The eco guide to cargo ships

The shipping industry burns fossil fuels on a grand scale, and scarcely even tries to reduce its emissionsA seafaring adage goes: “If the winds are shifting, adjust your sails.” But even with the disturbing winds of climate change, the shipping industry, with its combustion of fossil fuels (accounting for 2.4% of global emissions), remains outside binding emissions-reduction agreements.There have been some eco efforts, but the Carbon War Room points out that ship owners feel little n