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@Tzeporah

Fossil fuel funded “NGO” @ClearSeasOrg released a dangerous report this month implying scrubbers are safe for our waters.

It’s the most sophisticated greenwashing I’ve seen in a while. Let’s debunk it. 🧵
@Transport_gc #BanScrubbers #OceanPollution #cruiseship

First of all, Clear Seas is funded by Alberta Energy and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), & other industry. They have a vested interest in the shipping industry’s use of high-sulphur fuel oils and scrubbers. /2

This is not a report. It’s shareholder talking points sprinkled with cherry picked facts. /3

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Eric Feigl-Ding

@DrEricDing

Annnnnnnnd… Cruise ship 🛳 COVID outbreak is back. New Orleans-disembarked ship has a probable #Omicron among them. Painful lessons from 2020 wants its damn money back. We just don’t learn in this pandemic do we? 😢 🧵

#COVID19 #MaskUp #ventilation #BoosterShots #cruiseship

2) Ten people aboard the Norwegian Breakaway, operated by Norwegian Cruise Line, tested positive on Saturday, before the ship docked, according to the Louisiana Department of Health, and by Sunday, that number had risen to 17, health officials said.
nytimes.com/2021/12/06/us/…

3) That includes one “probable case” of the Omicron variant in a crew member, they said.
The Norwegian Breakaway, carrying over 3,200 people, departed from New Orleans on Nov. 28 and made stops in Belize, Honduras and Mexico before returning to Louisiana.
nytimes.com/2021/12/06/us/…

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Stand.earth

@standearth

BREAKING: #COVID19 cruise restrictions prevent over 30 billion litres of pollution dumping into Canada's Pacific Ocean waters. Read the press release: stand.earth/latest/protect… And follow along on the press conference with @standearth @WWFCanada: facebook.com/standearth/vid… #cdnpoli

"This report exposes the staggering amount of water pollution cruise ship traffic releases into B.C. coastal waters in non-pandemic years. It begs the question: How can we build back better in the future to confidently welcome back cruise ships?" -Anna Barford of @standearth

"If the 2020 cruise season had gone ahead, the habitat of endangered #SRKW & threatened #NRKW would have had to deal w 220M litres of sewage, 1.8B litres of greywater, and a dominating 31B litres of scrubber washwater off the coast of B.C." -Anna Barford @standearth #bcpoli

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abc730

@abc730

215 passengers from the #RubyPrincess #cruiseship have now tested positive for #coronavirus, with two deaths. @FarrellPF and @aljmcdonald look at how far the virus has spread from the ship and talk to some of the passengers. #abc730 #COVID19Aus abc.net.au/news/2020-03-3…

“I felt nauseous a few times on and off and had a few temperatures. I am an asthmatic and I have a lung problem … And then the next day got the results to say I was positive.” - June Hardimon, #RubyPrincess passenger. #abc730 #coronavirus #COVID19Aus

The day before the #RubyPrincess docked, June Hardimon’s daughter received an email from the ship saying: “Ship full of healthy guests and crew. There are no #coronavirus cases onboard.” #abc730 #COVID19Aus

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C.J. Hayden

@CJHayden

@PrincessCruises Here comes the reproofs part. Your head office (NOT the ship staff) failed the passengers of the Pacific Princess #cruiseship while we were stranded due to the #COVID19 crisis. Yes, I know you had 18 ships to deal with & some of them had people sick.

@PrincessCruises @PrincessCruises Even so, it was unacceptable customer care to send our ship west from Australia with no certain ports ahead. The lack of communication w/us following that ill-advised move was irresponsible on the part of Princess. We were left in limbo for 18 days.

@PrincessCruises @PrincessCruises When we left Australia, those of us on the ship w/internet access already knew there was no way we would be allowed to visit Sri Lanka. Yet the ship headed there anyway, a 3600-mile journey that took 8 days. Someone should be fired for allowing this.

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Nielsen Law, LLC

@FamilyLawOhio

THREAD: 1/n. I have a self-quarantined central #Ohio client who was on the #CarnivalValor cruise with this man. I believe that our #Columbus community needs to know of her experience with #Carnival and @OHdeptofhealth.

I will be updating this thread as I find out more.

https://twitter.com/WKRG/status/1238910269914599428

2/ My client is female, between 45-50 years old. Before I continue, people should know that she has been in public places in central #Ohio for days. She found out from a friend this morning who had seen this morning's @ColumbusHealth #COVID19 announcement. Places she's been:

3/ Sunday March 9th: @Costco at #Polaris; #Costco in #PlainCity; #Aldi in #Delaware.

Wed. March 12th, after work: @TommysPizzaOhio but not yet sure which location.

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C.J. Hayden

@CJHayden

At the beginning of 2020, I went on sabbatical for 4 months. To celebrate my full recovery from cancer, I had planned a bucket-list trip: a round-the-world cruise on a small ship. Talk about bad timing!#coronavirus #cruiseship 1/

Back in January, no one expected a virus in China would explode into #coronapocalypse. My #travelinsurance company helpfully informed me that "fear" of a disease was not a covered reason for cancellation. The #cruiseship line wasn't offering refunds then either. 2/

We departed Los Angeles Jan 20, westbound on the Pacific Princess. There were the usual #cruiseship hiccups: harbor traffic in Rangiroa diverted us to Moorea, Cyclone Uesi kept us from reaching Stewart Island and Milford Sound so we went to Christchurch instead. 3/

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