Environmental NGOs are raising concerns about the growing presence of petrochemical industry lobbyists at talks to forge a ...

Research shows the extent of plastic pollution today — and why the U.N. is negotiating a treaty to keep it from getting worse.

Before talks could even get started, the United States sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject ...

Plastic treaty talks overrun by fossil fuel lobbyists, campaigners say - Campaigners warn of ‘crisis of credibility’ as ...

As delegates from around the world have negotiated a global plastics treaty over five sessions since 2022, alliances have ...

World leaders meeting in Geneva, Switzerland​ this week have been discussing a treaty meant to end the problem of plastic ...

Negotiations on a global treaty on plastic pollution are being blocked by oil-producing countries and getting bogged down in ...

In a new study conducted by The Lancet, scientists found plastics are responsible for endangering human and planetary health at all stages of life. From fossil fuel extraction, production, use, ...

Global plastic pollution is projected to hit 460 million tonnes by 2025 and campaigners have urged world leaders to “ provide global rules that will control the amount of plastics being produced” and ...

Negotiations aimed at forging a global treaty on plastic pollution are being blocked by oil-producing countries and getting bogged down in a "dialogue of the deaf," sources in and around the talks ...

Greenpeace activists staged a protest outside the UN building in Geneva on Thursday, pouring a dark, oil-like substance in ...

Even if the jury on microplastics is still out, there is enough evidence of the harmful effects of chemical additives in plastics for the U.N. to act now.