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Plastic straws are displayed in a glass, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

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Plastic straws have come to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Trump wants them to stay
By JENNIFER MCDERMOTT - Associated Press
Tue,02/11/25-12:25PM , 186 Reads
Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade.
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A boat passes by July 2, 2024, off Sea Girt, N.J., where a power cable from the Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm project is projected to come ashore. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)

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In win for Trump, oil giant Shell walks away from major New Jersey offshore wind farm
By JENNIFER MCDERMOTT - Associated Press
Fri,01/31/25-10:53AM , 144 Reads
In the first serious fallout from President Donald Trump's early actions against offshore wind power, oil and gas giant Shell is walking away from a major project off the coast of New Jersey.

Shell told The Associated Press it is writing off the project, citing increased competition, delays and a changing market.
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A Block Island Wind Farm turbine operates, Dec. 7, 2023, off the coast of Block Island, R.I., during a tour organized by Orsted. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

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Trumps tasks congressman with writing executive order he could issue to halt offshore wind
By JENNIFER MCDERMOTT - Associated Press
Thu,01/16/25-8:50AM , 125 Reads
President-elect Donald Trump tasked a New Jersey congressman and vocal critic of offshore wind with writing an executive order he could issue to halt wind energy projects.
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Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution for a week in South Korea failed to reach an agreement and agreed to resume talks next year. They were at an impasse over whether the treaty should reduce the total plastic on Earth and to introduce global, legally binding controls on toxic chemicals used to make plastics. (AP Video: Seong-bin Kang)

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Negotiators fail to reach an agreement on a plastic pollution treaty. Talks to resume next year
By JENNIFER MCDERMOTT - Associated Press
Sun,12/01/24-10:33AM , 89 Reads
BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution for a week in South Korea won’t reach an agreement and plan to resume the talks next year.
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