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Anna B (she/her)
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Canada Shipping Campaigner for @stand.earth
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Can you believe they want to put LNG Tankers here?
A panoramic shot of the south arm of the Fraser where the channel meets Steveston at garry point
July 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Aaaand here is the PUTERI SEJINJANG route taken through Douglas Channel- lots of sharp turns and navigation hazards
A Screenshot of Marine Traffic showing the past track for the PUTERI SEJINJANG coming into Kitimat from the Great Bear Sea.
July 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Now we can mark the PUTERI SEJINJANG coming into the Great Bear Sea.

Tankers in rapid succession, if not simultaneously, is the goal for exporters despite how dangerous it may be for the rest of us and how harmful to wildlife the situation is becoming.
A screenshot of Vessel Finder with an orange arrowhead representing the LNG Tanker PUTERI SEJINJANG navigating into the great bear sea. The map shows both Alaska and Haida Gwaii, as well as islands and vessels near Prince Rupert
July 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Annndddd....Here is the tracking from the first LNG Tanker presumed to be full of fracked gas, as it heads out to cross the Pacific.

Tankers like this enable 12 billion metric tonnes of pollution globally each year.

LNG is fracking
LNG is pollution
LNG is dangerous
Screenshot of Marine Traffic showing the red arrowhead representing the GASLOG GLASGOW LNG Tanker heading west out of Dixon Entrance and a pop up with the ship's picture, reported ETA (KR INC, 2025-07-20 09:01), draught (11.8m), speed (15.5Kn) and course, and navigational status (Underway Using Engine). Screenshot of Marine Traffic showing the past track of the GASLOG GLASGOW from Kitimat. The track shows a fairly steady speed through a variety of sharp turns and navigation around islands in Douglas Channel and Hecate Strait.
July 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Here are a few interesting points in the past track for the GASLOG GLASGOW:

1) Lots of sharp turns and narrow passageways to navigate around islands
2) Looks like a cruise ship got quite close - hopefully not something that will happen once it is full of LNG
3) I spotted a tug near the ship
Screenshot of marine traffic showing the past track feature of the GASLOG GLASGOW - the past track shows a swiftly moving trajectory around and sometimes seemingly through Islands, up Douglas Channel to Kitimat. This corresponds to point 1 Screenshot of Marine Traffic showing two arrowheads one blue, one red the red is implied to be the GASLOG GLASGOW, the Blue is shown in a pop up to be the cruise ship NORWEGIAN ENCORE, around the two central arrowheads is some ocean space, some other smaller arrowheads representing other vessels, and islands of Lax Kwaxl/Dundas and Melville Islands Conservancy, and the edge of the label for Chatham Sound. This corresponds to point 2 A screenshot of Marine Traffic showing the red arrowhead implied to be the GASLOG GLASGOW, and a small teal coloured arrowhead representing the HAISEA WARRIOR tug boat as indicated by a pop up. This corresponds to point 3
June 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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There is another tanker hanging around off the coast - the GASLOG GLASGOW has been doing donuts, presumed empty, and also presumed waiting to take on Dixon Entrance.

It's last publicly known stop was over a month ago.
A screenshot of the website vesselfinder.com with the tacking for the LNG Tanker GASLOG GLASGOW. The past teack shows a line tracing a rectangular past tracking of the ship. Now the orange arrowhead representing thw current location is pointed eastward towards Dixon Entrance and entering the great bear sea. Visible in the screenshot are the northern most tip of Haida Gwaii and southern Prince of Wales Island, as well as some other more faint arrowheads representing other vessels
June 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Today the first tanker set to fill up at LNG Canada is coming closer, and the impacts in Kitimat are clearly starting up.

The flare, like the Eye of Sauron, is hard to escape.

www.northernsentinel.com/local-news/l...
A screenshot of the LNG Canada website showing the 5 most recent community updates in 2025 all about flaring either increasing or continuing dated April 20, May 15, May 31, Jun 15, and Jun 20 A screen shot of marinetraffic.com (a website where you can track vessels around the world), showing the Bering Sea, and the Pacific Ocean off the West Coast of Canada with many blue arrowheads indicating the location of vessels and one red arrowhead showing the position of the tanker expected to be the first to fill up at LNG Canada
June 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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This week I'm watching this particular LNG Tanker crossing the Pacific.

Tradewinds reported that it will be the first to fill up at LNG Canada, marking the beginning of an enormous continuous source of carbon pollution

www.tradewindsnews.com/gas/petronas...
Screenshot of marine traffic website showing a map of the ocean and shipping traffic including the Philippine Sea, Yellow Sea, East Sea - Sea of Japan, and land masses of Japan, Taiwan, South and North Korea, and parts of China woth small arrowheads representing ships being tracked. A card is up to explain the highlighted arrow head woth details of the LNG Tanker Puterei Sejinjang. ATD: 2025-06-02 ETA 2025-07-05
June 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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A meme in the format "how it started vs how its going". How it started is a screenshot of a news article from May 13th about a report from civil society calling out the growth in LNG shipping capacity at risky financially as well as for the climate. How its going is a screenshot of a news article from May 26th titled "Nearly 60 LNG carriers stand idle" The article goes on to talk about how some of those ships are even being scrapped due to lack of economical use.
May 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Hello there wild beach friends!

Sorry about all the ship pollution and such, but I was glad to see you out there doing your best!
Ocre seastars sqish themselves between two big boulder-ish rocks at low tide along with a muscle and some different types of seaweed A squishy neon green anenome hangs out above the water line waiting for high tide amongst rocks of various sizes A heron takes off in the middle distance above some slimy dark rocks at low tide covered in green and brownish seaweed. In the far distance a vague shadow along the horizon suggests islands across a choppy marine body of water
March 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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2 crows angry at a raven
In a tree looking up from underneath, 2 smaller black birds are poised woth their beaks pointed at a larger black bird to the lower right.
March 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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I can't believe that they think this is a good place for LNG tankers.
Slightly blurry panoramic picture of a rocky and treed point over looking the ocean. In the far distance other land masses poke out from the ocean. The skies are grey, the rock is wet, a red-orange Arbutus tree stands on the right side.
March 15, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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View from Cypress Mountain today looking towards Baker - clouds, and inversions, and air pollution oh my!

If your lungs are feeling it - pleae don't be afraid to get out the air purifiers!

Here's an expaliner that includes some details on weather and air quality:
www2.purpleair.com/blogs/blog-h...
View from Cypress Mountain today looking towards Mt. Baker - In the fore ground a yellow rope is strung at waist height between slim wood poles standing upright in snow at the edge of a run. Looking past the poles the view is first of trees on a snowy ridge and the road up to the parking lot. In the far distance a layer of brownish grayish greenish air sits over MetroVancouver, Mt.Baker pokes out from it into a clear strip of sky that is topped with bands of clouds rolling in.
March 8, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Tuesday night:
A picture of a monitor showing a slide with the words "Tilbury Phase 2 Virtual Information Session Application Review Phase January 21st, 2025 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm"
January 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Oh no....
A screen shot of Merriam-Webster's post with a gif that gives a word for 2025. The blue square of the gif has the word crestfallen captured in the screenshot.
January 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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I don't have many holiday traditions, but walking around looking at lights and listening to Maintenance Phase podcast episodes is definitely becoming one of my favourites
A scene after dark, a blow up green glowing sea anemone is surrounded by blue rope lights, a large log rests to the right of the frame. This photo was taken at one of the installationd at Squamish At Dusk.
December 24, 2024 at 2:20 AM
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Today we delivered a letter signed by 50+ people from ENGOs, First Nations, shellfish growers, and experts concerned by the over 40 billion litres of cruise ship pollution dumped off the coast of BC every year.

stand.earth/wp-content/u...

Thread incoming 1/
Activists from Stand.earth stand with a big envelope addressed to The Canadian Government, a 5ft prop shaped like a combination toilet and cruise ship including poop stains and toilet paper in the wake, and a banner saying "CANADA: STOP SHIP DUMPING" next to a desk labeled with Government of Canada offices.
November 27, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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Not a bad set up for a Saturday
A fawn coloured dog is resting in the crook of my blanket covered knee. Also resting on my knee is my overdue library book titled "The Revolution Will Not Be Funded"
October 26, 2024 at 10:47 PM
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A glorious rainbow this morning
A rainbow shines through mist with a grey mountain ridge in the background
September 23, 2023 at 7:43 PM
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Scenic hikes always seem to prove that the Coast is worth fighting for
A rocky point is seen reaching straight away from camera I to the ocean.
September 13, 2023 at 12:58 AM