GROUPS SEEK U.S. TREATY APPROVAL TO LET EPA REGULATE SULFUR IN SHIPS

With support from EPA, the shipping industry and environmentalists are urging the Senate to ratify an international shipping agreement before the treaty takes effect this year, allowing the agency to join regional efforts to regulate sulfur emissions in maritime fuel. Industry officials say that if the treaty takes effect without U.S. participation, it could prompt ship operators to bypass U.S. ports. "This is something that shippers, the port authorities and EPA all agree on. I can't think of anyone that...