What’s worse for emissions than aviation? Shipping

Each industry accounts for about three per cent of total emissions of human origin. They are both growing fast, and they are both very hard nuts to crack.
The Ever Given cargo ship, which is the size of a skyscraper, had been blocking traffic along the Suez Canal, preventing goods from reaching their destination. The stranded ship has been freed after several days.
LONDON, U.K.—“We're waiting on food goods like coconut milk and syrups, some spare parts for motors, we've got some fork lift trucks, some Amazon goods on there, all sorts,” said Steve Parks of Seaport Freight Services in England, who is awaiting twenty of the 18...

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