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New Zealand joins international treaty to slash ship emissions

Ship and ferry emissions and their thick, black plumes of smog will be reduced by 2022.

At its worst, the type of ship fuel used here has been described as "Marmite-type", thick and black, but the Government has agreed to sign an international treaty to target ship emissions.

Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter said joining the Annex VI of MARPOL, an International Maritime convention for the prevention of pollution from ships, would improve the health and environmental impact of shipping emissions, particularly around port communities.

28 Years Ago, Big Oil Predicted It Would Take A High Price On Carbon To Stop Warming

As far back as 1991, the Canadian arm of Exxon Mobil Corp.’s empire anticipated that a high tax on carbon emissions would be necessary to maintain a stable climate, newly released documents show.

HuffPost reviewed the documents, which show that Imperial Oil ― Canada’s No. 2 petroleum producer, which the world’s largest publicly-traded oil company has long owned ― hired a consulting firm to model which price on carbon would deliver the emissions cuts officials in Ottawa were looking to impose.

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New Zealand joins international treaty to slash ship emissions

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