Activists slam lobbyist influence on plastic talks
Environmental groups have slammed the presence of dozens of petrochemical and fossil fuel industry lobbyists at UN talks on a ...
Daily on Energy: States sue Blackrock, awaiting Biden’s LNG report, UN plastic pollution treaty talk
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said that over several years, the firms used their influence to pressure coal companies to ...
Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ advocates take fight abroad to plastic treaty talks
Representatives of grassroots groups are in South Korea pushing for a cut in worldwide plastics production and pollution ...
Canadians pollute 1,465 tonnes of microplastics every year, finds report
Taken together, however, the report found 80 per cent of all microplastics found in Canada are fibres shed from textiles or ...
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At the final round of plastic treaty negotiations, a production cap hangs in the balance
Just a day after the conclusion of the United Nations’ annual climate conference in Azerbaijan, diplomats began convening in ...
‘Very, very slow’: UN plastic treaty talks grind forward
A small group of countries are slowing down the negotiations, delegates and observers say. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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INC-5: South Korea has highest number of fossil fuel, chemical reps at plastic negotiations
Some 220 fossil fuel and chemical industry representatives have registered to participate in UN discussions of a treaty aimed at tackling plastic pollution, the highest number at any of the ...
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Inside the ‘campaign of harassment’ to suppress anti-plastic health warnings
Scientists claim they have been subjected to verbal abuse and online attacks by lobbyists ahead of UN talks over plastic ...
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Fifth UN plastics treaty talks mired in division as halfway point approaches
A fifth round of talks aimed at securing an international treaty to curb plastic pollution had seen slow progress as the ...
Why is a global treaty on plastic pollution dividing the world?
Plastic pollutes oceans, food, your body. Yet nations are divided over a global treaty. Why all eyes are on talks for a ...
‘Once in a lifetime’ chance to end plastic pollution as nations assemble in Busan
Once in a lifetime’ chance to end plastic pollution as nations assemble in Busan - Plastic pollution is no longer just an ...
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Plastic pollution talks must speed up 'significantly': chair
Negotiators must move significantly faster to agree on a landmark treaty to curb plastic pollution, the diplomat chairing the ...