Tag: greenhouse gas

January 4, 2024

Due to the urgent need to cut fossil fuel emissions, the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is both inevitable and essential. The EU is aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport by 90% by 2040, and foresees 13 million […]

October 10, 2023

The e-commerce industry, which has seen remarkable growth over the past decade, experienced an even more accelerated surge in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. This exponential rise in online shopping has triggered a corresponding boom in the parcel delivery […]

October 18, 2022

U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) are urging the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to withdraw a proposal to implement greenhouse gas emissions performance measures on state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations. Capito, ranking […]

July 14, 2022

Small and large carriers alike are wondering how the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed climate disclosure rules could affect their businesses. The regulations would require publicly traded companies to make climate risks and impacts available to investors and the public. […]

September 27, 2021

An International Maritime Organization (IMO) working group has made concrete progress in developing lifecycle GHG/carbon intensity guidelines (LCA guidelines), to be utilized when assessing the overall climate impact of new fuels, which shipping needs to transition to in order to […]

September 17, 2021

Diesel and steam-powered trains have been transporting passengers and cargo around the world for more than 200 years—all the while releasing greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. In the hopes of a greener future, many countries and companies are eyeing […]

February 5, 2021

The Sea Cargo Charter is consistent with the targets of the UN’s International Maritime Organization, including GHG emissions reduction by at least 50% by 2050. The agreement was first signed by a group of the world’s leading energy, agriculture, mining, […]

January 29, 2020

House Democrats are rolling out an infrastructure framework today, anchored by Transportation Chairman Peter DeFazio’s surface transportation bill, which POLITICO got a draft of. The climate-centric proposal will be a radical departure from past highway-era bills, DeFazio said. “It is […]

January 29, 2020

The study explained that LNG being mostly methane, is a potent greenhouse gas (GHG) that traps 86 times more heat in the atmosphere than the same amount of CO2 over a 20-year time period. “If even a small amount of […]

September 12, 2019

This year’s Maritime Forecast to 2050 report focused on the challenge of reducing the carbon intensity of the global fleet to meet the ambitious targets set by the IMO’s greenhouse gas reduction (GHG) strategy. Remi Eriksen, Group President and CEO […]

March 1, 2019

As explained, the maritime industry has two broad but major environmental initiatives related to air emissions — dramatic improvement of global air quality and reduction of GHGs. Reinforcing the case for LNG as a marine fuel, SEA\LNG Chairman Peter Keller […]

June 4, 2018

The move, considered as a potentially game-changing development, envisages at least halving the shipping sector’s greenhouse gas emissions over the period, however, without a clear plan of action, many questions have arisen as to how this would be accomplished. Katharine […]