Breaking: US Strongarms Europe Into Shipping Emissions Delay - CleanTechnica

The article reports that the United States, along with the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and other oil-producing countries, exerted significant pressure on the European Union and other members of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to delay the adoption of new shipping emissions regulations. These regulations aimed to make ocean-going cargo vessels pay fees based on their greenhouse gas emissions, a measure expected to generate around $10 billion annually and incentivize the use of cleaner fuels like ammonia instead of oil. The vote on this landmark climate regulation, which had been anticipated to pass and represented years of multilateral climate diplomacy progress, was postponed for a year following intense US opposition. US political figures, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former President Donald Trump, actively campaigned against the proposal, with Trump publicly denouncing it as a "Global Green New Scam Tax on Shipping." The US also threatened retaliatory measures such as tariffs, visa restrictions, sanctions, and commercial penalties against countries supporting the emissions rules. Critics, including Transport & Environment