Did you know that one in seven people in the United States lives in a coastal community? Ports are the main arteries of our economy, handling 99% of all international consumer and commercial goods entering and leaving the U.S. Unfortunately, this comes with an immense amount of pollution spewing into the air we breathe, serious health effects for communities and even premature deaths. Frontline communities near ports are experiencing the harshest consequences of shipping-driven pollution, and it must stop now.
Thankfully, we have technologies to ship cleaner and help save lives, today. The Clean Shipping Act sets shipping on a path that will help us clean up the industry and protect port communities, our air and our ocean.
Call on your congressional representatives today to reduce harmful gases polluting the air by supporting the Clean Shipping Act.