Can Global Shipping Go Zero Carbon?

Published: Nov. 11, 2019, 9 a.m.

A lot of the stuff we buy in the U.S. comes by ship \u2014 ships that use a particularly dirty kind of fuel. Now a big shipping company says it wants to go zero carbon. Climate reporter Becky Hersher tells us how some old tech might play a role and where that tech falls short. Follow Maddie on Twitter @maddie_sofia. Email the show at shortwave@npr.org.

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