The culture wars over plastic straws came roaring back Friday, as President Donald Trump vowed to sign an executive order ...

A decade ago, a video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nostril went viral, spurring a wave of activism aimed at curtailing plastic pollution. The disposable plastic straw became ...

Back to Plastic': Trump Signs Order for Plastic Straws as He Declares Paper Ones 'Don’t Work' WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he is banning federal use of paper straws, ...

Instead he wants the government to exclusively move to plastic. “It’s a ridiculous situation. We’re going back to plastic straws,” Trump said as he signed an executive order to reverse federal ...

Nuñez was one of the first people to start advocating for ditching plastic straws, back in 2009. In the early days, pre-turtle video, there were a lot of doubters, even in the world of ...