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Marshall Islands, the flag for many ships, seeks to rein in emissions
2015-06-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Far out in the Pacific Ocean, the tiny Republic of the Marshall Islands has taken on a vital role in international shipping, with its flag flying over the third-largest number of ships in the world. So when the nations foreign minister showed up at a recent meeting of the International Maritime Organization and proposed limiting the amount of climate-warming gases that the shipping industry could emit, he caused a stir. Its a matter of survival for us, Tony de Brum, the minister of foreign...
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