This is a story of intentional littering involving 40 brightly colored plastic bottles in a North Carolina stream. But in this case, the waste is being done solely for research and to combat trash.

In our mad dash to eliminate plastic straws from coffee shops, takeout orders, and our own homes, we appear to have accidentally replaced them with another environmental risk. A new study out of ...

WASHINGTON — 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, ...

President Donald Trump‘s executive order ending the federal government’s push to transition to paper straws is a good reminder that environmentally-obsessed Democrats regularly botch “The Science.” ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ...

On February 10, 2025, President Trump authorized Executive Order 14208 (E.O. 14208) revising United States federal policy on paper straw use. E.O. 14208 specifically called on the federal government ...