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The cruise industry doesn't care about workers, communities, the climate crisis, or the Salish Sea.
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The national maritime safety regulator is investigating a luxury cruise line following allegations workers are being forced to live in overcrowded conditions below deck with no safe free drinking water, earning as little as $2.50 an hour.

@cruiselaw.bsky.social
#cruiseships #Carnival
Luxury cruise ship being investigated after claims of 'horrifying' conditions
The maritime union says crew members of a luxury Carnival cruise ship allege they are being made to sleep in crowded rooms, lack access to safe free drinking water, and that some are earning as little...
www.abc.net.au
February 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Reposted by Seattle Cruise Control
“The future of shipping does not lie in prolonging the use of fossil fuels but rather in investing in clean technologies & fuels that align with environmental & climate objectives. Portland should join the growing movement of bans on discharges in port areas."
@sianprior.bsky.social
#cruiseships
February 9, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Help protect the Salish Sea from toxic cruise ship scrubber pollution.
Send a message to the Port of Seattle today!
Keep Scrubber Pollution Out of the Salish Sea!
A scrubber is a device that turns air pollution into water pollution. Scrubbers use millions of gallons of seawater to "scrub" ships' exhaust of pollutants, then dump the now polluted water back into ...
actionnetwork.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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.
@cleanarctic.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Reposted by Seattle Cruise Control
Portland locals outraged after monstrous cruise ship arrives: 'Not worth [it]'

"I would have preferred that our city spend public money courting actual businesses and industries that don't wreck the environment, and don't have the potential of disappearing in an instant…”

#cruiseships #Maine
Locals outraged after monstrous cruise ship arrives: 'Not worth [it]'
Residents of Portland, Maine, were none too pleased after a massive cruise ship with a track record of polluting the air and water came into port.
www.thecooldown.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Help protect the Salish Sea from toxic cruise ship scrubber pollution. Send a message to the Port of Seattle today!
February 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Follow a cruise ship from Seattle to Alaska & see all the harm it does! Thanks to Andrew Engelson for this stunning 2023 article. Update: the climate impact has risen from 1/3 of Seattle's to now more than half of Seattle's. @andyengelson.bsky.social hakaimagazine.com/features/cru...
Cruise Ship Invasion | Hakai Magazine
Take a typical Alaska cruise and see the damage in its wake. The evidence is clear: the industry needs an overhaul.
hakaimagazine.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:16 AM