Global Efforts to Regulate Plastic Waste Falter Amid Petrochemical Pushback

Douglas McIntyre, editor-in-chief of Climate Crisis, discusses the collapse of international efforts to regulate plastic production and highlights the impact of plastic waste, which totals 50 pounds per person annually in the U.S., and the spread of microplastics in oceans and even human bodies. But resistance from petroleum states, driven by the connection between petrochemicals and oil revenue, has blocked progress.