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Wind power could help clean up global shipping

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Shipping goods by sea on large container ships 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.

We revisit Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd's April 2024 profile of a company in Costa Rica that's building a massive wooden schooner from scratch.

This segment aired on August 5, 2024.

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Peter O'Dowd Senior Editor, Here & Now

Peter O’Dowd has a hand in most parts of Here & Now — producing and overseeing segments, reporting stories and occasionally filling in as host. He came to Boston from KJZZ in Phoenix.

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