If we want to stop runaway climate change, we have to stop burning fossil fuels for energy. We partner with local activists and indigenous leaders around the Pacific Rim to reduce fossil fuel emissions and advocate a just transition to a clean energy economy.

Surge In Idle Ships Brings Deadly Risks To Port Communities, Climate

Press Release | September 13, 2021
LOS ANGELES (September 13, 2021) — Splash247.com has reported that ships drifting outside of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif. were expected to hit a new all-time high of...

Major Retailers Linked to Polluting Shipping Practices That Harm Public Health and Climate

Press Release | July 20, 2021
SEATTLE, WA — Just fifteen companies are responsible for emitting millions of tons of pollution from importing their goods into the United States on fossil-fueled ships, according to a...

Shady Ships: Big Retail Pollutes Communities and Climate

Report | July 20, 2021
Just fifteen companies are responsible for emitting millions of tons of pollution from importing their goods into the United States on fossil-fueled ships. Our report Shady Ships: Retail Giants...

UN Shipping Agency Fails to Reduce Shipping Industry’s Climate Emissions

Press Release | June 18, 2021
Failure to reduce the shipping industry’s climate emissions marred the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO’s) recently concluded meeting involving representatives of more than 60 countries. Pacific Environment and other civil...

U.S. Can Help Eliminate Fossil Fuels from the Shipping Industry

Press Release | April 14, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ocean Conservancy and Pacific Environment released a new report that provides a hopeful, achievable and most importantly a zero-emission vision for the U.S. shipping industry....

All Aboard: The U.S. Can Help Ships Kick Fossil Fuels

Report | April 14, 2021
All Aboard: How the Biden-Harris Administration Can Help Ships Kick Fossil Fuels provides 20 policies that create a roadmap for how the U.S. can move toward zero-emission fuels and...