The plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Trump wants them to stay
Straws might seem insignificant, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade.
UConn study shows promise of bioplastics to help solve global plastic pollution crisis
The bioplastics company, with an office in Shelton, collaborated with a UConn marine sciences team to evaluate the product’s ...
How scientists plan to prevent plastic pollution in the ocean
You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...
How straws became an enduring symbol of the global plastic pollution crisis
Straws have emerged as one of the leading contributors to the plastic pollution crisis, frequently appearing on beaches ...
Trump misrepresents plastic impact on sharks in reversing course on straws
US President Donald Trump reversed a target set by his predecessor Joe Biden to eliminate plastic straws across government ...
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Trump defends plastic straws amid global pollution crisis
Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to ...
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Trump says 'we're going back to plastic straws.' Is the paper straw dead?
President Trump has signed an executive order decrying the "irrational campaign against plastic straws" and directing federal ...
How the pollution of today will become the ‘technofossils’ of the far future
It’s fun to conceptualise like this, and set the human story within the grand perspective of Earth’s history. But there’s a ...
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The war on plastic straws highlights Democrats’ shoddy ‘science’
Democrats use shoddy climate "science" to justify their crackdown on things as seemingly benign as plastic straws.