Peter Riley<p>PetroStates & Plutocrats pro-plastic politicians push Profits <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/25/fears-grow-over-rising-number-of-oil-lobbyists-at-un-plastic-pollution-talks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">24/apr/25/fears-grow-over-rising-number-of-oil-lobbyists-at-un-plastic-pollution-talks</span></a></p><p>More <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/plastic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/pl</span><span class="invisible">astic</span></a></p><p>Note: 2023, global plastics market was valued at 712 billion U.S. dollars. projected to reach a value of more than 1,050 billion U.S. dollars by 2033<br><a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/1060583/global-market-value-of-plastic/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statista.com/statistics/106058</span><span class="invisible">3/global-market-value-of-plastic/</span></a></p><p>( Giant Plastic Tap - Benjamin Von Wong, April 2024 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ottawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ottawa</span></a> Photograph: Dave Chan )<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blamecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blamecapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cracking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fracking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microplastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microplastics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nanoplastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nanoplastics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a></p>