NEW YORK, NEW YORK (September 22, 2022) – Global retail giant Target joined other big retailers, including Amazon and IKEA, in a landmark commitment to move its products off of fossil-fueled ocean cargo ships by 2040 as part of the Aspen Institute’s Cargo Owners for Zero Emission Vessels initiative. Environmental organizations with the Ship It … Read more
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), announced that Maersk, one of the largest container shipping lines in the world and a major terminal operator at the Port of Los Angeles, has given its support to the Congressman’s legislation aimed at zeroing out pollution from all ocean shipping companies that do business with the U.S. Statement by Antonio … Read more
NEW YORK CITY (September 20, 2022) – In connection with Climate Week NYC 2022, Pacific Environment and Opportunity Green released a playbook for ports to accelerate action in the race to a zero-emission ocean shipping future. The IPCC’s 2022 climate report issued dire warnings to end our dependence on fossil fuels if we are to … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Gwen Dobbs, Pacific Environment, gdobbs@pacificenvironment.org, 202-329-9295 Ship It Zero Resolution passes Minneapolis City Council MINNEAPOLIS (September 8, 2022) — Today, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously passed a Ship It Zero resolution 12-0. Minneapolis City Council President Andrea Jenkins and City Council Member Robin Wonsley Worlobah co-introduced the resolution on September 6, … Read more
LONG BEACH, Calif. (September 1, 2022) – U.S. Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and Edie Chang, Deputy Executive Officer of Planning, Freight & Toxics Division at the California Air Resources Board spoke at a Community Town Hall moderated by Joe Lyou, president and CEO of the Coalition for Clean Air. The event was hosted by Pacific … Read more
Amazon announced that it would adopt green hydrogen – starting in 2025 – to decarbonize its operations. The contract will provide power for 30,000 forklifts or 800 heavy-duty trucks. Even though ocean shipping was mentioned in the announcement, Amazon did not give a firm commitment to when it would green its ocean cargo shipping operations. … Read more
Washington, DC (August 12, 2022) — Congress passed a historic reconciliation package with key climate provisions (170 yeas to 123 nays). The Inflation Reduction Act is projected to cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 41% by 2030 from the U.S.’s 2005 baseline. Pacific Environment calls for President Biden to deliver on his promise … Read more
SAN PEDRO, Calif. – August 9, 2022 – The San Pedro Bay Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach announced that they continued their record high volume streak of cargo moved in July 2022. Despite inflation and higher-than-usual inventory, the ports expect cargo volume to remain high through the second half of the year. But, … Read more
WASHINGTON (July 12, 2022) – Following the significant decision from the U.S. Supreme Court in West Virginia v. EPA that curbs EPA’s ability to regulate carbon pollution under the Clean Air Act, Congressman Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.), along with original co-sponsor Congresswoman Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.), today introduced H.R. 8336, the Clean Shipping Act of 2022. This … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS – Today, the Ship It Zero coalition will deliver a letter from dozens of medical professionals to the Target Corporation, calling on the retail giant to take action on its ocean shipping pollution. The delivery coincides with an informational webinar at 1EST which will feature medical and climate experts, impacted community members, and organizers, … Read more
LONG BEACH, Calif. (July 11, 2022) – A.P. Moller Maersk abandoned the board of the International Chamber of Shipping citing concerns with the trade association’s position on climate change. Maersk has been on the ICS board for more than a decade. According to Reuters, Maersk said on its website, “We review our membership status once … Read more
The container ships carrying mountains of consumer goods across the world to be sold on Amazon Prime Day are highly polluting These little-known container shipping giants are making even bigger profits than Amazon itself, by exploiting the COVID-19 supply chain crunch Environmental advocates are demanding these container shipping lines use their mega-profits to invest in … Read more
LONG BEACH – Yesterday evening, the Long Beach City Council unanimously passed a Ship It Zero Resolution 6-0. Long Beach City Councilmember Cindy Allen introduced the resolution on Earth Day, calling on Long Beach’s top maritime importers to commit to making all port calls to the San Pedro Port Complex, which includes the Port of … Read more
LONG BEACH (June 6, 2022) — CMA-CGM, top ocean shipping supplier for Walmart, announced that it has ordered six ships with dual-fuel methanol engines as part of its climate strategy, following the initial leadership of competitor Maersk. Still, the company also ordered 10 LNG fueled ships — relying on toxic chemicals and methane-emitting fossil fuels … Read more
ANCHORAGE – Governor Dunleavy hosted a three-day conference last week, dubbed the ‘Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference’ was a mixed bag. Keynote speeches featured oil and gas executives, breakout room topics included everything from heat pumps to natural gas, and calls for bipartisanship were followed immediately by hyper partisan attacks, misrepresentation of climate science, and pandering to … Read more
Oil and gas companies will host the 9th annual Global Fossil Gas Bunkering Summit in Novotel Amsterdam City, Amsterdam, Netherlands from May 3 to 5. Ahead of the conference, the Ship It Zero campaign criticized the industry for continuing to promote the use of fossil fuels in the face of dire climate impacts felt across … Read more
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA — On Earth Day, more than 100 climate activists with the Ship It Zero coalition gathered in three West Coast port cities to protest retail giant Target’s role in climate change, highlighting the company’s outsized role in ocean shipping pollution and the impacts on climate, oceans, and the health of port communities … Read more
The State Department announced the United States’ vision and commitment to green shipping corridors yesterday. The department said, “The United States envisions green shipping corridors as maritime routes that showcase low- and zero-emission lifecycle fuels and technologies with the ambition to achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions across all aspects of the corridor in support of … Read more
A week that opened with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lambasting governments and industry for their climate inaction, and the IPCC’s Climate Mitigation report criticising the poor climate governance of international shipping, is set to close with the UN’s shipping agency, the IMO, again kicking climate concerns into the long grass, by failing to reduce the … Read more
The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping has joined with the port authorities of Hamburg, Gdynia, Roenne, Rotterdam, and Tallinn, to create a European Green Corridors Network to advance the Clydebank Declaration for Clean Shipping Corridors announced last November at COP26. According to Splash247, the project backers “…will demonstrate the early commercialisation of … Read more
