Calls for shipping and aviation to do more to cut emissions

Published Sun, Apr 17, 2016 · 09:50 PM

    New York

    EVEN though commercial aviation and ocean shipping are significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions, they were excluded from the Paris climate treaty, to be signed by more than 100 countries this week at the United Nations in New York.

    Now, governments and advocacy groups are pressuring these industries to take stronger steps to curb pollution.