The Triumph of the Plastic Straw: ‘They took our straws and made us drink from mushy paper. And it was based on a 9-year-old’s bad math’

https://www.thefp.com/p/donald-trump-plastic-straws By Nellie Bowles Excerpt: The biggest environmentalist craze of my generation started in 2011 with Vermont 9-year-old Milo Cress cooking up an arbitrary number for how many plastic straws Americans used daily. This 9-year-old figured it was so many. He says he called up straw manufacturers and calculated 500 million a day. Boom, big number, […]

NYT’s moment of clarity: Paper shopping bags ‘might not be as green as you think’ – ‘Paper bags tend to require more energy to produce than plastic ones’ & ‘In landfills, paper bags produce methane & CO2’

https://archive.is/2025.03.24-181404/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/climate/shopping-bags-paper-plastic-grocery-totes.html What Shopping Bags Should I Use? – All bags are not created equal when it comes to the environment. And paper might not be as green as you think. By Rachel Nuwer March 24, 2025 With more cities, states and countries banning single-use plastic bags, paper has become a popular alternative at the grocery checkout. […]

Watch: Morano on Fox & Friends talking Trump reversing plastic straw bans & stopping offshore wind – ‘To make one wind turbine, it takes 45 tons of nonrenewable plastic’

Fox And Friends – February 08, 2025 – Fox News Channel  Trump scores win as NJ halts offshore wind project – ClimateDepot.com executive editor Marc Morano joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to discuss the Trump administration’s handling of Democrats’ green energy policies.  Rough Transcript: Marc Morano: It is so refreshing to wake up in an […]

Watch John Stossel debunk the recycling religion: Even Greenpeace says plastic recycling is a ‘dead-end street’

Plastic recycling is a “dead-end street.” That quote…unbelievably…is from @Greenpeace. In my new video, we debunk the recycling religion. pic.twitter.com/loe7F7gS2L — John Stossel (@JohnStossel) December 12, 2024 Plastic recycling is stupid and worrying about plastic pollution in the West is stupid Almost no ocean plastic pollution comes from the West Nothing we do impacts plastic […]

Calif Gov. Newsom signs law banning ‘all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores’ after ‘reusable & recyclable’ bags were NOT being reused & plastic bag trash grew from 8 pounds to 11 pounds per person per year

https://apnews.com/article/california-plastic-bag-ban-406dedf02b416ad2bb302f498c3bce58 California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — “Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags. California had already banned thin plastic […]

Plastic Police: DC City Gov’t has plastic straw cops to enforce ban! – DC urges public to ‘submit a tip’ if business or org. is ‘in violation’ by using ‘plastic straws and/or stirrers’ or ‘foam’ cups, plates, bowls or plastic bags

DC has 3 full-time straw cops on the beat to enforce the straw ban. And of course a tip line. This is a real graphic produced by the district government.https://t.co/t4dHAKRtJS https://t.co/Nh5okAhv8D pic.twitter.com/0aUXikoDlE — Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) September 6, 2024 https://doee.dc.gov/foambantip Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia – Muriel Bowser, Mayor # Use […]

‘Menace to our fisheries’: New England flotilla unites to protest wind farm after turbine ‘disaster’ – ‘Proof that offshore wind will crush fishermen & maritime communities’

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/menace-our-fisheries-new-england-flotilla-unites-protest-wind-farm-after-turbine-disaster By Brianna Herlihy Fox News A fleet of 25 fishing boats off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, rallied together on Sunday to protest Vineyard Wind, an offshore wind turbine project under scrutiny after a turbine blade broke off, sending shards of sharp fiberglass into the ocean. “Vineyard Wind is a menace to our fisheries,” Jerry Leeman, CEO […]