shipping
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Skip the holiday rush this year — for the planet’s sake
Spend some time making a sumptuous, low-carbon chili instead.
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Shipping industry takes a page from bitcoin to clean up its act
Turns out the same blockchain behind bitcoin can also be used to cut carbon emissions.
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Container ships are getting cleaner, but the effort is adrift
The sector is ahead of others in international shipping, indicating the industry has a long way to go to reduce its emissions
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The shipping industry sets sail toward a carbon-free future
Two tense weeks of negotiations lead to an agreement that could lead to cleaner international trade.
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The shipping industry needs to clean up its act. Here’s where it can start.
At U.N. climate talks, experts discussed simple ways that the sector could steer itself to a low-carbon future.
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Wild swarms of Arctic icebergs are making shipping companies miserable
Ships are traveling hundreds of miles out of their way to avoid suffering the same fate as the Titanic.
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Shipping industry: Climate change? What’s the big rush!
A U.N. maritime agency postponed a climate plan until 2023.
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This gigantic hybrid ship can run on a battery
Although gigantic ships are relatively efficient — compared to, say, transporting massive amounts of stuff by airplane — they do use an astounding amount of fuel. The shipping industry is working on this problem. In particular, a Norwegian shipping company and a marine energy company are partnering to work on a hybrid ship, the Viking […]
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Pop-up Starbucks made of shipping containers
Recycling shipping containers into houses and environmental centers has been the new architectural hotness for a while, but what good are houses and environmental centers when you can’t get coffee? This four-carton Starbucks near Seattle (go fig) offers a recycled alternative to your strip-mall Starbucks.