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BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 6 days ago

Global plastics treaty talks in Geneva end in 'abject failure'

www.euractiv.com

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Global plastics treaty talks in Geneva end in 'abject failure'

www.euractiv.com

BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 6 days ago
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French minister says ‘short-term financial interests’ killed latest effort to tackle global plastics pollution

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.euractiv.com/section/eet/news/global-plastics-treaty-talks-in-geneva-end-in-abject-failure/

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  • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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    They won’t do anything about it until some rich asshole gets cancer and theyre able to directly link it to plastic pollution. Nobody cares about us pleebs…

    • phonics@lemmy.world
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      even if its the richest man in the world. the others wont care because its not them.

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        Well, yeah, but money talks. That’s the language companies understand.

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