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Analysis: Big Oil's plastic boom threatens U.N.'s 'historic' pollution pact - Reuters

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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.

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