A threat to the world’s atmosphere is sailing the high seas, but activists say government regulators are letting the culprit off the hook. The global shipping industry coughs up millions of tons of air pollution each year, yet its emissions are for the most part unregulated, aside from minimal international standards. Now, environmental groups are turning the country’s seaports into a… return to article
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Reader Comments (2)Page 1 of 1 pagesGreat article - this is the very reason for my Distance Tariffs proposal - see article at
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_kent_wel_060326_distance_tariffs.htm<
Kent Welton,
OligarchyUSA.com
Posted by kentw007 on Nov 21, 2007 at 11:16 PM The situation is not different in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, where companies and operators of marine vessels cast to the wind good environmental practice.They pollute the sea and endanger marine life and livilihood of communities’ people who depend on the sea to make a living.
It is also sad that oil companies are already dragging their feet on enforcing and meeting the deadline to stop gas flairing in 2008.The government seems incapacitated to take a drastic action.But it remains true that the more harm done to the environment the more the potency of the people’s lives reduces.http/tamunobarabi.wordprss.com
Ibulubo T.G
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