Tag: Arctic
Clean Arctic Alliance Welcomes Support for New Arctic Emission Control Areas for Shipping
As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO, MEPC 81) closed today, the Clean Arctic Alliance today welcomed the support for two new areas in the Arctic to be protected from polluting air emissions from shipping. The two Emission Control Areas (ECAs) proposed by Canada and Norway and approved by…
IMO Urged to Create New Arctic Areas Free From Shipping Pollution
As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO, MEPC 81) gets underway, the Clean Arctic Alliance today urged IMO member states to agree to creation of new areas in the Arctic which will be protected from polluting air emissions from shipping. The two Emission Control Areas (ECAs) proposed by Canada…
Clean Arctic Alliance: Progress Made, But IMO Fails to Act on Black Carbon Emissions, Despite Credible and Direct Pathway
As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR 11) closed today in London, the Clean Arctic Alliance called on the IMO to urgently adopt a mandatory regulation requiring ships to move to distillate fuels while operating in and near to the Arctic, and for the maritime sector…
Mediterranean SOx ECA, and heavy fuel oil ban in the Arctic
Two new MARPOL regulations dictating fuel properties are due to take effect in 2024 and 2025. This includes the Mediterranean Sea becoming an ECA for SOx in 2025, and the Arctic banning the use and carriage for use of HFO, which will take effect in 2024. More about this in this statutory news. Mediterranean Sea…
LNG-Powered Shipping: A Nightmare for Arctic Ecosystems
We are now well past the Autumn equinox, when Arctic sea ice reaches its annual summer minimum. Every September, the Clean Arctic Alliance team anxiously watches for news from the US National Snow and Ice Data Center for updates on the state of the Arctic. This year, the sea ice reached its fifth lowest extent…
