Emma Howard

Emma Howard is an environmental journalist working for Unearthed, the investigative news site launched by Greenpeace.

plastic pollution in Ghana

Oil-backed trade group is lobbying the Trump administration to push plastics across Africa

A lobby group representing oil and chemical companies, including Shell, Exxon, Total, DuPont and Dow, has been pushing the Trump administration during the pandemic to use a US-Kenya trade deal to expand the plastic and chemical industry across Africa.

November 24, 2020