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Fume faculties

Envirotec Magazine

Sulphur dioxide has been a focus of regulatory efforts in the shipping industry for a number of years, notably with the IMO 2020 regulations, introduced last year. The problem originally arose because of the heavy-duty fuel oil used in international shipping, which in 2012 contained more than 2700 times the sulphur content of road fuel.

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A Plastics Spill on the Mississippi River But No Accountability in Sight

DeSmogBlog

These precursors of everyday plastic products, also known as nurdles, spilled from a shipping container that fell off a cargo ship at a port in New Orleans the previous Sunday, August 2. . Tags: plastic production Mississippi River Formosa RISE St. James Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ)

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Pollution Scientist Calls Plastic Pellet Spill in the Mississippi River 'a Nurdle Apocalypse'

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 9 mins Three weeks after a shipping container full of tiny plastic pellets fell into the Mississippi River near New Orleans, cleanup hired by the vessel that lost its cargo stopped shortly after it started as a pair of major storms approached the Gulf Coast.

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Washington State Considers Climate Impact of Major Petrochemical Plant With 'Pattern of Influence Peddling'

DeSmogBlog

The facility would process fracked natural gas into methanol, a liquid chemical that can be used as fuel or for manufacturing plastics, and ship the flammable product down the Columbia River for export to Asia. Tags: Kalama washington state Jay Inslee petrochemical development

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Energy Transfer Launches Appeals Following Court Order to Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline

DeSmogBlog

However, Energy Transfer, the pipeline's parent company, later revealed that the company was continuing to offer deals to oil companies to ship their product on DAPL during times when the pipeline is slated to be shut down. Tags: Dakota Access Pipeline energy transfer oil pipelines Standing Rock

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Years Before Exxon Valdez, Documents Show Exxon’s Imperial Oil Prioritized Public Image Over Spill Impacts

DeSmogBlog

The ship’s captain had not sailed this route before and reportedly had no navigational charts. The ship itself had known problems with its navigation system. The ship promptly ran aground on a well-known hazard, Cerberus Rock, ultimately spilling approximately 2.5 million gallons of oil, which coated 190 miles of shoreline.

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FedEx pledges to be carbon neutral by 2040

GreenBiz

The larger commercial vehicles — such as Class 8 trucks — are more difficult to electrify due to a lack of models from manufacturers and a higher price tag than their diesel equivalent. But the company is piloting ways to move these vehicles, too. FedEx Freight has been working with Tesla to use Tesla electric tractor Semis in its operations.