Yvette Arellano heads the Houston-based environmental justice organization Fenceline Watch.

The group, which advocates for communities along the petrochemical corridors of the U.S. Gulf Coast, sees the treaty as “vital” to its work reducing pollution and toxic chemical exposure in those communities and halting the growth of plastic production. Arellano said the negotiations also increase international oversight of state and federal government actions in the U.S.

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