Plastic straws have come to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Trump wants them to stay

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. On Monday, President Donald Trump waded into the issue when he signed an executive order to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper straws "don't work" and don't last very long. Trump said he thinks "it's OK" to continue using plastic straws, although they've have been blamed for polluting oceans and harming marine life. In 2015, video of a marine biologist pulling a plastic straw out of a…