'Marketplace' Report: Regulating Ship Pollution
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"A coalition of environmental groups is asking the Bush administration to use the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from all large ocean-going ships.
Despite the recent growth of the industry, shipping has gotten a free pass on emission regulation. Yet, ships account for 3 to 5 percent of global CO2 emissions — about the same amount the entire U.S. fleet of cars produce."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14950326&ft=1&f=1025
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