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 ...

This story was co-published with Grist, a nonprofit media organization covering climate, justice, and solutions. It was the face that launched a thousand plastic straw bans. The video begins with a ...

WEST LAFAYETTE – The drink you pick up in the lower level restaurants in the Purdue Union Memorial will come with a paper straw, instead of a plastic one, starting the first day back from spring break ...

This story is part of the Grist arts and culture series Remember When, a weeklong exploration of what happened to the climate solutions that once clogged our social feeds. This story was co-published ...