We released a new policy paper on why the U.S. EPA and @bruno-pigott should ban scrubber discharge. 🚢🚫 Why? Because scrubbers don’t scrub – that’s a misnomer. They take pollution from the air and dump it into our oceans. 🌊 Why is scrubber discharge bad? ☠It’s toxic to marine life, even at very low concentrations. 🐳 Could have serious impact on the populations of key species of marine food webs & threatened & endangered species. 😷 It causes devastating impacts to our water and air. That’s why today, we rounded up 26 scientific papers to show EPA that new science is available, and scrubbers should be banned. ⛔🚫 @southeast-alaska-conservation-council Read here: https://bit.ly/3yPazR6
Pacific Environment
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We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting communities and wildlife of the Pacific Rim.
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Pacific Environment empowers communities to protect their well-being and the natural world around them. We get money and expertise to the ground in challenging venues on the Pacific Rim, including China, Russia, and the Alaskan Arctic. By strengthening communities and protecting the environment in such places, we also promote transparency, public participation, and legal enforcement, which form the basis on which people can achieve lasting protection of their health and the environment. Pacific Environment offers one of the very few granting and training programs serving grassroots leaders around the Pacific Rim. At the heart of our long-term commitment to community-led environmental activism is a comprehensive support program. The community leaders and groups we partner with consistently tell us that the value we provide stems from three things: 1) giving them financial and mentoring support; 2) bringing them together in coordinated networks; and 3) supplying much needed expertise for their campaigns (e.g., technical, scientific, legal). Over three decades we have nurtured more than 150 grassroots organizations around the Pacific Rim and provided millions of dollars. In turn, the networks we foster create concentric ripples outward to many more people and organizations that ally together to undertake public education, litigation, media outreach, large-scale advocacy campaigns, and sophisticated policy work. To complement these community efforts, Pacific Environment has developed substantial expertise in global policy venues typically beyond the reach of local leaders. For example, we have obtained one of the few seats available to NGOs at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a U.N. agency that writes the rules for the high seas. We use this seat to advocate for rules that protect marine mammals and indigenous food security, curb greenhouse gas emissions, and protect Arctic waters from the dangers of catastrophic oil spills.
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Today we released a new policy paper on why USEPA Bruno Pigott should ban scrubber discharge. 🚢 🚫 Why? Because scrubbers don’t scrub – that’s a misnomer. They take pollution from the air and dump it into our oceans. 🌊 Scrubber discharge is toxic to marine life, even at very low concentrations and could have serious impact on the populations of key species of marine food webs as well as threatened and endangered species. 🐳 Why hasn’t USEPA acted on it? EPA proposed a rulemaking four years ago but didn’t act citing “insufficient data.” That’s why today, we rounded up 26 scientific papers to show the EPA that new science is available and scrubber discharge should be banned. ⛔ 🚫 Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (SEACC) Read here: https://bit.ly/3yPazR6
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❗@portofla announced that cargo levels in July were at a record-breaking 939,600 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units, a 37% increase this year. Only seven months into 2024, the Port of Los Angeles is 18% ahead of its 2023 pace.😷 While this is good for business, this is bad for the lungs and health of port-adjacent community residents. Each additional dirty, polluting ocean cargo ship means more bad air for communities. The San Pedro Bay Ports are the largest source of smog and particulate forming pollution statewide, contributing to LA county being in nonattainment with federal Clean Air Act standards for over two decades. ❌ The @SouthCoastAQMD has delayed the #PortISR twice, yet the ISR is urgently needed to mitigate fossil-fuel pollution from ocean going ships. With the recent victory of frontline communities advocating for a railyard ISR, port community residents are hopeful that SCAQMD will also pave the way for zero-emission ports through an ISR. We need our leaders to clean up ocean shipping and act on a #PortISR now. Mayor Karen Bass. 🚢⚡ https://bit.ly/3Au0RE1
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Good news! 🎉 The Biden administration has indicated it is shifting its position to take a stronger stance on the #GlobalPlasticsTreaty, including signaling an openness to including legally binding measures to reduce global plastic production.🥤 We welcome and applaud the Biden Administration’s shift towards seeking a science-based treaty that actually reduces plastic pollution and protects our environment, health and climate. We further encourage the U.S. government to take a strong leadership role as we approach the next — and final — stage of negotiations happening this November in Busan. Read the full statement from Kristen McDonald, Senior Plastics Director at Pacific Environment here: https://bit.ly/usgptstance
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NEW BLOG: Learn about how the South Coast Air Quality Management District's new #RailISR rule is a clean air victory for Southern California — and why ports should be addressed next ➡️ https://bit.ly/railisrblog Cristhian Tapia-Delgado, Pacific Environment’s Climate Campaigner for Southern California covers: 💪The momentous win for clean air advocates 🩺 Impacts the rule will have on environmental and community health 📈 Where the rule could be improved 🌱 Next year’s #PortsISR vote and how you can get involved Big shoutout to all the advocates and organizers who made this happen, including: T.H.E. Impact Project The People's Collective for Environmental Justice East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice Sierra Club Earthjustice CCAEJ Action Coalition For a Safe Environment Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Coalition for Clean Air Move LA #ClimateWin #WeAreJustTryingToBreathe #PortsForPeople
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A must watch by Hali Hewa Podcast! 👀 A global levy on ocean #shipping emissions is a key step towards a cleaner and fairer future in international shipping, says Abigael Kima, a climate advocate from Kenya. 🇰🇪 Watch Abigael explain how this simple climate policy at 🇺🇳 the International Maritime Organization is would help clean up global shipping in a way that leaves no country behind. 🎥 ⬇️ #ClimateAction
Global shipping transports 80-90% of our goods but is also a major polluter, responsible for 3% of global emissions—almost as much as all African countries combined. The Pacific Island States proposed $150/tonne emissions levy aims to change that by funding clean technologies and climate resilience, especially for vulnerable nations at the forefront of the impacts of climate change. 🌿💡 #CleanShipping #ClimateAction #GlobalLevy #SustainableFuture #AfricanClimateStories
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We’re #hiring a Singapore Climate Specialist! Pacific Environment is looking for a candidate with experience in government relations and climate issues, decarbonization, and/or sustainability to help lead our climate work in Singapore. 🚢 In this role, you will also enjoy a flexible working environment with a dedicated group of colleagues working to serve people, wildlife and ecosystems. Are you (or is someone you know) a good fit? Learn more & apply today 👉🔗 https://lnkd.in/eHaXewBa
Singapore Climate Specialist
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👀 Global shipping leader A.P. Moller - Maersk's announcement that it is backpedaling on its commitment to zero-emission shipping just underlines why President Biden should sign an executive order to decarbonize the shipping industry and ports. 📝 Maersk has announced 50-60 newbuilds and the Wall Street Journal has reported that most of these new ships will run on LNG. LNG is a fossil fuel that is primarily methane, a greenhouse gas that is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide on a 20-year timescale. 🚫⛔🚫 "Maersk's announcement to purchase new LNG ships is a dangerous step backward in the fight against climate change. LNG is a dirty fossil fuel that is even worse for the climate than traditional fuels. Maersk's decision to backslide on its climate commitments show that we can’t rely on industry to self-regulate, which is exactly why President Biden must use his executive authority to push for truly sustainable alternatives and sign an executive order on shipping decarbonization. The time for real climate leadership is now,” Antonio Santos, Federal Climate Policy Director at Pacific Environment. Sign our petition: https://lnkd.in/g5sU9GNc
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Today, history was made! 📣 After dozens of community members and advocates spoke on the importance of cleaning up rail yards, the South Coast Air Quality Management District voted to adopt the #RailISR. 🎉 This is a big step in addressing the harm from freight facilities! Big thank you to South Coast Air Quality Management District for their courageous leadership adopting the ISR and we hope the board will carry this momentum and adopt the #PortISR later this year. This would not have been possible without over 100 community members who came out to speak and the persistent advocacy of many organizers and groups including East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, CCAEJ Action, The People's Collective for Environmental Justice & The Moving Forward Network. More details on what it means and what's next coming soon!
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The future of ocean #shipping is clean! 🌊 That's why we're part of the Beyond Methane Pledge alongside Say No to LNG – Global Shipping Campaign & 6 other other founding champions. 💪 Join us to call on industry leaders to sign the pledge and take action to: ❌ Halt expansion of LNG and methane-based fuel projects immediately. 📉 Phase out LNG and other methane-based fuel use by 2030. 🌎 Promote transparency by using language that reflects the climate impact of methane. "LNG poses a grave threat to our climate, environment, and communities. As a potent greenhouse gas, it significantly contributes to global warming and has no place in a sustainable future." 🎉 Big shoutout to the other founding champions including: Stand.earth Opportunity Green Clean Arctic Alliance Solutions for Our Climate (기후솔루션) NABU e.V. Transport & Environment (T&E) Clean Shipping Coalition
Today, organizations from across the globe launched the hashtag #BeyondMethanePledge to stop the expansion of Liquefied Natural Gas #LNG and other #methane-based fuels, and phase-out their use in all sectors by 2030. Press release: https://lnkd.in/g9H4G8Z9 🛳 We call on industry leaders to sign the pledge and take immediate action. Signatories include policymakers, cities, ports, ship and cargo owners, investors, and financial institutions. 📢 We call on supporters to champion the pledge to mobilize the masses and hold industry accountable. Champions include residents, advocacy groups, non-governmental organizations, researchers and academic institutions, journalists, and thought leaders. Sign and champion the pledge: https://lnkd.in/grhJiiKY Founding champions: Pacific Environment Clean Arctic Alliance Transport & Environment (T&E) Solutions for Our Climate (기후솔루션) NABU e.V. Stand.earthClean Shipping Coalition
The Beyond Methane Pledge
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