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![Parent and child overlooking a busy cargo container harbor.](https://portsforpeople.pacificenvironment.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/AdobeStock_26417267-1.jpg)
![Parent and child overlooking a busy cargo container harbor.](https://portsforpeople.pacificenvironment.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/AdobeStock_26417267-1.jpg)
How ports can right the ship on industry pollution, emissions
In this critical moment for climate action, ports have an opportunity — and a responsibility — to right the ship and move the industry onto a trajectory commensurate with the climate emergency.
![Parent and child overlooking a busy cargo container harbor.](https://portsforpeople.pacificenvironment.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/AdobeStock_26417267-1.jpg)
3 ways the new climate law will help clean up dirty US ports
The Inflation Reduction Act includes $3 billion to slash pollution from ports by electrifying machinery, plugging ships into the grid and more.
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Ports must lead, not follow, shipping’s decarbonisation
Decarbonisation is the task of the decade for the global shipping industry. This month alone, conferences in Copenhagen, Athens, Rotterdam and Montreal, and a meeting at the International Maritime Organization, have been hosting discussions on how to reduce and eliminate the shipping industry’s climate-warming pollution.