Analysis-Big Oil's plastic boom threatens UN's 'historic' pollution pact

When the United Nations agreed a landmark deal to create the world's first-ever global plastic pollution treaty this week, every party was quick to claim a victory, from industry lobbyists to environmental activists. That could spell trouble.

The agreement to finalise such a treaty by 2024, which the UN Environment Assembly called "historic" and the most significant green pact since the 2015 Paris climate accord, was...