Cruise ship MOU proposed amendments comment period

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Comment From: Tim Parsons

3/13/21 @ 8:33 AM
These ships are dangerous aggregators of viral infections, with a history of outbreaks from long before Covid-19. Do not let poorly managed ships dock at USA ports.
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Comment From: Tyson Martin

3/13/21 @ 8:31 AM
Point #1: Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why...↓

Point #2: This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Point #3: Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Richard Paperno

3/13/21 @ 8:30 AM
Cruise ships are for human fun and pleasure. There is NO FUN AND PLEASURE IN THE GROSS POULTING OF OUR OCEANS! This is another bad example of GREED AND GREED AND IGNORANCE. Not ignorance of what they are doing and what WE are allowing, but the ignora...↓
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Comment From: Lise Brenner

3/13/21 @ 8:29 AM
Ban scrubbers.
There are 3 reasons why this needs to happen ASAP.

First, there is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden ...↓

Two, this is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Finally, the maribe ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.


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Comment From: Joseph Sganbellini

3/13/21 @ 8:25 AM
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Comment From: achala devi

3/13/21 @ 8:24 AM
Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ...↓
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Comment From: Pierre Aterianus

3/13/21 @ 8:22 AM
Point #1: Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why...↓

Point #2: This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Point #3: Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Donald Marburg

3/13/21 @ 8:18 AM
BAN SCRUBBER DUMPING. Even though I don't live in a state by an ocean, I know that the marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel...↓
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Comment From: Susan Busch

3/13/21 @ 8:14 AM
Point #1: Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why...↓
Point #2: This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.
Point #3: Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.

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Comment From: Gloria Picchetti

3/13/21 @ 8:13 AM
Point #1: Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why...↓

Point #2: This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Point #3: Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Anita Montgomery

3/13/21 @ 8:11 AM
We need to support our ORCAS and our ecosystem ASAP or it will be too late. Please ban Scrubbers!
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Comment From: Chris Hazynski

3/13/21 @ 8:10 AM
Protect this beautiful, rich ecosystem.
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Comment From: Maria Studer

3/13/21 @ 8:08 AM
There is a huge loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I support amendment #2 to b...↓
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Comment From: Sergio Solis

3/13/21 @ 8:05 AM
Here in the United States of America, we MUST end our reliance on fossil fuels for the vast majority of our future energy needs. All that the private, rich, fossil-fuel companies want is to get richer. They just about don't care at all for climate ...↓

Therefore, I totally support the Green New Deal! It is the best and only solution for our energy needs.
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Comment From: Christina Anderson

3/13/21 @ 8:05 AM
How abysmally stupid to poison our own Earth and in the name of profit!
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Comment From: alena Jorgensen

3/13/21 @ 8:05 AM
We can send men to the moon and rockets to mars, you need to come up with a better way to dispose of waste. For the life of our planet.
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Comment From: Nancy Boyce

3/13/21 @ 8:05 AM
We need to do everything we can to preserve the natural eco system!
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Comment From: Vicki Parker

3/13/21 @ 8:03 AM
Please ban these so called scrubbers. They do nothing but turn air pollution into water pollution. This endangers our oceans and ocean wildlife. The cruise industry needs to take care of its waste responsibly.
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Comment From: Susan Hampel

3/13/21 @ 8:00 AM
Ban scrubbers! There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I support...↓

This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Rachel Krucoff

3/13/21 @ 7:58 AM
Please ban scrubbers! They are not environmentally helpful at all, they simply let people off the hook as they dump horrible toxins into our waterways, endangering the health if all aquatic life.
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Comment From: Elizabeth Sexton

3/13/21 @ 7:58 AM
It is time to cease acting as if our oceans are are toilet water. There is an ecosystem of plants and animals that live in the ocean and we depend on this ecosystem being healthy. It is time to ban scrubbers on ships. Ships need to truly recycle thei...↓

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Comment From: Jeanne Heitman

3/13/21 @ 7:58 AM
Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ...↓
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Comment From: Nancy Porcino

3/13/21 @ 7:58 AM
please stop this
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Comment From: Anne Dugaw

3/13/21 @ 7:56 AM
I support amendment #2 to ban scrubbers! The loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean is unacce...↓

Now is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Nasrin Mazuji

3/13/21 @ 7:55 AM
Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I support...↓

Point #2: This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Point #3: Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.

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Comment From: Rebecca Poppleton

3/13/21 @ 7:55 AM
PLEASE ban the discharge of scrubber wastes and secure permanent protection for Puget Sound and its ecosystem! The WA Department of Ecology, the Port of Seattle, and the cruise trade industry organization are renegotiating a voluntary anti-dumping M...↓
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Comment From: Gina Bates

3/13/21 @ 7:52 AM
PROTECT PUGET SOUND and ENDANGERED ORCAS FROM FOSSIL FUEL DUMPING SCRUBBERS!!
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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

3/13/21 @ 7:51 AM
Cruise ships are bad enough polluters. We need to AT LEAST ban the use of scrubbers for their toxic waste.
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Comment From: Michael Langlais

3/13/21 @ 7:49 AM
clean up the ships.
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Comment From: Elizabeth Davidson

3/13/21 @ 7:47 AM
Any cruise ship is a hindrance to all ocean creatures.
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Comment From: David Powell

3/13/21 @ 7:45 AM
Ban Scrubbers for Cruise Ships! They only convert air pollution to water pollution. Water pollution affects inland waters as well as ocean waters; endangering salmon fishing and the Orca population. Other deleterious effects will occur as the poll...↓
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Comment From: Jared Burns

3/13/21 @ 7:45 AM
Ban Scrubbers
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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

3/13/21 @ 7:45 AM
Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ...↓
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Comment From: g clemson

3/13/21 @ 7:42 AM
Point #1: Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why...↓
Point #2: This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound Point #3: Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Helen Findley

3/13/21 @ 7:41 AM
I'm asking you to ban the use of scrubbers in Puget Sound by cruise ships because the dirty waste they dump is contaminating the waters there. We need to keep the water clean to provide a healthy environment for all the wild life there.I ask for the...↓

Thank you so much!

Helen Findley
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Comment From: Laura Shea

3/13/21 @ 7:39 AM
Cruise ships need to change their procedures to keeping our waterways clean.....
Please ban scrubbers in these waters
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Comment From: Michelle Hayward

3/13/21 @ 7:38 AM
Protect Orcas in Puget Sound. Please reject this proposal.

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Comment From: Karen Wolf

3/13/21 @ 7:38 AM
Ships should not be allowed to dump waste into Puget Sound for many reasons
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Comment From: Marcia Hoodwin

3/13/21 @ 7:37 AM
Please do not dump toxic waste into our waters.
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Comment From: LAWRENCE LINTNER

3/13/21 @ 7:36 AM
The Cruise Ship Industry is one of the worst polluting and wasteful businesses of all time. From the destructive and inefficient use of massive amounts of fossil fuel to power their engines, to the wasted food, utilities, water and destructive dumpi...↓
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Comment From: Helen Lozoraitis

3/13/21 @ 7:36 AM
The Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution th...↓
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Comment From: Vaida Maleckaite

3/13/21 @ 7:30 AM
Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I support...↓
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Comment From: Carol Poleno

3/13/21 @ 7:30 AM
I support amendment #2 to ban scrubbers.

Please Ban scrubbers because they allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the o...↓

The cruise sector needs to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound.

Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. During the COVID-19 pandemic the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has reduced the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound.

I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Adele Riffe

3/13/21 @ 7:28 AM
The time has come to CLOSE THE LOOPHOLE that allows cruise ships to dump into our oceans toxic "scrubbed" exhaust pollution from the burning of the dirtiest of fossil fuels! Amendment 2 would ban scrubbers and stop the pollution of Puget Sound, whi...↓

SUPPORT AMENDMENT #2 TO BAN SCRUBBERS!
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Comment From: Carolynn Kohout

3/13/21 @ 7:28 AM
I support amendment #2 to ban scrubbers because
- A destructive loophole allows cruise ships to burn heavy fuel oil - one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean...↓
- This practice is destroying the capacity of the water to enable a balanced environment for current residents.
- The cruise sector can now show they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes into Puget Sound.
- Cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships have created and is now allowing Nature's natural thriving.
These reasons are why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound.
SEIU Local 503 Climate Justice Member
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Comment From: Claudia Bloom

3/13/21 @ 7:26 AM
Ban scrubbers.
I worked on a cruise ship years ago and watched while they threw mattresses, large boxes and other trash into the ocean at night when they thought no one was looking. I would never go on a cruise ship again.
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Comment From: Karen Fortier

3/13/21 @ 7:24 AM
Ban Scrubbers!! Our Orcas and other marine life are one of the greatest reasons tourists flock to our state. The pollution created by these ships threatens their existence
Abolish scrubbers, and preserve the environment.
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Comment From: Glen VanSlyke

3/13/21 @ 7:24 AM
There is a yawning loophole in the MOU that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I support ame...↓
This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.
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Comment From: Holly H.

3/13/21 @ 7:23 AM
We must all work to reduce and eliminate the pollution of our ocean waters. The consequences are progressive and cumulative - threatening not only wildlife and ocean ecology but our water systems necessary for human life. Preserve our quality of li...↓
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Comment From: Melissa Bryson

3/13/21 @ 7:23 AM
Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I support...↓

This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.


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Comment From: Eric Nylen

3/13/21 @ 7:23 AM
How can converting air pollution into water pollution and dumping this fossil fuel combustion wastewater straight into the ocean any better than current practice?
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Comment From: Karen Salama

3/13/21 @ 7:23 AM
Point #1: Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why...↓

Point #2: This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Point #3: Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Jean Bevsek

3/13/21 @ 7:23 AM
Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ...↓
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Comment From: Beth Jane Freeman

3/13/21 @ 7:22 AM
These scrubbers are not solving a problem. They are just making a different problem, namely water pollution.
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Comment From: Bob Drury

3/13/21 @ 7:22 AM
I support banning scrubbers. Yes the cruise industry is having a touch time right now but they will soon be back "full steam ahead" so to speak. They shouldn't be allowed to pollute and degrade the very areas their customers are attracted to.
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Comment From: Mary Steele

3/13/21 @ 7:22 AM
Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. Don't allow scrubber dumping to ret...↓
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Comment From: Ruth Dyke

3/13/21 @ 7:21 AM
Ship owners and operators can do better and need to do better at disposing of scrubbers and fossil fuel. Greedy, lazy people should not be allowed to pollute Puget Sound.

I am requesting that you support Amendment #2. Washington and Puget Sound are wo...↓

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Comment From: Jess Hernandez

3/13/21 @ 7:21 AM
We owe it to our planet not to destroy it, it's the only home we have and should give it the respect it fully deserves.

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Comment From: Resa Blatman

3/13/21 @ 7:20 AM
PLEASE Ban scrubbers! There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I ...↓

Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.

Thank you for your attention to this important matter!!
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Comment From: Lynne Bannerman

3/13/21 @ 7:14 AM
Puget Sound is in trouble. Please help by banning scrubbers. Cruise ships can help rather than create more pollution.
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Comment From: LAURA ARIAS

3/13/21 @ 7:13 AM
Protect Orcas in Puget Sound
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Comment From: Miles Rumsey

3/13/21 @ 7:12 AM

Point #1: Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why...↓

Point #2: This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Point #3: Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Nancy Rasmussen

3/13/21 @ 7:11 AM
Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I support...↓

This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: John Sunde

3/13/21 @ 7:11 AM
Keep Puget Sound clean and quiet.
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Comment From: Jennifer Wittlinger

3/13/21 @ 7:07 AM
Please support Amendement 2 and ban scrubbers. This is a filthy loophole from the filthy cruise industry. Our marine ecosystems are already severely compromised.
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Comment From: Jerily Rushworth

3/13/21 @ 7:06 AM
Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I support...↓
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Comment From: Justin Chernow

3/13/21 @ 7:03 AM
Ban scrubbers! There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I support...↓

This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Alan Harper

3/13/21 @ 7:03 AM
Protect our environment!! Corporate profits are not people!
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Comment From: David Dexter

3/13/21 @ 7:01 AM
As we only have a single planet that is habitual, at least as far as we know, everything possible should be done to protect it!
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Comment From: David Burtis

3/13/21 @ 7:00 AM
I'm strongly opposed to allowing cruise ships a permit for 'scrubbing' the exhaust from heavy fuel oil and to discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committ...↓
Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.

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Comment From: Mary Roehrig

3/13/21 @ 7:00 AM
Don't do it
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Comment From: stephanie lewis

3/13/21 @ 7:00 AM
As you know Although scrubbers have been touted by the cruise industry as a solution for treating toxic ship engine exhaust, in reality, all it does is convert air pollution into water pollution and dump this fossil fuel combustion wastewater straigh...↓

I say to you to ban scrubbers and secure permanent protection for Puget Sound and its ecosystem.
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Comment From: JOHN SEAMON

3/13/21 @ 7:00 AM
At a minimum you must ban the grossly ineffective use of "scrubbers' and get serious about completely eliminating all pollution generated by the cruise industry. Please be aware that there is a growing sentiment among the population of the United ...↓

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Comment From: Ryan Hanson

3/13/21 @ 6:58 AM
Ban scrubbers. They are harmful to the environment, allowing cruise ships to pump toxin-laden wastewater directly into marine ecosystems. I support amendment #2 to ban scrubbers. With this amendment, the cruise ship industry can show they actually wa...↓
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Comment From: Kat Thomas

3/13/21 @ 6:57 AM
There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I support amendment #2 t...↓

This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Tracy Foster

3/13/21 @ 6:56 AM
Please be a hero not a zero...do all you can to be a positive influence on the environment! :)
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Comment From: Carolyn Wacaser

3/13/21 @ 6:56 AM
Cruise lines HAVE to clean up their ships and what they leave behind!
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Comment From: Betsy Andrews

3/13/21 @ 6:54 AM
Please ban scrubber dumping to save the valuable ecosystem of the Puget Sound, its orcas and Chinook salmon
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Comment From: Heather Nordin

3/13/21 @ 6:53 AM
These animals need to be protected, not ignored for selfish and profitable reasons.
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Comment From: Hal Forsen

3/13/21 @ 6:53 AM
Point #1: Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why...↓

Point #2: This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Point #3: Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Laura Pritchard

3/13/21 @ 6:49 AM
I support the amendment to encourage the cruise industry to stop waste water discharges into the Puget Sound area. We have a fragile environment & need to do everything we can to protect this area for future generations of ocean life & WA. citizens.
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Comment From: Christine Kuhlman

3/13/21 @ 6:48 AM
No one has the right to desecrate and pollute waters this world--there are so many other places and ways to get rid of waste--and decreasing it it is one of those ways ---we have the technology--we must start having the heart---
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Comment From: Elena Schaef

3/13/21 @ 6:47 AM
Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I support...↓

This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Elaine Larson

3/13/21 @ 6:46 AM
Point #1: Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why...↓

Point #2: This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Point #3: Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.Point #1: Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why I support amendment #2 to ban scrubbers.

Point #2: This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Point #3: Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Kristina Younger

3/13/21 @ 6:46 AM
Point #1: Ban scrubbers. There is a yawning loophole that allows cruise ships to burn one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on earth - heavy fuel oil - by 'scrubbing' the exhaust and discharge the toxin-laden wastewater directly into the ocean. That's why...↓

Point #2: This is a huge opportunity for the cruise sector to show that they are committed to changing their polluting ways by agreeing to end the dumping of all scrubber wastes in Puget Sound. Please approve amendment #2 and ban scrubbers.

Point #3: Marine ecosystem needs a healthy home to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ongoing tragedy on a global scale, but the resulting cessation of cruise vessel traffic in the Puget Sound has been a welcome reprieve from the water pollution these ships create. That's why scrubber dumping cannot return to the Sound. I support amendment #2.
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Comment From: Nan Hunter

3/13/21 @ 6:46 AM
Please allow these animals to live. Do the right thing. The ocean IS their home.
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Comment From: Donna Phillips

3/13/21 @ 6:45 AM
Puget Sound is a national treasure. ANything that harms it - in any way - is NOT ACCEPTABLE.
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Comment From: Helen Schietinger

3/13/21 @ 6:42 AM
Please approve the amendment to ban scrubbers: this is in the interests of marine wildlife, humans and the environment of the Earth.
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Comment From: Gail Yborra

3/13/21 @ 6:42 AM
Although scrubbers have been touted by the cruise industry as a solution for treating toxic ship engine exhaust, in reality, all it does is convert air pollution into water pollution and dump this fossil fuel combustion wastewater straight into the o...↓
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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

3/13/21 @ 6:41 AM
Our home/earth is the most important thing we've got...it keeps our bodies alive. Insisting scrubbers become illegal is a logical next step!
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Comment From: James Adams

3/13/21 @ 6:40 AM
Save the orcas!
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Comment From: Lisa Bettendorf

3/13/21 @ 6:38 AM
Please do the right thing and ban scrubbers. Help these creatures who are icons of the Pacific Northwest. Thank you.
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Comment From: Michael Symonds

3/13/21 @ 6:37 AM
These ships cause great environmental damage, and Washington state should not encourage these destructive practices and damage the waters that give life to many important creatures. Our wildlife is part of our state's appeal.
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Comment From: Alfred Roesch

3/13/21 @ 6:36 AM
Please ban scrubbers on ships. They pollute our water. Thank you.
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Comment From: George Lawrence

3/13/21 @ 6:35 AM
One of the conundrums associated with climate change is the threat to biodiversity and even survival of species. A widely quoted figure is that a million species may go extinct, although with my background in biology [academic medicine] I think that ...↓
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Comment From: Margaret Weimer

3/13/21 @ 6:32 AM
Cruise ships should deal with their garbage within the bowels of the ship. They should manage this in various organic ways. This garbage should not be dumped all over ocean life which
already bears heavy burdens from humans. By pre-arrangement it s...↓
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Comment From: Katie McCorkle

3/13/21 @ 6:31 AM
The proliferation of toxins and toxic waste in our air, water, and soil is severely damaging to both human and marine health! It is not enough just to ban scrubbers in Puget Sound, although that is a good start! The cruise industry must be given a ...↓
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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

3/13/21 @ 6:31 AM
No ships in any waters should discharge anything that affects life of all creatures on this planet.
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Comment From: Jennifer Messina

3/13/21 @ 6:30 AM
The sewage from cruise ships next to be processed appropriately. And disposed of properly.
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Comment From: Geri Mikulski

3/13/21 @ 6:29 AM
Please support a ban of dumping waste into our oceans.
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