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The flip side of our dry summers is that, without sprinkler intervention, Seattle lawns turn into crispy straw. July’s average rainfall is 0.78 inches, according to the National Weather Service, ...
Reddit users react to a customer discussing Chick-fil-A's rumored move away from plastic straws and toward paper. The popular food restaurant has responded to the claims.
Trump promoting plastic straws a sign of creeping authoritarianism Donald Trump has a problem with paper straws. So now the United States government does, too. A trivial matter, until it isn’t.
Boss Straw’s sales plunged 85% after Trump signed an executive order barring federal agencies from buying paper straws.
Illinois paper straw business craters after Trump's push for plastic Boss Straw’s sales plunged 85% after Trump signed an executive order barring federal agencies from buying paper straws.
The ordinance is taking effect at a time when President Donald Trump has said he wants plastic straws to make a comeback.
Trump wants plastic straws back, but this town is about to ban them (and more) The ordinance is taking effect at a time when President Donald Trump has said he wants plastic straws to make a comeback.
York's ordinance is taking effect at a time when President Trump has taken aim at paper straws with the executive order he issued earlier this year.
YORK, Maine — The town's ban on plastic straws, stir sticks, and utensils will take effect May 18, even as an executive order signed earlier this year by President Donald Trump aims to end the ...
Why the humble straw “issue” has so incensed the present administration and triggered an executive order more or less banning paper straws from federal buildings, in favor of plastic ones, is ...