Talks on forging a groundbreaking treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were floundering Saturday, with progress ...

Under President Donald Trump's leadership, the United States has withdrawn from international negotiations and commitments, ...

Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, the United States has withdrawn from international negotiations and commitments, ...

At the midpoint of the final round of negotiations for a UN Global Treaty to End Plastic Pollution (INC 5.2), Civil Society ...

Some business and environmental groups warned Aug. 8 that the plastics treaty talks are at risk of stalling out, and they urged negotiators to push past what some called stalling tactics from major ...

As talks aimed at finalising the first global plastics treaty continue in Geneva, mounting scientific evidence is revealing ...

As negotiations for a plastic treaty near the midpoint, no agreement is in sight amid opposition to measures on production ...

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

Procedural rules for the plastics treaty negotiations say that, for substantive issues, delegates “ shall make every effort ” ...

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.