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Global Rift Deepens After Plastic Pollution Talks Collapses Again Global negotiations for a United Nations treaty on plastic pollution collapsed once again in Geneva, with deep divisions persisting over production limits, chemical restrictions, and financing mechanisms. The UN’s Environment Programme confirmed that talks would resume...

Senate Appropriations Backs $38.6B for Environment and Public Lands The Senate Appropriations Committee approved its FY2026 Interior-Environment spending bill by a 26-2 vote, allocating $38.6 billion in base discretionary funding, which is roughly equal to the prior year’s level. It exceeds the House’s proposed $38...

The Vinyl Institute (VI) is taking a delegation to the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The VI has had a presence representing the vinyl industry at previous INC meetings in Paris, Nairobi, Ottawa, and Busan to educate delegates on the...

House Republicans Support Bid to Ease Pyrolysis Regulations As Lawmakers Explore Bipartisan Paths on National Recycling Standards and the UN Plastics Treaty On July 17, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on the Environment held a hearing to examine recycling standards in a hearing entitled,...

Trump Signs Sweeping Tax and Policy Bill on July Fourth President Donald Trump signed into law a sweeping 940-page domestic policy and tax package (H.R. 1) on July 4, marking a major legislative victory timed with the national holiday. Dubbed the “one big beautiful bill,”...

GOP Leaders Push for Pass Reconciliation Bill Before July 4  The President and Republican congressional leaders are intensifying efforts to pass President Donald Trump’s sweeping budget reconciliation bill, aiming to meet the self-imposed July 4 deadline he set.  While the deadline does not carry legislative...

Chemical industry urges rollback of Biden-era TSCA rules The American Chemistry Council (ACC) urged the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to rescind or substantially revise multiple Biden-era environmental rules, particularly those issued under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). In comments submitted...

Trade Court Halts Trump’s Tariff Orders, Administration Plans Appeal The U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) on May 28  blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to impose sweeping tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), ruling that his actions exceeded the statutory authority granted...