Talks for a plastic pollution treaty are stalling. Could the US be doing more?

Plastic waste and garbage are seen at a beach in Panama. (Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images)
Negotiators from about 175 countries have been sparring for more than a year over a treaty to clean up plastic pollution that’s choking rivers and piling up in landfills. As a critical new round of deliberations starts this week in Canada, the talks are floundering.
Some scientists and civil society groups say the United States bears a lot of the blame.
Almost every piece of plastic is made from fos