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Nations Fail to Agree Plastic Curbs

The New York Times · 2d

Nations Fail to Reach an Agreement on Plastic Pollution

Diplomats at a United Nations conference in Busan, South Korea, failed to reach agreement on the world’s first treaty to tackle plastic pollution on Sunday. They said they would reconvene in future months to try again.

CNN on MSN · 1d

Countries fail to reach agreement in UN plastic talks

Over 100 nations wanted to cap production while a handful of oil producers were prepared only to target plastic waste.

Bloomberg L.P. · 2d

Nations Fail to Agree Plastic Curbs as Oil Producers Dissent

About 200 nations couldn’t agree on a treaty to curb plastic pollution after two years of divisive negotiations, but said they made some progress and would reconvene the talks next year.

Over 100 countries want an ambitious plastics treaty. Oil-producing nations are getting in the way.

What was supposed to be the final round of United Nations negotiations for a global plastics treaty ended without an ...

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Saudi Arabia Leads Pushback Against Global Plastic Treaty

Delegates from more than 170 countries are working to salvage a treaty that would tackle the growing problem of plastic ...

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