Popular push to cut plastics runs into fossil fuel opposition at UN conference

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“We must change the way we consume, the way we produce and how we dispose [of] our waste,” President William Ruto of Kenya said on Monday at the meeting. 

 

Representatives in the U.S. have picked up that call. On Monday, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) — who hails from a state that is the nation’s No. 2 plastics producer — led a dozen congressional members in calling on Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to sign an “aggressive” treaty. 

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