Democrats must decry the Alaska-Ass Kiss!

I agree. Cruise companies should pay for their own infrastructure. Regardless, it was interesting to see that “capital partners” saw shore power and green port technologies in general as an investment opportunity. So worth posting, IMHO.
#Retweets ≠ #Endorsements 🙂

Here is Quantum of the Seas docked in Victoria tonight. We get toxic emissions from the cruise ships and all that comes with them. Buses sit and idle with no consequence to the bus company or cruise lines.

We’re the ones who pay with the effect on our health, city, environment and ecosystems.

How bout going back and kicking the tires of the morgue trucks that lined the Brooklyn waterfront?
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Why don’t you go back to the 2020 Brooklyn waterfront and kick the tires of the morgue trucks lined the piers??
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Unfortunately, in NYC, CLIA has sycophants in NYC Economic Development Corporation. They do the cruise industry’s bidding. So even “negotiated agreements” are flawed, full of loopholes, & do nothing for our communities. We’ve set plenty of expectations, applied pressure, but CLIA owns NYC politics.

Exactly 💯%

No. Lots of issues with them and what they tell us. Also, why the heck do communities have to PROVE that emissions from ships are harmful when it’s proven science, established by countless studies in the U.S. and abroad? It’s just another onerous obstacle to actually getting stuff done!!

Sorry - I meant “home-porting”, of course. As far as I know, NO cruise ship has ever had an opacity test while at berth in Brooklyn. We’ve had to rely on visual reporting, scientific modeling, and some rudimentary (community based) air monitoring to ascertain emissions levels. Pretty sad.

The same ship has been doing the same thing in Brooklyn ever since it started home posting here. This video is from earlier this month. As you say, the Coast Guard is supposed to enforce the emissions rules, but there’s no clear way to get them to respond to violations like these.

If the ship isn’t using Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel and isn’t using scrubbers, then it’s breaking the law.
The 2015 North American Emissions Control Area (ECA) regulation requires ships to burn low sulfur fuel (or use scrubbers) to meet emissions standards. Clearly this ship isn’t doing either.

The cruise industry and its supporters in government always put profit over people - and the planet. Shame on them all. 🤬