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Yet a couple of Arctic nations are fence-sitting: Canada and Russia. Since then, Canada has back-pedalled, and made much of its IMO proposal to assess the impact of such a ban on Arctic communities.
What Canada has so far failed to mention its submissions to the IMO, is that there is widespread, well documented support from indigenous Arctic communities from Canada , the US and Greenland. However, one of the biggest users of HFO in the Arctic, Russian state-owned shipping company Sovcomflot has spoken openly about the need to move away from oil-based fuels, and marine bunker fuel supplier Gazpromneft expects to halt fuel oil use from But what happened that week is critical to addressing the threats to the Arctic, rather than just talking about them.
Read our press release following PPR 6. Banning HFO use in the Arctic is a quick and simple step in the right direction— alternative fuel options are available, and non-fossil fuel forms of propulsion are on the horizon. Real, positive change is required across the board, from everyone on the planet. Even with the new-found enthusiasm within the shipping industry, there is much work in negating the impact of shipping on our health, and the health of the planet.
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