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Environmental danger from increased number of shipsMedia Release 11th September, 2007 Hunter Community Environment Centre and Friends of the Earth The Pasha Bulker was the tip of the iceberg...
The Hunter Community Environment Centre and Friends of the Earth Sydney will host a forum tomorrow night called “Greening the World’s Ports and Merchant Fleet”
The forum will hear from Teri Shore, of Friends of the Earth California, who recently participated in international negotiations to reduce ship pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, about how ocean pollution and global warming emissions from ships and ports are growing at an alarming rate.
Global shipping trade is on track to double by 2030 and in Newcastle alone, coal ship movements are set to increase by 50% if the Government goes ahead with plans to build a third coal loading terminal.
In California and Europe, regulations and programs to green ships and ports are requiring cleaner ships, engines and equipment, but Australia has been criticised for resisting global calls to clean up shipping pollution.
Paul Winn, from the Hunter Community Environment Centre, said, “This is an issue of profound importance for Newcastle. Already we have heard anecdotal evidence of the damage the coal fleet has done to the sea floor. The impact of the growing international shipping trade on ocean and air pollution, and on global warming, has not been addressed by State and Federal Governments.”
“To combat this increasing threat to oceans, people and the planet, environmentalists from Friends of the Earth are calling for the greening of the world’s ports and merchant fleet,” said Natalie Lowrey, from Friends of the Earth Sydney.
The forum will be held on Wednesday 12th September 2007 from 6.30 - 8.30pm, at Newcastle Town Hall (the Newcastle Room)
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