Tag: plastic straws
China bans single-use plastic straws and shopping bags
China is one of the world's biggest users of single-use plastic and in 2010, produced 60 million tonnes of plastic waste.
Trump campaign is selling plastic straws to ‘make straws great again’
"Now you can finally be free from liberal paper straws that fall apart within minutes and ruin your drink."
UK government confirms ban on plastic straws, stirrers and cotton swabs
"So today I am taking action to turn the tide on plastic pollution, and ensure we leave our environment in a better state for future generations."
Seaweed straws could soon replace single-use plastic straws
"Single use plastics should never be built to last, they should be designed to disappear."
California becomes first state to regulate plastic straws
The law, which will enter into force Jan. 1, prohibits restaurants from providing straws unless a customer requests one. It covers only sit-down eateries, not fast food restaurants, delis or coffee shops.
Pledge to ditch the plastic straw
Join us in saying no to the single-use plastic straw and encourage those around you to do the same!
Seattle will ban plastic straws and utensils at restaurants next year
The exemption that allowed restaurants to dispense plastics is set to expire and will not be renewed.
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Low-paid workers are unionizing. Corporations are spending a ton to stop them.
A record number of workers are trying to form labor unions, a Center for Public Integrity analysis shows. Corporate America is alarmed.
Prospects for a republic beset with disunity 
A republic needs endless work/ Or insurgent forces go berserk.
Italy’s far right rode inequality to victory — but has no answers for it
A let-the-rich-be government has opened the doors to the smiling heirs of Italy’s neofascist factions.
California Gov. Newsom proposes windfall profits tax on Big Oil
Calls for windfall profits taxes have increased globally in recent weeks
This one thing made Alex Jones stop lying
It turns out there actually might be a way to stop the constant stream of lies coming from the right-wing media. Sue. Them.