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March 18, 2010
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Health and the Environment
, Reviving the World's Oceans
, Solving Global Warming
, The Media and the Environment
- Tags:
- airpollution, coastguard, diesel, EPA, IMO, internationalmaritimeorganization, marinepollution, shippollution, ships
Next week, the International Maritime Organization will be meeting in London to consider a proposal that would drastically cut harmful air pollution from the largest, dirtiest ships at North American ports. If successful, next week’s meeting will be a major...
October 10, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Health and the Environment
, Reviving the World's Oceans
, The Media and the Environment
- Tags:
- diesel, globalshipping, IMO, InternationalMaritimeOrganization, pollution, portpollution, shippollution, smartercities
Good news on the Dump Dirty Diesels Campaign front today... Yesterday, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted new fuel and emissions standards for large diesel-fueled, ocean-going ships. When fully implemented, this will help reduce pollution by 80 percent or more...
February 15, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Reviving the World's Oceans
, U.S. Law and Policy
- Tags:
- CATF, CleanAirTaskForce, diesel, ICCT, IMO, InternationalCouncilonCleanTransportation, InternationalMaritimeOrganization, marine, oceangoingships, ships, sulfur
Yesterday, I testified in Congress on Senator Barbara Boxer’s bill (S. 1499, the Marine Vessels Emissions Reduction Act) to require dirty, polluting ocean-going ships to use cleaner fuel within 200 miles of our coasts. (And, by the way, even after...
