Once Again, Oil States Thwart Agreement on Plastics

24 YaleE360 6 8/16/2025, 7:39:32 AM e360.yale.edu ↗

Comments (6)

bawolff · 13m ago
> ... senior policy officer for the U.S. nonprofit Society of Native Nations, which has advocated that the treaty include specific language on Indigenous peoples’ rights and the use of Indigenous science.

What is indigenous science?

camgunz · 2m ago
yyyk · 39m ago
They weren't really trying. Once you give oil-producing states a veto the result is obvious. If they were serious, EU and others would negotiate a separate treaty and then maybe get others to join.
tonydav · 44m ago
If the EU really wanted an agreement, there would have been an agreement.

Put tarrifs on all trade with non compliant nations and their partners.

It's not just the oil states, it's almost all of them.

Ygg2 · 35m ago
Seeing China criticize Gulf states for torpedoing the agreement is sure something.
forgetfreeman · 49m ago
No surprise there. Making oil producers part of the discussion isn't exactly what a serious effort to curtail plastic production looks like.