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David Fickling: Shipping’s oil era is coming to an end

The 50,000 ships plowing the high seas consume more than five million barrels of crude every day, not much less than all the aircraft in the sky. One-twentieth of all oil ends up burned in a ship engine. Those days may soon be ending.

Causes

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How the shipping industry sails through legal loopholes

A murky world of shell companies, flags of convenience, and end-of-life flags allows companies to dodge accountability and dispose of ships cheaply.

Causes

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‘Black carbon’ threat to Arctic as sea routes open up with global heating

Arctic shipping is not only made possible by the climate crisis, it is adding to it too. More ships mean a rise in exhaust fumes, which is accelerating ice melt in this sensitive region due to a complex phenomenon involving “black carbon”, an air pollutant formed by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels.

Politics

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Shipping firms vow to cut emissions if governments support low-carbon tech

The global shipping industry has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero by mid-century – but only if governments impose a mandatory levy on shipping fuel to fund the development of new low-carbon technology.

ORIGINAL REPORTING

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David Fickling: Shipping’s oil era is coming to an end

Vermont firm aims to help save the planet by cleaning ocean vessels with robots

How the shipping industry sails through legal loopholes

‘Black carbon’ threat to Arctic as sea routes open up with global heating

Companies vow to reach net-zero emissions, but their plans are falling short, a study finds

Shipping firms vow to cut emissions if governments support low-carbon tech

Panama Canal tackles climate-change puzzle: too little rainwater or too much

A mysterious avalanche in Greenland sparked a seismic hum that shook the planet for nine days

There's a plan to turn oceans into climate sponges, but will it work?

Democrats prioritize economic concerns over global climate goals

Federal tax subsidies for carbon capture raise verification concerns

As Biden prepares to block the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel, pollution concerns persist in Pennsylvania

A Pennsylvania fracking company with more than 2,000 environmental violations selected for federal environmental justice funding

LISTEN: Mokshda Kaul on making the clean energy transition work for all

Human activity pushes Earth's life-support systems past critical limits