren ...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has declared war. On paper straws. “These things don’t work,” he complained from the Oval Office on Monday while asserting that U.S. policy now aims to ...