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Read about the waves we’re making in the media about zero-emissions maritime shipping.

News|Real Change News

Happy Earth Day, Mr. President: Seattleites protest Biden at executive order signing

April 27, 2022 — On Friday, local community members showed up in droves to watch President Joe Biden’s arrival at Seward Park. Environmental activists representing the “Ship It Zero” campaign were in attendance and held various signs encouraging Biden to commit to zero-emission shipping by 2030.

News|The Center Square

Biden signs old tree protection order on Seattle Earth Day visit

April 25, 2022 — Despite the president talking about his willingness to help fight global warming, advocates for various climate-conscious organizations and Republicans say Biden needs to do more.

News|Bunkerspot

West Coast Environmentalists Step Up Calls for Green Corridors and Zero-Emission Shipping

April 25, 2022 — As US President Joe Biden visited Seattle on Earth Day (Friday, 22 April), environmental activists held rallies in the nearby port as well as in Long Beach and Bellingham in support of their calls for a green shipping corridor between Seattle and Busan.

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News|Cascadia Daily

Teenagers protest corporate ocean pollution

April 25, 2022 — Jack Beglin, 13, faked his death at the Bellingham Target on Earth Day, surrounded by classmates and teachers. He “died” peacefully, calling for the corporate giant and the entire maritime shipping industry to become more environmentally conscious.

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News|South Seattle Emerald

Environmental Activists Hold Earth Day Protest As Biden Visits Seward Park

April 25, 2022 — On Friday, local community members showed up in droves to watch President Joe Biden’s arrival at Seward Park. Environmental activists representing the “Ship It Zero” campaign were in attendance for the event and held various signs encouraging Biden to commit to zero-emission shipping by 2030.

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Earth Day

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News|Maritime Executive

On Earth Day, Activists Call for Faster Action on Shipping Emissions

April 25, 2022 — Activists in three West Coast cities took to the streets on Earth Day to ask shipping to accelerate its plans for climate action - not by pressuring shipowners, but by appealing to their customers.

News|Long Beach Post

Long Beach climate activists protest ship pollution on Earth Day

April 25, 2022 — A group of more than 50 environmental activists organized a protest on Friday, marching from Whaley Park to the Target store on Bellflower Boulevard in East Long Beach.

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News|Bunkerspot

AMERICAS: SHIP IT ZERO CALLING FOR SEATTLE-BUSAN GREEN SHIPPING CORRIDOR

April 22, 2022 — Timed to coincide with President Biden’s visit to Seattle and Portland, the Ship It Zero coalition has issued a call for federal government to use funding from the $1 trillion national infrastructure package to create a green shipping corridor between Seattle and Busan, South Korea.

News|Ship Technology

Five European ports partner with Mærsk Centre on green corridor

April 6, 2022 — Five Northern European port authorities have entered a partnership with the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Centre for Zero Carbon Shipping to create a new European Green Corridors Network.

News|Fast Company

This startup designed an electric cargo ship to cross the ocean

April 6, 2022 — Fleetzero plans to soon begin crossing the Pacific with smaller electric ships that swap batteries at ports along the way, in a system that it says could prove cheaper than shipping with fossil fuels.