Jamie Hailstone is a UK-based reporter, who covers sustainability, focussing on pollution, the circular economy and calls for healthier cities. He’s covered electric school buses, air quality and plastic pollution in the oceans. Previously, Hailstone was editor of Environment Journal Online and Air Quality News.
crew haul in their catch, some 70 miles off the North coast of Scotland, in The North Atlantic on March 5, 2004. Fishing boats operating out of the UK are constantly fighting to stay solvent due to the setting of increasingly draconian quotas, which, combined with declining stocks make their earning of a livelihood more difficult. A North Atlantic emission control zone for shipping could have significant environmental and public health benefits, according to a new analysis.
The report estimates between 2,900 and 4,300 premature deaths could be avoided between 2030 and 2050 by introducing stricter requirements for vessels to reduce engine emissions, notably sulfur oxides , nitrogen oxides and fine particulate matter , According to the report, the proposed zone encompasses more than 1,500 marine protected areas, 17 important marine mammal habitats, and 148 UNESCO World Heritage sites.The new report will help support a submission to the International Maritime Organization’s marine environment protection committee on designating this new emission control area.
She told me the biggest health impacts for the proposed North Atlantic Ocean emission control area would be in countries like U.K, Ireland, Portugal and Spain, because they are already affected by air pollution coming from ships. “Establishing this emission control area is an opportunity to significantly reduce harmful emissions and improve public health for those living in coastal communities,” she added.“Establishing the emission control area would be like a good first step to address this larger issue.”
“The U.K and EU should leverage their position introduce the zone 200 nautical miles around their entire coast, with priority given to electricity as the cleaner and cheaper fuel option,” said Sommadossi.
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