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Infographic: Heavy Fuel Oil in Arctic Shipping (1)

Infographic: Heavy Fuel Oil in Arctic Shipping

30 September 2020 / ,
Heavy fuel oil (HFO) is shipping's dirtiest fuel - almost impossible to clean up following a spill, and produces high levels of pollution when used by ships. The Arctic is warming at twice the global average. Between 2015 and 2019, HFO use in the Arctic increased 75%. This infographic demonstrates how HFO has no place in the Arctic.
Pancake ice on Arctic Sea Ice. Photo: Dave Walsh davewalshphoto.com

Arctic Sea Ice Loss: World Leaders Must Arrest Arctic Climate Change Impacts

22 September 2020 /
Reacting to news of the Arctic summer sea ice minimum reaching its second lowest extent in the 42-year satellite record on September 15, and to recent reports of a polar heatwave, Greenland ice sheet’s loss of million tonnes of ice per day, the collapse of the Spalte glacier and Milne Ice Shelf, and the Arctic’s shift to a new climate, the Clean Arctic Alliance today called on world leaders to take urgent action to slow Arctic warming
Webinar: The IMO draft Arctic Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) regulation A ban in name only?

Webinar: The IMO draft Arctic Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) regulation: A ban in name only?

16 September 2020 / , ,
Webinar recording: find out what the draft Arctic HFO regulation will mean in practice if adopted as currently drafted, and what it will mean for Arctic environmental protection.
The Drilldown: Proposed heavy-fuel ban in Arctic panned by enviro group

iPolitics (Canada): The Drilldown: Proposed heavy-fuel ban in Arctic panned by enviro group

7 September 2020 /
The International Maritime Organization (IMO)’s proposed ban on the transport of heavy fuel oils (HFOs) through Arctic waters contains so many “outrageous” waivers and exemptions, it might even create greater environmental risks for coastal communities, says the Clean Arctic Alliance, a global group of environmental organizations.
As black carbon accelerates Arctic melt, UN ponders ‘ineffective’ regulation of a key culprit

Watershed Sentinel: As black carbon accelerates Arctic melt, UN ponders ‘ineffective’ regulation of a key culprit

7 September 2020 /
Loopholes in the IMO’s proposed heavy fuel oil ban for ships in the Arctic slammed by NGO, study
HFO Free Arctic

Clean Arctic Alliance Slams Proposed Arctic Shipping Regulation as Full of Dangerous Loopholes

3 September 2020 /
The proposed International Maritime Organization ban would allow exemptions and waivers resulting in 84% of Arctic shipping continuing to burn HFO in the Arctic, and permitting 70% of vessels to still carry HFO as fuel.