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New Pact Would Require Ships to Cut Emissions or Pay a Fee

✇NYT > Science
By:Somini Sengupta
A draft global agreement sets a fee for cargo ships, which carry the vast majority of world trade, to pay for their greenhouse gas emissions.

© Alana Paterson for The New York Times

The industry produces about 3 percent of planet-warming emissions globally, on par with aviation. A cargo ship near Vancouver, British Columbia.
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New Pact Would Require Ships to Cut Emissions or Pay a Fee

✇NYT > Climate and Environment
By:Somini Sengupta
A draft global agreement sets a fee for cargo ships, which carry the vast majority of world trade, to pay for their greenhouse gas emissions.

© Alana Paterson for The New York Times

The industry produces about 3 percent of planet-warming emissions globally, on par with aviation. A cargo ship near Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Ann Arbor Wants to Build Its Own Renewable-Energy Grid

✇NYT > Climate and Environment
By:Allison Prang
Ann Arbor, Mich., moved forward with an ambitious plan to build its own utility that aims provide clean power outside the grid.

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Ann Arbor, Mich., plans to create a sustainable energy utility, or S.E.U., which would help residents use less energy.
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