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Pollution: Three steps to a green shipping industry

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  • Zheng Wan

    (Zheng Wan is associate professor at the College of Transport and Communications, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China.)

  • Mo Zhu

    (Mo Zhu is assistant professor at the College of Transport and Communications, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China.)

  • Shun Chen

    (Shun Chen is associate professor at the College of Transport and Communications, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China.)

  • Daniel Sperling

    (Daniel Sperling is distinguished professor of civil engineering and environmental science and policy, and founding director of the Institute of Transportation Studies, at the University of California, Davis, USA.)

Abstract

It is time to crack down on the emissions and destructive development caused by vast container vessels that pollute the air and seas, write Zheng Wan and colleagues.

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  • Zheng Wan & Mo Zhu & Shun Chen & Daniel Sperling, 2016. "Pollution: Three steps to a green shipping industry," Nature, Nature, vol. 530(7590), pages 275-277, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:530:y:2016:i:7590:d:10.1038_530275a
    DOI: 10.1038/530275a
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