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Shipping Tops Flying as Polluter

New figures prove that shipping produces more emissions than aviation

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 10, 2007 3:33 PM CDT

(Newser) – For armchair environmentalists, aviation seems the ultimate evil, but research from climatologists finds the shipping industry a "far more damaging" polluter. Maritime transportation emits twice the greenhouses gases of airplanes, the Independent writes, and the sector is growing so fast that earlier research underestimated... Read full story »

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