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Biden Administration Shows Early Support For Industry Ship GHG Plan

March 25, 2021
The Biden administration is offering early support for a revised plan by a U.S.-based shipping sector body for an industry-funded research organization to develop new low-carbon options for fueling ships, a category of mobile sources for which EPA has not yet set greenhouse gas standards compared to other regulated sources such as cars and aircraft. Under the plan developed by the World Shipping Council (WSC), which represents much of the world container shipping sector, shipping companies would jointly fund the...


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