Plastic straw partisans are now on the offensive in the straw wars. Monday evening, President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing federal agencies to halt their purchases of paper straws ...

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 the ...

A California lawmaker is taking flak for a measure that would make it illegal for servers to offer plastic straws with drinks unless they're asked. Assembly Majority Leader Ian Calderon introduced a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aaron Schwartz/picture alliance / Consolidated News Photos/Newscom Plastic straw partisans are now on the offensive in the straw ...

Paper straws sit on a bar in San Francisco in 2018. President Trump has signed an executive order decrying the "irrational campaign against plastic straws" and directing federal agencies to stop ...