Saudi Arabia Leads Pushback Against Global Plastic Treaty | Delegates from more than 170 countries are working to salvage a treaty that would tackle the growing problem of plastic pollution.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/climate/saudi-arabia-global-plastic-treaty.html?unlocked_article_code=1.d04.ZaMw.opd3AnTNcAfO

A lot of this is because they see plastics as the way to keep on extracting oil even if countries decide that burning it isn't a good idea.

They've also opposed efforts to limit that problem.

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30p87@feddit.org · 32 pts · 1y (21 replies)

Saudi Arabia is cancer. I'm sorry to all the people that were born there.

BlesthThySoul@lemy.lol · 16 pts · 1y (15 replies)
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gibmiser@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Unnoticed? We have known for years, we are just unwilling to do anything about it.

BlesthThySoul@lemy.lol · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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gibmiser@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Unnoticed implies that it is a problem of informing the public.

The public (the publ8c who cares about issues and reads news) already knows. Our politicians just talk it away and do nothing to address it.

NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 1y (8 replies)

Go on, give 'em a world cup

BlesthThySoul@lemy.lol · 0 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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PanArab@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Didn’t the US hold one or two?

BlesthThySoul@lemy.lol · 2 pts · 1y
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PanArab@lemm.ee · -2 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Name a country that hosted that isn’t guilty of something past or present.

BlesthThySoul@lemy.lol · 0 pts · 1y (3 replies)
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PanArab@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

The indigenous peoples losing their lands to farmers and ranchers might say otherwise.

The root of evil remains the economic system. If there’s profit to be made from suffering it will be made. Capitalism has no hell where evildoers go. The fear of it does get people to straighten up somewhat during their life.

BlesthThySoul@lemy.lol · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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PanArab@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

Qatar is a very rich country with ample of money. It could have properly facilitated with a bit of human treatment for the foreign labourers coming from not so rich countries in order to earn and provide for their family.

The universal truth about rich people everywhere, is that they never feel like they have enough money.

30p87@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Also, no human rights. Except if you believe in brainrot bullshit and are a straight male.

BlesthThySoul@lemy.lol · 2 pts · 1y
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BlesthThySoul@lemy.lol · 2 pts · 1y
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trajekolus@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 1y

It is the Saudi royal family that is the cancer

fxomt@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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PanArab@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

يحسبونك مباحث تبغى توديهم ورا الشمس.

If you were Saudi you would have known the answer to this. 🥕🏒

PanArab@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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30p87@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y

Ah yes, and because you worked with some german companies you know exactly that I like genocide. Got it.

bleistift2@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 1y

“growing problem”—as if it wasn’t a Behemoth already.

reksas@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 1y

dumb all plastic to saudi arabia instead of sea

PanArab@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

Sabic -my former employer- is one of the world’s largest producers of petrochemicals including plastics.