Sea turtle biologist and New York University Professor Genia Naro-Maciel writes that, while flimsy paper straws may not make ...
They’re grasping for straws. Devout paper straw enthusiasts are speaking out as public opinion about the environmentally ...
Plastic straws, once public enemy No. 1, are back in the government’s good graces. The news is hard to swallow for paper ...
But a video clip did help change this situation. A decade ago, a video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nostril went viral. That image suddenly made plastic pollution a here-and ...
Trump signed an executive order this week in favor of plastic straws over paper ones. As the debate rages on, here’s why you really don’t need straws.
But it wasn’t until 2015, when a video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw wedged in its nose went viral, that demand took off. Suddenly the company had thousands of new clients and annual ...
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning federal agencies from using paper straws. The order directs agencies to stop purchases of paper straws and calls for a strategy to phase ...
The shift gained momentum after a 2015 video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw lodged in its nose went viral, prompting global outcry. Trump complained recently to reporters in the Oval Office that ...