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Friday, February 5, 2021
Environment

Science Publishes Ocean Noise Pollution Warning

By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – Far beneath the ocean surface, a cacophony of industrial noise is disrupting marine animals’ ability to mate, feed

February 5, 2021
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Wednesday, February 3, 2021
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Sea Levels Are Rising Faster Than Most Dire Forecasts

By Jonathan Tirone (Bloomberg) Climate change is causing oceans to rise quicker than scientists’ most pessimistic forecasts, resulting in

February 3, 2021
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Monday, February 1, 2021
Environment

This Sailing Yacht Feeds On Ocean Plastic

By Lucien Libert (Reuters) A French ocean adventurer and his team have designed a yacht that he says can scoop up plastic garbage to stop it blighting the

February 1, 2021
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Monday, January 25, 2021
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NOAA Needs Help Predicting The New Magnetic North

NOAA is offering $30,000 in prizes to citizens who can help them better forecast changes in Earth’s magnetic field. The efficient transfer of energy from

January 25, 2021
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Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Environment

First Tilting Rotor Sails Installed on SC Connector

Finnish-based Norsepower has installed the world’s first set of tilting rotor sails on board the SEA-CARGO roll-on/roll-off carrier SC Connector. The

January 20, 2021
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Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Environment

Big Oil’s Big Ocean Plastic Project Is Dead In The Water

By Joe Brock, John Geddie and Saurabh Sharma (Reuters) – A wheelbarrow and a handful of metal grids for capturing litter, emblazoned with the words

January 19, 2021
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
Environment

Maersk Extends Partnership to Help Cleanup Plastic Pollution at Sea

Maersk and the Dutch non-profit The Ocean Cleanup are extending their partnership to rid the world’s ocean of plastic pollution. Founded in 2013, The

January 14, 2021
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Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Environment

The Arctic Environment Is Transforming, Here’s How And Why

By Clare Baldwin and Kate Abnett (Reuters) – The environmental transformation happening in the Arctic is key to understanding the potential global

January 12, 2021
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Monday, December 21, 2020
Edison Chouest Offshore to Install First Battery Pack on a Jones Act PSV
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Edison Chouest Offshore to Install First Battery Pack on a Jones Act PSV

Louisiana-based Edison Chouest Offshore has announced plans to install a battery system on board one of its 312-foot platform supply vessels working for a

December 21, 2020
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Sunday, December 20, 2020
Eneti offshore wind turbine installation vessel
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Scorpio Bulkers Exits Dry Bulk Sector for Offshore Renewables

Scorpio Bulkers has announced its formal exit from the dry bulk shipping sector to focus on next-generation offshore wind turbine installation vessels,

December 20, 2020
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Costa Rican Sailing Cargo Ship Aims to Reduce Shipping’s Carbon Footprint
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Costa Rican Sailing Cargo Ship Aims to Reduce Shipping’s Carbon Footprint

By Alvaro Murillo PUNTA MORALES, Costa Rica, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Some 200 workers from 27 nations are building a hybrid sailboat on the Pacific coast of

December 20, 2020
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Friday, December 18, 2020
A.P. Moller Holding Among Investors in Danish Green Hydrogen Startup’s $34 Million Fund Raise
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A.P. Moller Holding Among Investors in Danish Green Hydrogen Startup’s $34 Million Fund Raise

By William Mathis (Bloomberg) — Danish electrolyzer startup Green Hydrogen Systems A/S raised 28 million euros ($34.3 million) to scale up production of

December 18, 2020
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Thursday, December 17, 2020
lng bunkering rotterdam
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Shipping’s Switch to Cleaner Fuel Gets COVID Boost

By Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) — It was meant to be one of the greatest transformations in the history of oil and shipping. Instead, a sweeping

December 17, 2020
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ships in port
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Investor EnTrust Global Turns Sights to Green Shipping Assets

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) – U.S. investment company EnTrust Global, already a player in shipping finance, aims to buy ships

December 17, 2020
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Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Northern Lights Carbon Transport and Storage Project Gets Go-Ahead from Norway
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Northern Lights Carbon Transport and Storage Project Gets Go-Ahead from Norway

The Norwegian Government has announced its funding decision for the Northern Lights project, a key component of Norway’s full-scale carbon capture and

December 16, 2020
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Tuesday, December 15, 2020
mearsk pelican rotor sails
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Newbuild Bulk Carrier to Get Tilting ‘Rotor Sails’

Finnish wind propulsion company Norsepower says it has received an order to install its innovative “Rotor Sails” onboard a newbuild ship for the

December 15, 2020
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Sunday, December 13, 2020
russian convoy Arctic ocean
Environment

Longest Arctic Shipping Season Tops Off a Year of Climate Disasters

By Anna Shiryaevskaya, Laura Millan Lombrana and Olga Tanas (Bloomberg) — Thinning ice in the Arctic Ocean made this year’s navigation season

December 13, 2020
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020
ocean plastic trash
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EU-Wide Ban Might Save Ocean From 500,000 tonnes Of Microplastics – agency

by Anne Kauranen (Reuters) – Banning the use of microplastics in products such as cosmetics and detergents across the European Union would prevent

December 9, 2020
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Monday, December 7, 2020
container ship
Environment

Investors Sought for ‘Green Ammonia’ Plant Upgrade in Norway

By Andrew Noël (Bloomberg) — Yara International ASA plans to convert a plant in Norway to produce green ammonia in a bet the chemical will become a

December 7, 2020
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An undated handout photo of the Gorgon LNG project located in Western Australia.
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Australian Company Launches Deep Sea Carbon Capture Project Off Australia

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE, Dec 7 (Reuters) – An Australian company has lined up the country’s national science agency and Japanese firms to work on

December 7, 2020
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