Analysis: Big Oil’s plastic boom threatens U.N.’s ‘historic’ pollution pact – Reuters.com

Analysis: Big Oil’s plastic boom threatens U.N.’s ‘historic’ pollution pact – Reuters.com

NAIROBI, March 4 (Reuters) - When the United Nations agreed a landmark deal to create the world's first ever global plastic pollution treaty this week, every party was quick to claim a victory, from industry lobbyists to environmental activists. That could spell trouble.

The agreement to finalise such a treaty by 2024, which the U.N. Environment Assembly called "historic" and the most significant green pact since the 2015 Paris climate accord, was drafted in broad strokes. read more