A coalition of attorneys general, led by Attorney General James Uthmeier , has launched an inquiry into several prominent environmental organizations, alleging their coordinated efforts with major U.S. corporations to impose recycling standards may violate state and federal antitrust laws.

The coalition, which includes attorneys general from Florida, Texas, Iowa, Nebraska, and Montana, is focusing its attention on the Consumer Goods Forum, the Green Blue Institute, and the U.S. Plastics Pact.

Attorney General Uthmeier stated the organizations’ policies are suspected of “hindering states’ economic prosperity by coordinating business behavior” and could violate Florida’s antitrust laws.

“Radical environmental activists do not have the right, nor the avenue, to suppress business operat

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