"CLIA deserves scrutiny here too. Alaska Public Media reported that the cruise industry trade group helped design a 2024 Puget Sound scrubber study that concluded there was 'minimal potential for ecological risk,' even though Washington’s Dept. of Ecology did not fully agree with that conclusion."

Last night at the meeting the staff discussed our proposal & talked around us as if we were ghosts. But I am not dead, I was listening & taking notes & wondering why CLIA was determining the fate of my city when it should be the actual people who are forced to endure cruise ship pollution.

Victoria’s onslaught of toxic air and ocean pollution begins tomorrow with Holland America’s Niewu Amsterdam, the first of 335 scheduled cruise ship calls at Ogden Point Breakwater between April 10 and October 18, 2026. Here are Niewu’s sister ships, Eurodam and Westerdam. #yyj #climatecrisis

How Cruise Ships (Legally) Dump Toxic Waste Into the Ocean @junolocal.bsky.social of @seacc.bsky.social talking scrubbers with Kay Brown of @pacenvironment.bsky.social #cruiseships #banscrubbers youtu.be/gVjKZV4sbCw

cruise ships are environmental crimes

14 days until it begins again. 86 cruise ships scheduled for city docks 38 cruise ships scheduled for a private dock Millions of gallons of toxic scrubber wash discharged directly into Casco Bay Black exhaust filling our lungs 8 Princess ships illegally blasting their horns 1 harbor #Portland

"The evidence is clear: Seattle's cruise ship fleet is bad for the environment in many ways. Tell the Port of Seattle to place strict limits on these behemoths by attending a protest on the Seattle waterfront at 11 am Wed. April 15."

In today's #Cascadia news: OR & WA push back on Trump's war on voting, Alaska cruise ships are an environmental disaster, BC premier on the wrong track with First Nations consultation, and a profile of OR children's author Renee Watson www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

From the scientific perspective, there is not really a need for more data; it is already clear that wide scale use of scrubbers and discharge of scrubber effluent will contribute to the degradation of the ecosystem,” Ida-Maja Hassellöv, a researcher with Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology.

PCC argues that Portland residents pay the short and long-term price in adverse effects to health and environment and the city must make immediate changes to protect our residents and harbor. #Portland #Maine #cruiseships #MEpolitics #banscrubbers #cruisemaine @pinetreeactivism.org

More reasons not to allow exhaust scrubber effluent in the nearshore. Whole effluent testing of grew sea urchin larvae showed significant deformation at 0.0001% concentration. eusbsr.eu/wp-content/u...

Waiting for The Breakthrough Institute to write a blog post arguing that Trump has a point, too 🤣

Climate defenders in Ōtepoti unwelcomed Norwegian Spirit as it left Port Chalmers on its way to Milford Sound Piopiotahi. Fiordland Te Rua-o-te-Moko is a UNESCO world heritage site. Cruise ships should be banned from Milford Sound Piopiotahi. via @climateliberation.bsky.social #NewZealand

The US-Israel war on Iran has emitted 5 million tonnes of CO₂ₑ in its first 14 days. The world currently has 0.6 million tonnes of novel and permanent CO₂ removal (CDR) capacity annually.

In a preprint, researchers from Princeton, Hong Kong U, & WRI find that the form of carbon removal called "bioenergy w carbon capture & storage," or BECCS, is "likely to produce higher emissions for decades than using natural gas without carbon capture." This is a Big Deal because the IPCC... 1/3

Meanwhile, to the north:

A bill passed unanimously in Florida (yet to be signed by the governor), creates an obstacle for substantial dredging that would be needed for a new port for mega cruise ships. Strong public opposition aimed to protect one of the state's most pristine areas. www.cruisehive.com/new-legislat...

Great news! The Terra Ceia preserve and submerged lands in Tampa Bay FL are safe from dredging, for the moment! #cruise #pollution

straight up misinformation from Politico Power Switch today: "The Clean Air Act was never designed to regulate planet-warming pollution." the definition of air pollution in the 1970 Clean Air Act deliberately mentions weather and climate, in part because carbon dioxide was known to be dangerous.

A study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution reports that long-term ocean warming reduces global fish biomass by up to 19.8% annually. Warmer years and marine heatwaves were linked to sharp biomass losses of up to 43.4%. go.nature.com/40b6AIB 🧪 🌍

BECAUSE GOOD NEWS MATTERS: Sempea announced that it is abandoning plans for an LNG terminal in the Gulf of California—home to 39% of all marine mammal species and 8 whale species—due to “changed priorities.” LOL. Activism killed Vista Pacifico. Onward. www.bnamericas.com/en/news/semp...

Cruise ship norovirus outbreak reporting fails to explain the fact that even people who have recovered can still shed the virus for up to 2 weeks after their symptoms have resolved. People who are asymptomatic can also be contagious Who is protecting the residents of the ports? #norovirus

never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.

Alaska fights water pollution from cruise ships! A similar bill in WA did not pass this year; we hope to pass it in 2027.

Carnival ships account for close to half of Seattle's 330 scheduled cruise ship calls for the 2026 season (April - Oct.). Princess, Holland America & Carnival Cruise Lines all come here.

"Mein Schiff 4 is one of six cruise ships that are currently stuck in ports in the Middle East and the future remains uncertain." Wherever you travel - there you are! (Oops!) www.cruisehive.com/cruise-ship-...

For a decade, Leon Black quietly built one of the largest #cruise lines in world. As CEO of Apollo Global Management he created Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings into the three brand cruise giant it is today. He also was secretly paying Jeffrey #Epstein $170 million cruiselawnews.com/2026/02/arti...

'In February, members of the IMO voted on a proposal by several nations to require use of cleaner polar fuels, which emit lower amounts of black carbon. But the effort was blocked and delayed by large petrostates, including the U.S., Russia and Saudi Arabia.' news.mongabay.com/2026/02/petr...

Yachts are rich people's carbon bombs. Yachts are a policy failure. We should put a 100% luxury tax on yachts, and put the money into green infrastructure that cuts carbon pollution and protects coastal communities from floods.

No more cruise ship ads? Amsterdam leading the way….

The world has never needed climate journalism more than it does right now. Yet last year climate got less coverage than at any point since the pandemic www.colorado.edu/today/2026/0...

Starting May 1, Amsterdam will prohibit ads for air travel, cruises, and gas-powered cars! “Just as anti-smoking policies are ineffective when tobacco ads are everywhere, we can’t have effective climate policy while fossil fuel products are promoted on every street corner,” Sleegers said.

“To be having a conversation about the state of Alaska taking action on dirty fuel and exhaust scrubbers is a huge step in the right direction,” @junolocal.bsky.social @seacc.bsky.social Washington, Alaska, Virginia, Maine ~ all pursuing state legislation to ban heavy fuel in marine vessels.

"Experts say each individual open loop scrubber can produce up to 3,600 metric tons of [polluted scrubber wash-water] per hour. And some [cruise] ships run multiple scrubbers at once."

45 countries have recognized the incredible damage scrubber wash does to the marine environment & have stopped cruise ships from continuing to discharge this witches cauldron of contaminates into their waters. Portland, are you ready to join them? portlandcruisecontrolmaine.org/scrubber-was...

The Port of Seattle received over 365 written comments at their commission meeting yesterday, urging them to continue banning cruise ships from dumping toxic scrubber waste in Washington state waters! Thanks to all who wrote in! You can still send in a comment: actionnetwork.org/letters/keep...

The national maritime safety regulator is investigating a luxury cruise line following allegations workers are being forced to live in overcrowded conditions below deck with no safe free drinking water, earning as little as $2.50 an hour. @cruiselaw.bsky.social #cruiseships #Carnival

“The future of shipping does not lie in prolonging the use of fossil fuels but rather in investing in clean technologies & fuels that align with environmental & climate objectives. Portland should join the growing movement of bans on discharges in port areas." @sianprior.bsky.social #cruiseships

Help protect the Salish Sea from toxic cruise ship scrubber pollution. Send a message to the Port of Seattle today!

Thanks to Clean Arctic Alliance for this great infographic, showing how ships with scrubbers pollute and acidify the oceans, harming the entire marine food web. @cleanarctic.bsky.social

Portland locals outraged after monstrous cruise ship arrives: 'Not worth [it]' "I would have preferred that our city spend public money courting actual businesses and industries that don't wreck the environment, and don't have the potential of disappearing in an instant…” #cruiseships #Maine

Help protect the Salish Sea from toxic cruise ship scrubber pollution. Send a message to the Port of Seattle today!

Follow a cruise ship from Seattle to Alaska & see all the harm it does! Thanks to Andrew Engelson for this stunning 2023 article. Update: the climate impact has risen from 1/3 of Seattle's to now more than half of Seattle's. @andyengelson.bsky.social hakaimagazine.com/features/cru...