MEPC 84: NGOs Call for Black Carbon Action on Curb Shipping’s Arctic Impacts
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"These types of vessels are the most concerning if they go along the northern sea route, because even if they come across light ice or some floating ice formations, it can be dangerous.”"
Ksenia Vakhrusheva, the Bellona Foundation’s Arctic project manager, says: “They are usually tankers meant for scrap, but the previous owners didn’t want to pay for scrapping so they just sold the ships elsewhere. "
“[The shadow fleet] adds a huge unknown – where are these ships, where are they travelling to, what cargoes are they carrying? It escalates the risk,” says @sianprior.bsky.social Prior, lead adviser to the @cleanarctic.bsky.social
As the rising number of vessels in the icy waters increases the risk of environmental disaster, scientists are scrambling to find potential solutions
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Vital Arctic sea ice shrank to tie its lowest measured level for the winter, the season when ice grows, as a warming Earth shattered records across the continents. @apnews.com @borenbears.bsky.social
Good story!
The emissions, specifically black carbon, are destroying the arctics for everyone, human and wildlife. No doubt in our minds cruise ships should be prohibited.
End of story!
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Alaska needs to be realistic. AKLNG is far from being the great salvation of the State. There are risks they outweigh the benefits. We need to talk about that.
The current discount plan that will be offered to cruise lines rewards them for using LNG. Arguably a worse fuel than HFO.
#Portland #Maine #cruiseships #MEpolitics #LNG
Op-Ed: Arctic Metagaz Explosion Shows That #LNG Carriers Have Risks
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Over 80 organizations endorsed a letter to banks and pension funds calling on them not to fund Tilbury LNG expansion.
Whales are threatened by every tanker, and LNG terminals cause pollution on the land through leaks and flaring.
Take action here: stand.earth/StopTilbury
#SayNoToLNG #GreenSky
Alliance calls for urgent black carbon action as new Arctic emission control areas take effect
Canadian Arctic and Norwegian Sea ECAs now in force, with compliance deadline set for March 2027.
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#Shipping #Emissions #Arctic #Greenland
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“Black carbon is one of longest, unresolved issues running at @imohq.bsky.social & must be dealt with without delay. A strong agreement on polar fuels can set rules which will reduce black carbon emission levels from shipping in Arctic region. We can not wait another year before taking next steps”.
“In addition to ECAs it is essential @imohq.bsky.social regulate ship emissions of black carbon impacting Arctic. Since BCpollution is transported in atmosphere, a regulation must apply in whole Arctic, not just waters where sea or glacier ice can be expected” @sianprior.bsky.social
Clean Arctic Alliance Welcomes Coming into Force of Emission Control Areas for Shipping
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Sorry for slow reply - that wasn't presented at our event - that was as a Denmark/OSPAR event.
“We’re calling for shipping in the Arctic to move away from fuels that are so dirty that even diesel is a better alternative,” news.mongabay.com/2026/02/petr... @mongabay.com @sianprior.bsky.social @imohq.bsky.social
“However there is already overwhelming evidence – so there is no reason to not regulate scrubber pollution. The Clean Arctic Alliance is calling on ambitious member states to keep pushing for discharge bans, either in territorial seas, PSSAs and or Emission Control Areas”.
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“’Due to the IMO’s failure to regulate harmful discharges from ships equipped with scrubbers, there is an increase in local, national, & regional authorities introducing bans on scrubber water discharges”, said Dr. Kåre Press-Kristensen from Green Global Future, a member of the Clean Arctic Alliance
“Scrubbers at present justify the continued use of heavy fuel oil (HFO), the dirtiest of all fuels. The shipping industry should get their act together by rapidly moving away from HFO and from fossil fuels in the longer term.”
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#PPR13 #banscrubbers
NGOs Welcome New Scrubber Action Group, call for Global Regulation for Shipping
NGOs Welcome New Scrubber Action Group, call for Global Regulation for Shipping
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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.
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“It ends up in a never-ending cycle of increased warming,” said @sianprior.bsky.social , lead adviser for the @cleanarctic.bsky.social
“We need to regulate emissions and black carbon, in particular. Both are completely unregulated in the Arctic.”
#shipping #blackcarbon #PPR13 #cruiseships
"Black carbon," or soot, that spews from ships and makes the Arctic Ocean ice melt even faster is an increasing concern in a region beset with many other issues.
In the Arctic, the major climate threat of black carbon is overshadowed by geopolitical tensions
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This will be an incredibly important meeting in London. Cleaner shipping will reduce black carbon, which is leading to the destruction of the Arctic accelerating the climate crisis.
#PPR13
IMO members urged to back mandatory Arctic fuel standards to cut black carbon emissions
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#Bunkering #BunkerNews #MarineFuel #Arctic
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There's no such thing as clean arctic shipping
PPR 13: This Week, IMO Member States Must Agree on Cleaning up Shipping’s Arctic Emissions
#PPR 13: This Week, @imohq.bsky.social Member States Must Agree on Cleaning up Shipping’s Arctic Emissions
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