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TWOA & the Environment

Barges... Environmentally Friendly

  • Smog is a major problem in most major cities
  • Oxides of nitrogen are the chemicals that produce smog
While moving one ton of freight 1,000 miles:


Trains produce 3.5 times as much nitrogen oxides (NOX) as barges



Trucks produce 19 times as much nitrogen oxides as barges

TWOA - Working for the Environment


TWOA members erecting shoreline protection at the
Aransas Wildlife Refuge in south Texas

 

 

 

 

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TWOA members participating in the Trash Bash on Atkinson Island in Galveston Bay

 

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