September 2024 Newsletter: Amazon’s missed “climate pledge,” scrubber pollution in Alaska waters and more
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Welcome to the?September?2024 edition of?Pacific?Environment’s new monthly e-newsletter!?This is an opportunity to highlight some of our work and share victories for communities, climate and wildlife.
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Amazon’s U.S. transportation pollution surges since company announced ‘Climate Pledge’ five years ago
Since Amazon announced its “Climate Pledge” initiative to reduce emissions in?September?of 2019, the company continued to expand its U.S. shipping and deliveries pollution — and this month, a joint investigation by?Stand.earth?Research Group (SRG), the Clean Mobility Collective (CMC) and?Pacific?Environment’s Ship It Zero (SiZ) campaign reveals Amazon’s greenhouse gas emissions have dramatically increased since that announcement.
Pacific?Environment?and partners host informative webinar on the problem of ship scrubber pollution in Alaska waters
Co-hosts and experts from?Pacific?Environment, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council and Alaska Community Action on Toxics held an hour-long webinar on scrubber pollution and what can be done to end it, followed by a Q&A session. A?growing body of scientific work and studies show that Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems — otherwise known as scrubbers — are detrimental to the marine?environment, wildlife and people’s health.
During the webinar, panelists explained what exhaust gas scrubbers are and how they work, as well as why the use of scrubbers has proliferated over the years. Additionally they shared their perspectives of the impacts of cruise ships and resulting pollution, illustrating the value of and threats to traditional homelands, habitat and food systems.
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?? Advocating for clean shipping during New York City’s Climate Week
On Sept. 24,?Pacific?Environment’s Ship It Zero team joined panelists from?Stand.earth, East Yard Communities for?Environmental Justice and the Moving Forward Network to address the negative climate and?environmental justice impacts of our current transportation infrastructure — with a particular emphasis on the e-commerce sector’s skyrocketing emissions.?Read the full story.
?? Take Action: Champion the Beyond Methane Pledge!
Join?Pacific?Environment?and international shipping coalition?Say No to LNG?in signing the “Beyond Methane Pledge.” The pledge calls on industry leaders to end liquefied natural gas (LNG) and other methane-based fuels. LNG and other methane-based fuels are primarily composed of methane: an extremely powerful greenhouse gas with 80 times more global warming potential than carbon dioxide in the short-term.?Click here to support the pledge as a champion!
?Kay Brown,?Pacific?Environment, honored with Lifetime Achievement Award in Alaska
Over almost five decades in Alaska, Kay has been a leader for the causes of conservation and pro-climate action. Her work includes promoting a clean, prosperous future for Alaska, advocating for the decarbonization of the economy, and moving Alaska off fossil fuels. Kay participates in the Alaska Climate Alliance on behalf of?Pacific?Environment?and has served as Arctic Policy Director since 2020. She is a former Alaska State Representative and former Executive Director of the Alaska Conservation Alliance and Alaska Conservation Voters. In 2017, she was inducted into the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame.
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