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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 told AFP. Ten days of talks on finalising an international, legally-binding instrument on plastic pollution opened on Tuesday…

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Delegates from around the world are gathering in Geneva for a critical round of negotiations aimed at securing the first global treaty to curb the mounting plastic pollution crisis.

Countries were to start the clock Tuesday on 10 days of talks aimed at hammering out a landmark global treaty on combating the scourge of plastic pollution.

Despite tough talk on sewage and pay, ministers refuse to challenge the water industry’s broken model – leaving private capital in charge of a troubled public service

Officials say the workers were conducting an emergency inspection of sewage pipes when the accident took place.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires hovered over several Midwestern states Saturday, bringing warnings of unhealthy air

Negotiators will take another stab at reaching a global pact on plastic pollution at talks opening Tuesday in Geneva but they face deep divisions over how to tackle the health and ecological hazard.

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