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ICCT study finds GHGs from shipping on the rise

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The planned third intercessional meeting in April 2018 is to finalize the draft IMO GHG strategy.). Ships registered to Panama (15%), China (11%), Liberia (9%), Marshall Islands (7%), Singapore (6%), and Malta (5%) were the largest emitters. The shipping industry is a major emitter of greenhouse gases.

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Study: IMO low-sulfur fuel standards will decrease childhood asthma cases, premature deaths; climate tradeoffs

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This marks the most significant improvement in global fuel standards for the shipping industry in 100 years, and is intended to achieve significant health benefits on a global scale. Some key regions include China, Singapore, Panama, Brazil and coastlines of Asia, Africa and South America. —i.e., Reduction in annual PM 2.5

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SpaceX closes in on West Coast Starlink launches with lease for drone ship dock space

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SpaceX has a bit of a sordid history with port leases over the last several years after twice entering and backing out of Port of Los Angeles (San Pedro) lease agreements to build a Starship factory directly on the water in 2018 and 2020. Other “industry officials” reportedly corroborated those plans.