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Read about our thoughts and insights on bringing zero-emissions to the high seas.

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Advocates at Climate Week call on corporations, like Amazon, to urgently tackle transportation emissions

September 26, 2024 — Our session, “Building a Just Transportation Ecosystem” during Climate Week was a key opportunity to highlight that the transportation sector, and the corporations that are behind it, is a key driver in the climate crisis, comprising about a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions.

Amazon; Climate Week

Climate crisis

Zero emissions

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Open Letter to Home Depot From the Medical Community

May 9, 2023 — International ocean shipping is oftentimes out of the spotlight, but the air pollution emissions from this sector have direct health impacts on coastal and port communities.

Maritime shipping industry

Port pollution

the home depot

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Opening a horizon of hope: Ship It Zero turns one!

July 18, 2022 — Today, we mark Ship It Zero’s one-year anniversary. It’s a moment to reflect on what we’ve accomplished and where we’re going — because there’s still more work to do.

Port pollution

Shipping

Shipping emissions

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Open Letter to Target From The Medical Community

July 12, 2022 — While international shipping is frequently low profile, the air pollution emissions from this sector have very real health impacts on coastal and port communities.

Health Impacts

Port pollution

Target

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Open Letter to Target from Long Beach and Los Angeles Ship It Zero coalition

June 28, 2022 — We, the undersigned members of the Los Angeles and Long Beach Ship It Zero coalition, consisting of climate, environmental justice, public health, and faith groups, write to request a meeting with [Target CEO Brian Cornell] in Southern California regarding health-harming pollution from your ocean cargo imports.

Long Beach

Los Angeles

Port pollution

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Target AGM 2022: Full Statements from the Ship It Zero coalition

June 6, 2022 — Port Residents Demand Zero-Emissions Shipping at Target Annual General Meeting.

Port pollution

Target

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Open Letter from Ship it Zero to Shipping Companies

May 23, 2022 — Cargo companies like CMA-CGM, A.P. Moller-Maersk, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, Evergreen Marine, and Ocean Network Express have reported record-breaking profits as a result of Covid-related consumer spending and supply chain disruptions over the last two years. It is your duty to invest these resources in reducing fossil fuel use and catalyzing the shift to zero emissions vessels.

Maritime shipping industry

Shipping

Shipping emissions

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Retail giants play an outsized role in port pollution

April 26, 2022 — CSULB students call on Target to make commitment on 100% zero-emissions shipping this decade.

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Houston and Walmart must clean up their port pollution

April 5, 2022 — Cleaning up our ports isn’t just an environmental issue; it’s a matter of building a healthier America and world. It’s about time that Houston, Walmart, and CMA-CGM act to clean up our ports and protect our neighbors.

Port pollution

Walmart

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Walmart’s Dirty Shipping Problem

March 23, 2022 — In advance of the upcoming Society of Environmental Journalists Conference, we are providing a backgrounder with Houston shipping facts and some information on how Walmart has contributed to port pollution nationwide and in the Houston area.

Port pollution

Shipping emissions

Walmart