Global shipping must curb 'unchecked' pollution: study - AFP

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Global shipping must curb 'unchecked' pollution: study

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Ocean-going vessels now belch out more of
the major air pollutant sulfur dioxide than all of the world's cars,
trucks`and buses combined, according to a study released Thursday.

The group behind the report, the International Council on Clean
Transportation (ICCT), also said the shipping industry emits more
of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide than many industrialized
nations.

The ICCT, comprising transport and air quality experts from around
the world, called on the industry voluntarily to clean up its act
and also submit to tough standards as part of efforts to combat
global warming.

"International ships are one of the world's largest, virtually
uncontrolled source of air pollution," said Alan Lloyd, the ICCT's
president and former secretary of California's Environmental
Protection Agency.

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