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Some companies are hoping to bring sailboats back into the mainstream.

reports that a Swedish company called Oceanbird is building a sail that can fit onto existing vessels. The Wingsail 560 looks kind of like an airplane wing placed vertically like a mast on a boat, and this summer the company plans to test out a prototype on land.

The IMO has already set a climate goal of halving emissions between 2008 and 2050, but experts have called this goal “

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