Plastic items are seen on Place des Nations in front of the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, ...

Plastics made from petrochemicals account for more CO2 emissions than does aviation, making treaty talks underway this week an opportunity for climate action.

No matter how the plastics treaty talks in Geneva conclude in the next week — deal or no deal, far-reaching accord or ...

Hours after he was sworn in to a second term, Trump pulled the U.S. out of the landmark Paris agreement to combat global ...

The United States has sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject the goal of a global pact that ...

Under President Donald Trump's leadership, the United States has withdrawn from international negotiations and commitments, ...

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

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 ...

World leaders are in Geneva this week trying to hammer out the world’s first legally binding treaty to tackle the plastic ...