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Reverse Course: Shipbuilders harness the wind to clean up global shipping

Reverse Course: Shipbuilders harness the wind to clean up global shipping

Update: 2024-04-24
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People are taking steps big and small to move the dial on climate change. This week, in Here & Now's Reverse Course series, senior editor Peter O’Dowd and producer Chris Bentley take listeners across the country for a closer look at projects designed to make an impact.



This episode looks at shipping goods by sea on large container ships, which creates about 3% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions each year. In pursuit of a cleaner alternative, some companies are using wind power to move cargo.



Dive deeper into this episode here.



Find out more about the Reverse Course series and listen to the previous nine episodes here.

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Reverse Course: Shipbuilders harness the wind to clean up global shipping

Reverse Course: Shipbuilders harness the wind to clean up global shipping

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