For months, Carnival Corp. has withheld water pollution data from Alaska regulators The dispute centers around a technology used on some Carnival ships called open-loop scrubbers. They’re known for reducing air pollution by converting it into water pollution.

Carnival corporation has been withholding data of pollution violations in Alaska.

What are they illegally dumping in Maine waters?

Carnival ships will make over 30 port calls to Portland in the 2026 season.

alaskapublic.org/news/alaska-...

#PortlandME #cruiseships #Banscrubbers #CruiseMaine

Portland Climate Dispatch: Portland Cruise Control Lobbies for Full Scrubber Wash Ban & More Welcome to our monthly climate solutions newsletter

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

Good thing the Dept of Public Health is reviewing our Infectious Disease Communications Protocol for Portland!

portlandcruisecontrolmaine.org/infectious-d...

#Portland #Maine #cruiseships #cruiseMaine #Norovirus

Portland continues to support the cruise industry by welcoming an increased number of ships in 2026.
One would think that a city which just increased their minimum wage would not want to support an industry paying their crews $2.50 an hour.
#Maine #Portland #CruiseMaine
cc @cascobay.bsky.social

Two more cruise ships before we regain the serenity of Casco Bay.

If you are concerned about the environmental & human impacts of cruise ships in Portland, join us at Portland Cruise Control:

portlandcruisecontrolmaine.org/about
#Portland #Maine #banscrubbers #cruiseships #cruiseMaine

An image of a cruise ship belching black exhaust will fall foliage in the foreground.

Concerned about the unlimited growth of cruise tourism in Portland?

Worried about cruise ship pollution & spread of infectious disease?

Join us tonight on zoom to discuss the 2025 cruise season & work on solutions like a scrubber wash ban

#Portland #Maine #Cruiseships #banscrubbers #CruiseMaine

Congratulations to Councilor Ali for winning his reelection!

We look forward to working with him on a Scrubber Wash Discharge Ban for Portland ⚓️⚓️⚓️

#Maine #Banscrubbers #Portland #cruiseships #CruiseMaine

“As ship numbers surge, so does their pollution. It is imperative that we act now. It is no longer acceptable to allow the cruise industry to pollute Portland with impunity. We just need the courage to demand this change.”

#Portland #Maine #banscrubbers
#cruiseships #cruiseMaine

A simple solution to reducing cruise ship air & water pollution that is available to every port community.

It is time to make cruise lines accountable for destroying our air & water & demand they use cleaner fuels while at berth.

#banscrubbers #Portland #Maine
#cruiseships #CruiseMaine

No. Just no.
Two massive cruise ships.
Over 8k people on board.
Millions of gallons of toxic scrubber wash being dumped into our beautiful Casco Bay.
When does it end?

#Portland #Maine #cruiseships #CruiseMaine #climatecrisis #Banscrubbers

The Zuiderdam cruise ship in Portland today, towering over the roof tops.

Damn, it is the Zuiderdam in Portland today with an F rating in water quality compliance from @foeus.bsky.social
because it uses a scrubber to turn air pollution into water pollution.

foe.org/cruise-lines...
#banscrubbers #cruiseships #cruisemaine #Maine #Portland #CascoBay

How U.S. Circuit Court dismantled APPLL's interstate commerce arguments BAR HARBOR, Aug.

Charles Sidman on the Court’s decision on Bar Harbor’s successful cruise ship passenger cap, confirming the residents’ right to regulate their city’s character.

A huge win for Maine & port communities everywhere!

#Maine #cruiseships #Cruisemaine
@localmattersbh.bsky.social

Fabulous news for Bar Harbor!

The 1,000 cruise ship passenger cap was upheld by the First Circuit Court of Appeals.

Bar Harbor has fought long & hard to determine what their city will be & massive cruise ships have been ousted.

#BarHarbor #Maine #cruiseships #CruiseMaine

An endorsement from Dr. Sian Prior for banning scrubber wash in Portland, Maine "Recently the 16 parties to the OSPAR Convention decided to ban scrubber waste water discharge in internal waters and port areas in the north-east Atlantic on the basis of robust scientific evidence, stemming from extensive technical scrutiny by governmental scientists. Exposure to and consumption of toxic pollutants found in scrubber discharge water have elsewhere been documented to cause a serious threat to marine life, causing lethal and sub-lethal effects, and may have other serious effects such as bioaccumulation, acidification, eutrophication, and cancer, affecting neurological development in children. The future of shipping does not lie in prolonging the use of fossil fuels but rather in investing in clean technologies and fuels that align with environmental and climate objectives. Portland should join the growing movement of bans on discharges in port areas." Dr Sian Prior, Director of Shipping Policy, Seas At Risk

“The future of shipping does not lie in prolonging the use of fossil fuels but rather in investing in clean technologies and fuels that align with environmental and climate objectives.”
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@seasatrisk.bsky.social

#banscrubbers #cruiseships #Portland #Maine #CruiseMaine

Portland to consider ‘scrubber’ ban to curb pollution from cruise ships The proposal, submitted by Portland Cruise Control, is expected to be evaluated by a City Council subcommittee in the fall.

It is the terrific series that originally inspired @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social

This is another article about the situation in Portland now:

www.pressherald.com?p=7473066&uu... via @pressherald.com
#cruiseships #Maine #Portland #banscrubbers #CruiseMaine

A massive cruise ship towering over the top tops in Portland Maine

We don’t talk enough about the visual pollution of cruise ships.
Their massive size, their brutal presence, their lack of human scale, their obliteration of the horizon, their threat to whales with vessel strikes.

#cruiseships
#Portland
#Maine
#CruiseMaine
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A cruise ship in Portland Maine spewing black exhaust from its smoke stack.

Environmental groups warn that without stricter local measures, ports like Portland risk becoming dumping grounds for these waste streams.

shippinginbox.com/local-group-...

#banscrubbers #cruiseships #Maine #Portland #CruiseMaine #climatecrisis

Scrubber Wash Ban - Portland Cruise Control Support the ban on cruise ship scrubber discharge in Portland, Maine. Learn about the environmental impact and how you can help protect Casco Bay.

"…we don't need unnecessary toxins in our ports and where we recreate and get our food. A port tariff scrubber discharge prohibition is a smart and effective approach for Portland."
@junolocal.bsky.social
@seacc.bsky.social

#banscrubbers
#cruiseships #Maine #CruiseMaine
#Portland #climatecrisis

The MS Zuiderdam in Portland today dumping millions of gallons of toxic scrubber wash into Casco Bay.

We are asking the city to ban scrubber wash discharge when the cruise ships are in port. Join us!

portlandcruisecontrolmaine.org/scrubber-was...

#Banscrubbers #cruiseships
#Maine #CruiseMaine

The MS Zuiderdam in Portland today dumping millions of gallons of toxic scrubber wash into Casco Bay.

Do your eyes water? Got a headache? Asthma bothering you?
You can thank Holland America & the city of Portland

foe.org/cruise-lines...

#cruiseships #banscrubbers #portland #Maine #CruiseMaine

The Celebrity Eclipse cruise ship in Maine spewing black exhaust out of its smoke stack.

This is why we exist.

Just off Cape Elizabeth
Celebrity Eclipse
📷Alden Philbrick
9.29.24

portlandcruisecontrolmaine.org/about

#Banscrubbers #CruiseShips #maine
#CruiseMaine #Portland

Environmental group wants Portland to ban cruise ship scrubber discharges

Portland Cruise Control said it proposed a ban on scrubber wash discharge in Portland Harbor.

#Portland #Maine #banscrubbers
#CruiseShips #CruiseMaine

www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...

About - Portland Cruise Control Learn about Portland Cruise Control - a grassroots volunteer organization addressing environmental and human impacts of cruise ships in Portland, Maine.

What is Portland Cruise Control?

Who are we?
What are we working on?

Portland
Maine
Casco Bay
@maineusa.bsky.social
@mswnola.bsky.social

#cruiseships #cruiseMaine #BanScrubbers #climatecrisis
portlandcruisecontrolmaine.org/about

People are concerned that if you ask a cruise ship to use clean fuel they will leave the port off their itinerary.

Cruise lines need ports more than ports need cruise ships.

Ports need to start acting accordingly.

#banscrubbers #Portland #Maine #climatecrisis #CruiseMaine

Portland to consider ‘scrubber’ ban to curb pollution from cruise ships The proposal, submitted by Portland Cruise Control, is expected to be evaluated by a City Council subcommittee in the fall.

Portland to consider ‘scrubber’ ban to curb pollution from cruise ships

The proposal, submitted by Portland Cruise Control, is to be evaluated by a City Council subcommittee in the fall.

#banscrubbers #Portland #Maine
#cruiseships #CruiseMaine
via @pressherald.com

Scrubber Wash Ban - Portland Cruise Control Support the ban on cruise ship scrubber discharge in Portland, Maine. Learn about the environmental impact and how you can help protect Casco Bay.

Concerned about cruise ships in Portland?

Join us today July 8 to discuss what can be done to mitigate their environmental damage….
5:00 pm
zoom
Portland Cruise Control meeting
#Maine #Portland #CruiseMaine

portlandcruisecontrolmaine.org/scrubber-was...
#banscrubbers

In Portland today millions of gallons of toxic scrubber wash being dumped in Casco Bay.

We do not have to stand for it if we revise the Port Terminal Tariff to ban scrubber wash discharge:

portlandcruisecontrolmaine.org/scrubber-was...

#banscrubbers #Portland #Cruiseships #maine #CruiseMaine

Banning scrubber wash in port is a rare opportunity to hold the cruise ships accountable for their wretched pollution.

Clean distillate fuel needs to be required when an industry refuses to voluntarily use it.
#banscrubbers #cruiseships
#Portland #Maine #CruiseMaine

Today in Portland Maine little kids learning to sail under the toxic pollution of a massive cruise ship.

Sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter-can’t be good for their little lungs….

#cruiseships #cruisemaine #portland #Maine @joelawlorph.bsky.social

Intrepid reporter @marinahenke.bsky.social
investigates cruise tourism in the burgeoning port community of Portland, Maine for @outsideinradio.bsky.social

What does she discover?

#cruiseships #Portland #Maine
@nhpr.org #CruiseMaine