GLOBAL DISPUTE COULD HALT NEW GREENHOUSE GAS GUIDELINES FOR SHIPS

An emerging global dispute is threatening to derail the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) development of first-time guidelines for calculating greenhouse gas emissions from ships, leaving U.S. EPA and other federal officials concerned that the disagreement could also undermine a host of future IMO standards affecting the environment. Talks took place this week in London at a meeting of the IMO Marine Environmental Protection Committee, where developing countries, including India and China, are expected to argue that they should not have...