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Actor Joaquin Phoenix has joined a chorus of celebrities and environmentalists criticizing private jets as an irresponsible contribution to carbon emissions in an era of climate change, a line of critique that may be starting to worry the small jet market. At the Golden Globes award show last...

A group of eight trade organizations that collectively represent 90% of the world's merchant fleet have proposed a collaborative shipping research and development program to help eliminate CO2 emissions from international shipping.  Their plan includes funding the program with $5 billion over a 10...

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) said it is starting to use biofuel blends to power its vessels. This is occurring as the shipping industry grapples with how to reduce its carbon footprint ahead of mandatory reductions over the coming decades.  The world's second-largest container shipping...

What would happen to global trade if the European Union (EU) implemented some form of carbon pricing for ocean shipping and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) did not follow suit, or did so years later, leading to a permanent or temporary ‘Balkanization' of carbon-emission regimes? On...

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An International Maritime Organization (IMO) member country delegate said a study presented this week revealed engine power limitation (EPL) of 10% to 30% would result in zero or negligible CO2 reduction.  The IMO met Nov. 11-15 at its headquarters in London, discussed carbon-reduction strategies...

Former vice president and Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden is promoting a "new generation" of low-carbon trucking, shipping and aviation technologies through a plan to invest $400 billion over 10 years in a federal clean energy research program. The proposal is part of a 10-year, $3...

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Maersk said its goal of carbon-free shipping will be best reached with new types of marine fuels based on alcohol, renewable natural gas and ammonia. It is urging refiners and fuel producers to start research into how these fuels can be produced at scale to reduce the shipping industry's...

Good day,  Those mourning the demise of James Dyson's electric car project can take solace in the news that H2Haul, an ambitious European Union-backed initiative evaluating the use of hydrogen vehicles to cut carbon emissions from logistics, has officially launched.  The project, which has...

Unlike human-caused climate change, which has been subject to intensely polarized perspectives, studies have been very conclusive on the effect of air pollution on human mortality rates. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 4.2 million people die annually as a result of exposure to...

This week's addition of biodiesel data in our SONAR platform is part of building out the new environmental category. Biodiesel data, in combination with the existing energy data, can give insights to energy demand and demand for the different types of fuels.  Biodiesel is growing in the fuels...

A California-based drayage carrier is switching its entire diesel fleet to renewable natural gas as part of the state's drive for near-zero emissions trucking. Total Transportation Services Inc. (TTSI) will replace 40 diesel trucks with trucks using a 12-liter, 400-horsepower Cummins Westport...

"Flight shaming" campaigns are the latest attacks on airlines, since emissions over the last year significantly increased from the previous year, which may ruin the first global carbon offsetting program, Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).  Around the globe,...