New York City Greets the New Year With a Host of New Nanny-State Rules
Styrofoam bans, cigarette restrictions, and Uber taxes are just some of the regulations New Yorkers will have to contend with in 2019.
Styrofoam bans, cigarette restrictions, and Uber taxes are just some of the regulations New Yorkers will have to contend with in 2019.
What explains the rapid spread of the ultimate nanny state policy?
DC9's Garbage BARge touts straw bans, sea turtles, and a few inaccurate statistics.
Environmental Protection Agency
The $45,000 grant goes to a New York environmental group's "Going Strawless to Save the Sea Turtle" campaign.
Plastic toys, sí! Plastic straws, no!
Yet another pointless municipal straw ban takes hold
The war on plastic marches on.
Santa Barbara's new proposal would fine repeat violators up to $250 for handing out prohibited plastic straws and stirrers.
The reusable straw company Final Straw is marketing its product on the back of a 9-year-old's statistics.
Divers are taking ocean clean-up into their own hands.
A lack of international regulations did not cause the plastic pollution crisis. Imposing them now won't fix the problem.
Environmental groups hope for an outright ban instead.
The claim that Americans use 500 million plastic straws daily is based on a nine-year-old's school project.