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Dec 22 2021
Canary Media

Amazon invests in ammonia fuel tech to curb cargo ship emissions

By Maria Gallucci Photo: Spencer Platt , Getty Images
Major U.S. retailers have pledged to curb their supply-chain emissions by powering warehouses with renewable energy and replacing diesel vans and trucks with electric vehicles. But when it comes to using greener ships to import…
Dec 17 2021
Gizmodo

Giant Kite Will Pull a Ship Across the Ocean Next Month

By Molly Taft
Starting in January, a huge boat will attach itself to an enormous kite in a first-of-its-kind test to try and alleviate harmful carbon emissions from toting stuff to and fro across the high seas.
Oct 19 2021
CNBC

Amazon’s new net-zero carbon pledge is focused on the oceans, as shipping giants pursue alternative fuels

By Alicia Doniger Photo: Lucy Nicholson | Reuters
Amazon and IKEA are among the major companies pushing the ocean shipping industry to adopt zero-carbon fuel sources for vessels by 2040. Marine shipping accounts for 1 billion tons of carbon emissions per year, according…
Aug 02 2021
Yale Climate Connections

Maritime shipping causes more greenhouse gases than airlines

By YCC team Photo: Joe Moss
Ships transport more than 10 billion metric tons of cargo each year, including clothing, electronics, and oil. Almost all of these ships run on fossil fuels, so they emit a lot of carbon pollution. Maritime…
Jul 20 2021
The Verge

Walmart, Ikea, and Amazon have a dirty shipping problem

By Justine Calma Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images
Giant retailers, including Amazon and Ikea, have pledged to go green, but their shipping is still pretty dirty. Now shoppers can now see how much pollution some of the biggest retail companies in the US…
Jul 16 2021
NRDC

Climate Art Sets Sail for the Poles

By Clara Chaisson Photo: Julie Hefferman
There’s a lot to consider when curating an art exhibit that showcases more than 50 artists working across diverse media including drawings, paintings, videos, sculptures, and soundscapes. Now imagine doing it on a ship bound…
Jul 07 2021
Grist

A proposal to make cargo ships pay for pollution is making waves

By Maria Gallucci Photo: Gav Goulder
Thousands of cargo ships cross the oceans every single day, carrying everything from cars and clothing to plastic pellets and garden gnomes while their giant engines pump greenhouse gases into the air. The shipping industry…
Jul 06 2021
The Maritime Executive

Cargo Ships, Climate Change and a Can-Do Approach

By Susan Hayman
The daunting challenges of the maritime industry as it contends with climate change will arguably be the most important we have ever faced. We are at a serious inflection point, and I am grateful President…
Jun 28 2021
WSJ

Panama Canal Tackles Climate-Change Puzzle: Too Little Rainwater or Too Much

By Santiago Perez
The Panama Canal faces a creeping threat from climate change, including droughts so intense that ships sometimes reduce their cargo so as not to run aground, and giant storms that almost overwhelm its dams and…
Jun 28 2021
The New York Times

Can Massive Cargo Ships Use Wind to Go Green?

By Aurora Almendral Photo: Spencer Lowell
In 2011, Gavin Allwright was living in a village outside Fukushima, Japan, with his wife and three children, when a powerful tsunami destroyed the coastline, splintering homes into debris, crashing a 150-foot fishing boat into…
Jun 25 2021
IEEE SPECTRUM

Michelin Puts Puffy Sails on Cargo Ships

By Maria Gallucci
The white sailboat outside of Michelin Group’s Swiss office doesn’t have a sail at all. Instead, it has a wing. The puffy, inflatable structure towers over the vessel, resembling an enormous meringue with a spine…
Oct 29 2020
Washington Post

A new era in maritime travel: Electric boats

By Justin Sondel Photo: Mustafa Hussain for the Washington Post
Maid of the Mist in Niagara Falls has launched North America’s first all-electric tour, zero-emissions tour boats.

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AP

Industry group backs global carbon price for large ships

09/06/21
 A major maritime industry association on Monday backed plans for a global surcharge on carbon emissions from shipping to help fund the sector’s shift toward climate-friendly fuels.
Treehugger

Electric Vessels Are Not Enough to Slash Shipping Emissions

09/02/21
An autonomous electric cargo ship is slated to make its maiden voyage this year, but the vessel represents just one baby step in the long road toward reducing shipping emissions.
Triplepundit

In San Diego, an All-Electric Tugboat Eyes a 2023 Debut

07/20/21
The first fully electric harbor tugboat will soon serve the Port of San Diego. Crowley Maritime Corporation will build and operate the tug, which will be operational by mid-2023. Instead of fuel, the eWolf will reportedly source its power…
Pacificenvironment.org

Shady Ships: Retail Giants Pollute Communities and Climate with Fossil-Fueled Ocean Shipping

07/20/21
Just fifteen companies are responsible for emitting millions of tons of pollution from importing their goods into the United States on fossil-fueled ships. Our report Shady Ships: Retail Giants Pollute Communities and Climate with Fossil-Fueled Ocean…
Wall Street Journal

Panama Canal Tackles Climate-Change Puzzle: Too Little Rainwater or Too Much

06/28/21
The Panama Canal faces a creeping threat from climate change, including droughts so intense that ships sometimes reduce their cargo so as not to run aground, and giant storms that almost overwhelm its dams and…
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