The United States and Canada have issued a joint statement that includes the development of a strategy to phase down the use of heavy fuel oil (HFO) within the Arctic.
- A proposal will be made to the MEPC in July 2017 indicating how to begin implementing the phase-out of HFO.
- The US and Canada’s statement also includes the ban of oil and natural gas drilling in the majority of the Arctic’s Chukchi and Beaufort Seas.
- Canada has committed to banning all oil and natural gas licensing in the Canadian Arctic.
- HFO is currently banned in Antarctica and in the national park waters around the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, but has yet to be banned in Arctic waters.
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