ApocaDocs: Proposed shipping industry climate regulations left all at sea

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Posted Mon Mar 29 2010: from BusinessGreen:


	Proposed shipping industry climate regulations left all at sea http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1269867426 Negotiations over how to fit shipping into any post-Kyoto climate change treaty ended in another stalemate on Friday, after the United Nations shipping agency failed to reach agreement on a proposal aimed at curbing carbon emissions from new ships.... The proposals included plans for an energy efficiency index designed to help operators assess the environmental credentials of new vessels, as well as the development of clearer fuel efficient best practices for existing and new ships. But delegates failed to reach a consensus and said more work was needed on the plans. "Development of the technical issues did not progress to a degree that the measures could be considered complete"...

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'Doc Jim says:

Cap'n! Iceberg ahead! Should I take action?