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 ...

The order instructs federal agencies to stop purchasing paper straws “and otherwise ensure that paper straws are no longer provided within agency buildings.” The move targets a Biden administration ...

BELLINGHAM – On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Ending Procurement and Forced Use of Paper Straws.” The order targets the now-ubiquitous drinking utensils, which are ...

STUART, Fla. — Businesses in Stuart can once again use plastic straws after a more than five-year ban was repealed by commissioners this week. Commissioners voted 3-2 Monday to repeal the ordinance, ...

Don’t like paper straws? Neither does President Donald Trump. On Monday, Trump signed an executive order effectively reversing a measure from the Biden Administration to replace plastic straws in ...

The common plastic beverage straw appears to be on the outs. Seemingly every day another city or company or celebrity vows to say no to straws because of the terrible ecological damage that disposable ...

President Trump has declared the last straw. Or at least the paper ones used by federal agencies. In an executive order this week, the president barred the federal government from buying paper straws ...

However, were their replacement, those paper straws, actually effective? If it weren't for the environment, few people would ...

Blumenthal Performing Arts in Charlotte has become the latest in a growing list of groups saying it plans to stop using plastic straws at its venues, a movement aimed at helping the environment. Bans ...