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Paul Watson, an early Greenpeace member, says his imprisonment in Greenland is a ‘political case’

Activists scaled ship’s mast, painted ‘PLASTIC KILLS’ on the side of the vessel, and set up tents to sustain their protest

Greenpeace activists boarded a tanker off South Korea on Saturday in an action intended to draw attention to calls for a treaty to curb plastic pollution, the environmental group said.

The world’s nations will wrap up negotiating a treaty this weekend to address the global crisis of plastic pollution

The UN’s new plastics treaty is about to be finalised – marking a crucial opportunity to form an international agreement to tackle the plastic pollution crisis. Plastic waste is ubiquitous – damaging human health and livelihoods, as well as ecosystems in water and on land; yet plastic production is at…

Plastic pollution is no longer just an environmental issue – it is a health crisis and a significant driver of the climate crisis

Island nations say recycling insufficient to solve problem when 400 million tonnes of plastic waste is produced yearly.

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband called the package a ‘critical 11th-hour deal at the 11th hour for the climate’.

Scheme has collected a fraction of the waste it set out to handle and is struggling with broken machinery and poor finances

Five oil and chemical companies which promised to divert plastic from environment accused of producing 132m tonnes of it

Ukrainian president hails mines as important part of arsenal in statement; aid groups condemn ‘unethical’ decision, saying mines risk harming civilians