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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.
