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Canada & U.S. clash over new environmental rules for ships on the Great Lakes
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, Living at the Barricades
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November 3rd, 2009
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency is pushing a set of new rules for ships operating in or near the United States. These rules, under the Clean Air Act, would affect all ships on the Great Lakes. The EPA is telling ship owners to start burning cleaner fuel in an effort to reduce sulphur and other air emissions. These new rules would prevent as many as 33,000 premature deaths every year. Stricter air quality standards would also cost the shipping industry about two hundred million dollars annually. So shipping lobbyists – with the support of the Canadian Embassy – are fighting back. Our guests are Frank O’Donnell from Clean Air Watch and Bruce Bowie from the Canadian Shipowners Association.
Music in this Show
- Rules were meant to be broken by Lyrics Born
- The rules by The Tragically Hip
- Everybody wants to rule the world by Tears for Fears
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