straw ban

EU Votes to Ban Plastic Straws and Cutlery While Imposing Massive Mandates on Plastic Companies
Brittany M. Hughes
The European Union voted Wednesday to ban all single-use plastic items, including straws, stirrers and cutlery. The ban, which is set to go into…
California's Set to Implement More Than 1,000 New Laws in 2019
Brittany M. Hughes
More than 1,000 new laws are set to go into effect in California this year, ranging from kinda-okay rules to completely ridiculous ones. But…
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Jerry Brown Signs Bizarre Straw Restrictions Mandate
P. Gardner Goldsmith
  What a hero. On September 20, California Governor Jerry Brown ponied up to the bar and signed California’s “straw statute”, a “law” that will…
The Environment Is Worth Preserving, But It's Not the Government's Job to Do It
Brittany M. Hughes
My husband and I sat down in a booth at our local sports bar yesterday, both craving a burger and, for once, hungry enough to ignore the calorie…
First They Came For Your Straws, Now They Want Your Party Balloons
Caleb Tolin
U.S. cities including Seattle, Santa Barbara and San Francisco, along with entire countries like the United Kingdom, have made moves to ban single-…
Santa Barbara Assemblyman: 'We Have to Regulate Every Aspect of Peoples' Lives'
P. Gardner Goldsmith
Santa Barbara City Councilman Jesse Dominguez has officially apologized for saying what any sentient observer knew about collectivists for years: he…