So most paper straws are: a) not biodegradable and b ... And maybe they have their reasons for wanting to send as many of those classic heavy-duty, red, white, and yellow implements of destruction ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Charleston  entrepreneur Tom Crowley is on a mission to end single-use plastic pollution by convincing businesses to switch ...

Half a billion straws are used in the United States every day, according to a popular — but perhaps not the most scientific — estimate. The biggest buyer: the federal government, which buys ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ending the "procurement and forced use of paper straws." The order directs the federal government to stop purchasing paper straws and ...

It looks like President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are bonding over their distaste for paper straws. Musk, the billionaire CEO of automaker Tesla and Trump's head of the Department of Government ...

As the debate over plastic straws roars back to life amid President Donald Trump’s efforts to end a Biden-era phaseout of the ubiquitous drinking utensil, some may wonder: Do you even need to be ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday encouraging both the federal government and American consumers to buy plastic drinking straws — a formal rebuke of former President Joe ...

The fate of paper straws is in jeopardy, but will they still exist in Massachusetts? President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday, Feb. 10 banning the federal use of paper straws, ...