U.S. 'green corridors' initiative is key to cutting shipping industry emissions, Buttigieg says

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Open this photo in gallery: U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tours a construction site for a new pier that will accommodate larger ships coming from the U.S., in Tokyo, on June 19.Eugene Hoshiko/The Associated Press An American push to establish "green shipping corridors" is key to reducing carbon emissions from the shipping industry, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Monday while touring the port of Yokohama near Tokyo. Buttigieg was in Japan to attend a meeting over the weekend of transport ministers of the Group of Seven advanced economies, who reaffirmed a commitment to reducing emissions from the transport industry…

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