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IMO sets 2020 date for ships to comply with low sulfur fuel oil requirement; 5000 ppm

Green Car Congress

The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the regulatory authority for international shipping, decided to implement a global sulfur cap of 0.50% m/m (mass/mass) (5,000 ppm) on fuel oil starting 1 January 2020 during its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), meeting for its 70 th session in London.

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In the Caribbean, EVs leave ICE vehicles behind

Electric Auto Association

An EAA member sets the Virgin Islands example. Like nearly everyone else with an electric vehicle (EV) on Saint Thomas, Doug White, co-founder of Virgin Islands Electric Vehicle Association , drives a Nissan LEAF. From there, he turned to an Internal Combustion Engine (ICE)-to-electric conversion. “I