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Large ship emissions subject of petitions

Conservation groups and the State of California today filed petitions urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to start regulating greenhouse gas emissions from ocean-going cargo and cruise ships. The environmental law firm Earthjustice filed a petition on behalf of Oceana, Friends of the Earth and the Center for Biological Diversity. California filed its own petition.Joel Southern, APRN - Washington, DC