On the heels of a plastic bag ban on Oahu, could a Styrofoam ban be next? A Honolulu city council member has introduced a bill that aims to do just that. It has been proposed before by both county and ...

Crew members from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., were out practicing on the Hudson River this week when they were surprised by a gigantic head floating toward them. The head is about 7 feet ...

Marine scientists were crushing it on Twitter last week, sharing photos of highly decorated — and very squished — Styrofoam cups, which had been deformed and compressed by pressures encountered in the ...

Maui on Dec. 31 became the first Hawaiian county—and one of the latest cities and counties across the United States—to ban polystyrene plastic (more commonly known as Styrofoam) food containers. The ...

Similar proposals have failed in the past, but this time around the bill is co-sponsored by seven of the council's 14 members, and won support in committee from another five. Washington, D.C. and ...

Jonathan Zalewski is a visiting legal fellow and Koch associate at The Heritage Foundation. Maui on Dec. 31 became the first Hawaiian county—and one of the latest cities and counties across the United ...