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Bette Midler, Lupita Nyong’o join other actors, activists and athletes asking world leaders to cut plastic production
Global influencers signed an open letter calling on global leaders to champion a strong plastics agreement and “to agree to end single-use plastics.”
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Plastic action on plastic villains, this #PlasticFreeJuly!
Plastic Free July is underway, and what better time than now to review some key actions you can take to help accelerate our transition to a plastic-free future.
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Big Plastic and the Big Legal Fight
At a time when our oceans are filled with plastic pollution, chemicals used to make plastics are linked to serious health issues like decreased reproductive health and cancer, and scientists…
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As international plastics treaty negotiations conclude in Ottawa, fight over domestic regulation rages on
After a decision from the Federal Court late last year upended Canada’s efforts to regulate plastic pollution, the legal fight is set to continue.
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INC-4: Plastics talks in Ottawa end on a disappointing note under compromised Canadian leadership
Late on Monday night, the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) for a Global Plastics Treaty ended with world governments failing to agree on the inclusion of any reference to plastic production or polymers in intersessional work, despite strong support by various countries, scientists and civil society groups. While Canada supported in principle…
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INC-4: Greenpeace hangs a banner on Mackenzie King Bridge, urging delegates to put people over plastic
Twenty-four hours before the end of the negotiations for a Plastics Treaty at the fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4), Greenpeace Canada activists hung a banner on the Mackenzie King Bridge, right next to the Shaw Center, where world delegations are gathered. The fourteen meters banner read “People over polluters: Cut plastic production now!” and followed…
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INC-4: Greenpeace reacts to Minister Guilbeault undermining ambition during Plastics Treaty talks in Ottawa
In response to Minister Guilbeault declaring “a cap on plastic production may be too complicated” at the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4), Sarah King, Head of Plastics & Oceans at Greenpeace Canada, said:
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INC-4: Peaceful Greenpeace activist arrested by police at the Shaw Center
One activist from Greenpeace Canada was arrested outside of the Shaw Center in Ottawa while engaged in a peaceful protest.
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Greenpeace ramps up pressure on UN delegates to cut plastic production, by delivering a “Global Plastics Factory”
As a new day of negotiations begins at the fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) in Ottawa, Greenpeace Canada delivered a 20-foot “Global Plastics Factory” to the doorstep of the Shaw Center, where the talks on a Global Plastics Treaty are taking place.
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🚨 Live Updates from INC4: People vs Plastic
From April 23-29, Ottawa will host the fourth of five UN negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty. The first three rounds were chaotic and dominated by Big Plastic trying to…