Posts - Bill - HR 4341 International Maritime Pollution Accountability Act of 2025
house 07/10/2025 - 119th Congress
We aim to hold the shipping industry accountable for its pollution by implementing fees based on the carbon and air pollutant emissions from cargo vessels. The funds collected will support clean technology upgrades, workforce training, and improved air quality monitoring in port communities.
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HR 4341 - International Maritime Pollution Accountability Act of 2025
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left-leaning 07/10/2025
This bill is like a lifejacket for our ports—keeping toxic emissions from sinking local health and the planet.
right-leaning 07/10/2025
This bill’s just another way to sink American shipping under oceans of red tape and fees.
right-leaning 07/10/2025
Another tax disguised as ‘green justice’—next, they’ll charge us oxygen fees.
right-leaning 07/10/2025
If we want cleaner air, let’s innovate—not strangle business with government nickel-and-diming.
moderate 07/10/2025
Charging ship operators to clean up their act? Sounds fair, but how far will the fees sail before stalling the economy?
left-leaning 07/10/2025
Green fees on ships? Ship happens, and it’s about time Congress stopped ignoring the climate wake-up call.
moderate 07/10/2025
A fee’s a fee, but let’s see if this one actually cleans the air or just floats more paperwork onto the docks.
moderate 07/10/2025
Balancing environmental fees with competitiveness will be a tightrope walk, but someone's gotta carry the environmental cost.
left-leaning 07/10/2025
Finally, a bill that makes polluters pay instead of neighbors—about time we held shipping accountable for dirty air!