Petrostates stymie effort to rein in Arctic shipping carbon emissions

Mongabay
Feb 23, 2026, 10:41 am172 pts
International shipping is on the rise in the Arctic region now that climate change regularly opens up transpolar sea routes in summer. That surge in traffic is leading to higher emissions of black carbon — colloquially known as soot, considered a “super pollutant.” Those emissions are escalating climate…

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