RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The City of Richmond is weighing new sustainability measures this Earth Month, aiming to reduce waste and protect the environment. Three proposals will be presented at a city ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign a bill making Florida one of several states where it’s illegal to release balloons. The bill easily passed with bipartisan support in the state legislature ...

Now that plastic straws may be headed for extinction, could Americans' love of balloons be deflated? The joyous celebration of releasing balloons into the air has long bothered environmentalists, who ...

A ten-foot whale that washed up on a beach in North Carolina is believed to have died after ingesting a party balloon. The Gervais' beaked whale was first reported in the shallows of Emerald Isle ...

The appearance of a dead whale on a North Carolina beach late last month has been tied to a balloon, scientists said. Beachgoers in Emerald Isle reported the presence of a live Gervais’ beaked whale ...

The young female calf was still nursing at the time of her death, according to those that performed the animal's necropsy CMAST - NC State University Center for Marine Sciences and Technology A young ...

Family members and friends of people who die young often remember their loved ones with a balloon release. After WRAL’s latest documentary “UnSafe: North Carolina kids dying from gun violence,” ...