The Marshall Island’s Momentum Changing Proposal for Shipping
This week as the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) meets in London, they’ll be considering a proposal from the Republic of the Marshall Islands calling for a binding global reduction target on shipping carbon emissions. After years of slow movement on reducing shipping emissions, the proposal brings new momentum, at a critical time.
The Marshall Islands is in a curious position of on the one hand being the holder of the world’s third largest shipping registry, and on the other hand being at very real risk from the unchecked emissions of shipping. Foreign Minister Tony de Brum highlighted this in a statement:
Read more“We are an island nation and shipping is one of our lifelines. At the same time, carbon emissions, including those from shipping, pose an existential threat to our people and our country.”
On the road with the Enbridge Tar Sands Resistance Tour
I am still reeling (in a good way!) from the Enbridge Tar Sands Resistance Tour, a 16 stop / 16 day whirlwind organizing tour across the Great Lakes region to spur and connect the growing movement to stop pipeline expansion and keep tar sands oil in the ground.
The tour was planned by Energy Action Coalition, MN350, MI CATS, Indigenous Environmental Network, the Sierra Club, and too many other local organizations to list. We traveled from Detroit through six states to Minneapolis along the Enbridge Lakehead system, a large pipeline network that carries most of the tar sands oil used in the United States.