Trump's UN speech was an embarrassing shitshow that brought disgrace upon the United States. Congrats, America.

Today Victoria hosts Quantum for its weekly fine-dodging regulatory call. Also, here comes Ruby, a vanishingly rare example of a ship that calls because it wants to, not because it has to. Yet all ships fill our air and ocean with the same pollution, regardless of purpose. Buh-bye climate goals!

Cruise ships Ruby Princess & Quantum of the Seas arrive at 3pm. Here they are — docked at Ogden Point — blanketing Victoria in toxic emissions. This pollution is not an anomaly, it is an accepted norm. Victoria recklessly welcomes 320+ of these behemoth mass polluters every year. #yyj #climatecrisis

4 cruise ships today: Celebrity Edge, Norwegian Jade, Princess Discovery & Norwegian Encore. With eyes closed and hands open, Victoria welcomes 320+ cruise ships every year — smashing our climate goals to smithereens with toxic emissions and garbage dumps. It’s heartbreaking. #yyj #climatecrisis

Hi Victoria 👋🏼 This is cruise ship Norwegian Jade docked in our harbour right now. Can you smell the toxic emissions? The economic benefits of the 320+ cruise ships that stop here are far outweighed by their devastating effect on our health, climate, environment & ecosystems. #yyj #climatecrisis

Cruise ships Norwegian Bliss, Eurodam & Royal Princess stop in Victoria every Friday night for their late-stop-save-millions-skirt-fines-garbage-drop-off. Combined savings tonight, $9,874,344. Cruise corps win, we lose. Get ready for the onslaught of GHGs and toxic emissions. 💔 #yyj #climatecrisis

Today Victoria hosts Joy and Anthem for a combined climate-goals-busting 30 hours. As we watch the city's Climate Leadership goal of reduced GHGs fade into oblivion, remember that these ships average a grade of 'D' for environmental practices.

Cruise ships Anthem of the Seas & Norwegian Joy are here to administer a 29 hour dose of toxic emissions — equivalent to 99,789 semi-trucks idling in Victoria — today alone. It would be against the law if my neighbor had 1 truck idling in front of my house, never mind thousands. #yyj #climatecrisis

Queen Elizabeth arrived last night, Riviera arrives at 1:00pm & Carnival Luminosa at 8:00pm for a total of 38 hours of toxic emissions or the equivalent of 130,758 semi-trucks idling in Victoria — today alone. Climate crisis? Wildfires? GHGs? Dead baby orcas? Top toxic hotspot? Que sera sera.💔 #yyj

You know that cruise-free day we were promised in Victoria? Psych! Instead, we get Queen Elizabeth at 10pm tonight for a full 24-hour stop. No shore power, so that's a lot of pollution to turn your late-summer sleep into a gasping, poisoned air nightmare, and your Wednesday into pollution-palooza.

Cruise ship Queen Elizabeth arrives at 10:00pm for a 24 hour stop. The toxic emissions are equivalent to 82,584 semi-trucks idling in Victoria for the next 24 hours — from a single cruise ship. Imagine your neighbour idling 82,584 trucks in front of your house like it’s nothing. #yyj #climatecrisis

Climate Change is the most pressing issue we face. Meanwhile, hundreds of cruise ships like Carnival Spirit tonight, keep coming to Victoria. GHGs, toxic ultra fine airborne particles and nitrogen & sulfur oxides. It’s health threatening and environmentally reckless. We’re fools. #yyj #climatecrisis

Another SRKW baby orca — dead. It’s us. We’re the problem. 💔 “CWR says researchers found J36 pushing a dead female calf on Friday afternoon, with an umbilical cord still attached. The baby whale itself was likely born within the preceding three days” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Quantum of the Seas arrives momentarily. Here she is — one cruise ship docked at Ogden Point — blanketing Victoria in toxic emissions. This pollution is not an anomaly, it is an accepted norm. Victoria recklessly welcomes 320+ of these behemoth mass polluters every year. #yyj #climatecrisis

It’s another 3 cruise ship day with 27 hours of GHGs & toxic emissions provided by Celebrity Summit, Discovery Princess & Norwegian Encore — equivalent to 92,907 semi-trucks idling in Victoria — today alone. Sadly, we will never meet our climate goals, no matter what we do. #yyj #climatecrisis

Cruise ships Norwegian Bliss, Eurodam & Royal Princess stop in Victoria every Friday night for their late-stop-save-millions-skirt-fines-garbage-drop-off. Combined savings tonight, USD$9,874,344. Cruise corps win, we lose. Get ready for the onslaught of GHGs and toxic emissions. #yyj #climatecrisis

E.P.A. to Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters “The United States moved on Friday to dismantle a "burdensome" federal program that tracks greenhouse gas emissions across the US” #climatecrisis

It’s another 3 cruise ship day with 22 hours of toxic emissions provided by Grand Princess, Anthem of the Seas & Celebrity Edge — equivalent to 75,702 semi-trucks idling in Victoria — today alone. Do you know what 3 cruise ships idling in our harbour looks like from the water? ⬇️ #yyj #climatecrisis

One of Charlie Kirk’s staff posted this since deleted tweet minutes before he was killed. It still shows up in Google search. Why do people who profess to be Christians long for the days of public executions?

This one cruise ship, Carnival Luminosa, will save $45 MILLION dollars this 2025 cruise season — all for making the late four hour pit stops in Victoria. Unbelievable that our beautiful city has any part of this environmental catastrophe. #yyj #climatecrisis

Carnival Luminosa with the 4-hour-late-stop-save-millions-skirt-fines-garbage-drop-off tonight. With eyes closed and hands open, Victoria welcomes 320+ cruise ships every year. Our city helps cruise lines skirt U.S. tax and labour laws and we get toxic emissions and garbage. #yyj #climatecrisis

Climate Change is the most pressing issue we face, yet Norwegian Joy arrives today to blanket us in 15 hours of toxic emissions. The 320+ cruise ships that Victoria welcomes annually are the worst of the worst offenders. Sad to say, we will never meet our climate goals, no matter what we do. #yyj

It's Day 156 since cruise season began in Victoria. Today we host Riviera and Carnival Spirit. Expect the usual: air pollution, ocean pollution, garbage, traffic, noise 11am-midnite. Fun Fact: cruise tourists account for less than 2% of tourism spending in the region. It's high-impact, low-value.

Cruise ship Riviera arrives at 11:00am and Carnival Spirit tonight for their weekly 4-hour-late-stop-save-millions-skirt-fines-garbage-drop-off game the system shtick. Cruise corporations and their wealthy executives laugh all the way to the bank — and at us, their putzes. #yyj #climatecrisis

Cruise ship Queen Elizabeth is here, Quantum of the Seas is on the way. Today’s 20 hours of toxic emissions is equivalent to 68,820 semi-trucks idling in Victoria — today alone. Imagine your neighbour idling 68,820 trucks in front of your house like it’s no big deal. It’s a BFD! #yyj #climatecrisis

This is the way… Note to self and Victoria City Council. #yyjpoli #bcpoli #yyj

Tonight, cruise ships Discovery Princess & Norwegian Encore are here for a regulatory stop, saving the cruise lines $7,627,368 tonight alone. Victoria recklessly welcomes 320+ of these behemoth mass polluters every year. This has devastating effects on our health & environment. #yyj #climatecrisis

Cruise ships Norwegian Bliss, Eurodam & Royal Princess stop in Victoria every Friday night for their short-stop-save-millions-garbage-drop-off. Tonight’s combined savings for stopping here $9,874,344 USD. Cruise corps win, we lose. Get ready for the onslaught of toxic emissions. #yyj #climatecrisis

Dear Cruise Ship Guests travelling to the Caribbean, it’s time to rethink your choices and pick a resort holiday that’s less harmful to the environment and safer for your family.

Due to wildfires, a large portion of British Columbia remains under a special air quality statement issued by Environment Canada. #climatecrisis Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt is closed. Video via RisingVancouver

The economic framing (also known as greenwashing) heralding the “benefits” of cruise ships stopping in Victoria is a big problem that doesn’t consider the cost/effect of the cruise industry on our healthcare system and environment. #yyj

Are Victorians really okay with this? Is 2% of tourism dollars worth the pollution from 320 cruise ships? Do we understand that 2% doesn’t cover the cost/effect on our health and environment? The over/under is a negative for us. We’re losing. We pay for this. Do we care? #yyj #climatecrisis #whale

Cruise ships Anthem of the Seas & Celebrity Edge are today’s climate goal busters — bringing 17 hours of GHGs, toxic ultrafine airborne particles, NOx and SOx to enhance our poor air quality. It’s not like we have wildfires or towns burning down. “It takes political will.” #yyj #climatecrisis

Merritt, British Columbia #climatecrisis www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

If any Canadian politicians care and are truly serious about doing something… “The scale of the challenge is immense. We must slow the carbon clock to a crawl before we can turn it back.” - @davidho.bsky.social #yyj #climatecrisis www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Bye, planet earth. I’m sorry we are so stupid. I love you and all your beautiful landscapes, wildlife and sea life.💔

Bougie, ultra-luxury, all-suites cruise ship Seven Seas Explorer is docked in Victoria today for 14 hours of chemical combo: GHGs, toxic ultrafine airborne particles, nitrogen and sulfur oxides, sewage, garbage... Smaller ship, same shit, literally: www.cdc.gov/vessel-sanit... #yyj #climatecrisis

Why does Victoria support cruise line corporations who skirt labour laws by flagging in foreign countries? Happy Labour Day? Carnival Spirit stops here tonight for their 4-hour-late-stop-save-millions-skirt-tax-and-labour-laws- garbage-drop-off. #climatecrisis #yyj

Today’s 20 hours of toxic emissions discourtesy of cruise ships Norwegian Joy & Quantum of the Seas. Victoria recklessly welcomes 320+ of these behemoth mass polluters every year. The cruise industry costs us dearly with devastating effects on our health and environment. #climatecrisis #yyj

4 cruise ships: Ruby, Discovery, Encore & Westerdam. Today’s total toxic emissions is 18 hours or the equivalent of 61,938 semi-trucks idling in our beautiful city — today alone. Imagine your neighbour idling 61,938 trucks in front of your house on the regular. #yyj #climatecrisis /1

Cruise ships Norwegian Bliss, Eurodam & Royal Princess stop every Friday night for their pollute Victoria short-stop-save-millions-garbage-drop-off. Tonight’s combined savings for stopping here $9,874,344! Cruise corps win, we lose. Get ready for the onslaught of toxic emissions #yyj #climatecrisis

Cruise ships Anthem of the Seas & Celebrity Edge are today’s climate goal busters. Hundreds of cruise ships keep coming to Victoria — GHGs, toxic ultrafine airborne particles, nitrogen & sulfur oxides, acidic washwater, sewage, garbage... It’s an environmental disaster. #climatecrisis #yyj

Canada could ban scrubbers now, if politicians had the will.

Today Victoria hosts 3 ships for 30-ish hours of pollution: Queen Elizabeth, Riviera, Luminosa. Go read 'Poison in the Water' to understand how scrubbers are destroying our seas and harming shore populations. Canada could ban them now, if it had the will. www.pacificenvironment.org/press-releas...

Cruise ship Queen Elizabeth is here, Riviera arrives at 1:00pm and Luminosa later tonight. Today’s 25 hours of toxic emissions is equivalent to 86,025 semi-trucks idling in Victoria — today alone. Imagine your neighbour idling 86,025 trucks in front of your house on the regular. #yyj #climatecrisis

It's a gloriously cruise-ship-free day in Victoria. Treasure the clean air, calm residential streets, and unpolluted ocean because there are only two more of these until October 1. Seems the most profitable way to melt Alaska with cruise ships is to turn lovely Victoria into a pitstop garbage dump.

With 320 cruise ships on the schedule, it’s not very often Victoria, BC gets a cruise ship free day, today is one. June: 2 cruise ship free days July: 3 cruise ship free days August: 3 cruise ship free days September: 2 cruise ship free days on the schedule. #climatecrisis #yyj

Like clockwork, Carnival Spirit is coming up the shipping lane for their weekly after hours short stop to pollute our city with GHGs, health threatening ultrafine airborne particles and toxic nitrogen and sulfur oxides — but who’s counting? Apparently, no one. Keeping it real. #climatecrisis #yyj

Please note: Thursday’s horrific show of pollution by 3 cruise ships wasn’t an anomaly. Yesterday — one cruise ship. It looks a lot different from the water. @davethompsonvic.bsky.social @kristaloughton.bsky.social @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social @mattdellvictoria.bsky.social #climatecrisis #yyj

Here is Quantum of the Seas right now, August 24, 2025 - ONE cruise ship — blanketing the Victoria neighbourhood of Esquimalt in toxic emissions. It’s an environmental disaster and it happens every day. It is NOT an anomaly, it is an accepted norm. We are damned fools. #climatecrisis #yyj