They’ve nearly given up on climate — plastics will be next

The United Nations’ climate crisis express has slammed to a halt on the tracks. It’s not hard to see why. The Trump administration has slashed funding for climate initiatives, yanked America out of the Paris Agreement, scrapped electric vehicle mandates, and repealed the Endangerment Finding that once underpinned sweeping regulations.

On the global stage, the UN COP30 climate talks collapsed with no real international commitments to phase out fossil fuels. Meanwhile, China — the world’s top greenhouse gas emitter by a long way — keeps ramping up new coal power plant construction at a blistering pace.

Around the world, everyday people are fed up. In the name of saving the planet, net-zero carbon policies are driving skyrocketing energy bills, blackouts and plummeting living standards. Unelected bureaucrats pretend that, through the sacrifice of others, they can tame Earth’s naturally variable climate. They have taken it upon themselves to micromanage people’s lives by forcing us to abandon the fossil fuels that still provide 87 percent of global energy.

So, what’s next for the eco-zealots running the UN? They’re pivoting to a new battlefield: the so-called “plastics crisis.”

In November 2025, the UN Environment Program teamed up with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to roll out the 2030 Plastics Agenda for Business. Billed as an “evidence-based” and “practical” global framework, it is really designed to morph voluntary corporate sustainability promises into binding international policies.

The agenda seeks to eliminate plastic waste and pollution by rallying governments, businesses, and “stakeholders” to “catalyze market transformations,” enforce........

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