“Plastic is not part of our diet for a reason,” Leffel said. “No straws [would] be a better solution, because reducing waste is what we want to do.” On average, it takes 200 years for a plastic straw ...

President signed huge stack of orders on first day in office covering everything from national security to paper straws and ...

President signed huge stack of orders on first day in office covering everything from national security to paper straws and has shown no sign of slowing down ...

Though they pollute oceans and harm marine life, Republican President Donald Trump signed an executive order this month to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws. He declared paper ...

President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order that will make English the official language of the U.S., a historic first at the federal level. It was the second time an appellate court ...

In what he called the “most consequential day of deregulation in American history,” the head of the Environmental Protection ...

Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, said the agency’s mission was to make it cheaper to buy cars, heat homes and run ...

President Donald Trump’s flurry of executive orders since returning to the White ... artists could be affected. The tariff on paper products, for one, could likely directly affect the cost ...

The University of California is unwavering in its commitment to combating antisemitism. We are carefully reviewing the president’s executive order while continuing our work fostering an environment ...

The Trump administration, which assumed office on January 20, 2025, has issued several Executive Orders (White House News) that initially resulted in project-specific suspensions, stop work orders and ...

The US government has scrapped paper straws to go back to plastic. So why are the plastic variety restricted in many ...