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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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Sian Prior said: “The creation of Emission Control Areas in the Arctic will set an important precedent for protection of our climate and our ocean”
hellenicshippingnews Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 12:21:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Carolina Silva said: “ECAs remain one of the most efficient tools at IMO Member States’ disposal to tackle air pollution from ships and are particularly relevant for sensitive ecosystems like the Arctic, therefore, it is important that proposals for new ECAs are as effective and environmentally sound as possible, to ensure their full potential is realised”
hellenicshippingnews Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 12:21:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Sian Prior said: “The Clean Arctic Alliance is also calling for MEPC to adopt an underwater noise action plan which was finalised earlier this year. The action plan will support the use of guidance to reduce underwater noise which also provides co-benefits in the form of energy efficiency and reducing CO2 emissions. Several other crucial issues were slated for inclusion at MEPC 81, but have now frustratingly been kicked down the road to MEPC 82 this autumn. These include addressing black carbon emissions, and the use of scrubbers and discharge of scrubber wastewater”
hellenicshippingnews Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 12:21:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Sian Prior said: “It is extremely disappointing, amidst a global climate crisis, that the IMO continues to delay on taking short-term measures such as regulating the reduction of black carbon emissions and commencing discussion of a strengthened carbon intensity indicator to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, both of which would provide rapid benefits for the Arctic, and for the planet”
hellenicshippingnews Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 12:21:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Sian Prior said: “The Clean Arctic Alliance is calling on IMO Member States, when revising the carbon intensity indicator (CII), to ensure that CII requirements are calibrated to ensure that at least the 2030 and 2040 ‘striving’ emission reductions specified in the 2023 IMO GHG Strategy are met and, are ambitious enough to put shipping on an unambiguously 1.5°C compliant pathway” “Furthermore, there needs to be coherence with the development of a global fuel standard (GFS) since the a new CII metric cannot be met with alternative fuels (e.g. MJ/t-nm) but must focus exclusively on improving operational efficiency and reducing fuel burn (leaving the GFS to regulate fuels uptake)”
hellenicshippingnews Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 12:21:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Sian Prior concluded: “An effective enforcement mechanism, making sure that emission reductions are reliable and real will also be required as will a long-term CII requirement that requires continued future improvements in operational efficiency and no backsliding on operational efficiency gains. Finally, focusing on incentivizing and prioritising the use of energy efficiency measures that deliver significant benefits for the prevention and reduction of underwater noise and ocean health more broadly will provide a win-win-win scenario”
hellenicshippingnews Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 12:21:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Jacob Armstrong said: “The CII is key for running ships efficiently, which is needed to deliver the lion’s share of IMO’s 2030 emissions reduction target”
hellenicshippingnews Monday, March 18, 2024 at 11:20:00 PM Central European Standard Time
John Maggs said: “Along with the Carbon Intensity Indicator, a greenhouse gas (GHG) levy on ship fuel, such as the $150 proposal from Pacific Island countries and Belize, is essential to funding a just energy transition and ensuring no-one is left behind” “An IMO GHG fuel or energy standard is also needed to incentivise the uptake of wind propulsion and ensure that future new fuels are available when required”
hellenicshippingnews Monday, March 18, 2024 at 11:20:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Sian Prior said: “The creation of Emission Control Areas in the Arctic will set an important precedent for protection of our climate and our ocean,”
offshore-energy Monday, March 18, 2024 at 2:39:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Sian Prior said: “Several other crucial issues were slated for inclusion at MEPC 81, but have now frustratingly been kicked down the road to MEPC 82 this autumn. These include addressing black carbon emissions, and the use of scrubbers and discharge of scrubber wastewater,”
offshore-energy Monday, March 18, 2024 at 2:39:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Sian Prior concluded: “The proposal for a Canadian Arctic waters ECA includes a welcome and clear reference to the fact that the use of scrubbers as an alternative compliance mechanism will not provide the same benefits in terms of reducing black carbon emissions. Black carbon constitutes 20% of the shipping sector’s global climate impact, and it is five times more potent a climate disruptor when emitted in the Arctic region from sources such as shipping,”
offshore-energy Monday, March 18, 2024 at 2:39:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Donald Trump told (about Viktor Orban): "What I told [Hungarian president Viktor Orbán] is Europe is spending a tiny fraction of what we're spending,"
rawstory Friday, March 15, 2024 at 1:19:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Lisa Rubin said: "If anything, I'm that there was a hearing [Thursday] and it took as long as it did," "Last night in disposing one of those, she issued not even a two-page order. I want to be clear about something, she denied this motion to dismiss on this unconstitutional vagueness of the Espionage Act argument, but in doing so she took a bunch of swipes at the special counsel. There's some language in that order that basically says, 'I'm not deciding this now,' but she was saying to them, I'm going to read from it right now, that there are still fluctuating definitions of statutory terms and phrases along with disputed factual issues, so rather than prematurely decide now whether this is unsalvageably vague, despite the judicial glosses, some loaded accusations against the special counsel in that. In other words, you are telling me how other courts interpreted this but those are asserted judicial glosses. You are telling me what these terms mean but there are still fluctuating definitions"
rawstory Friday, March 15, 2024 at 1:02:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Lisa Rubin added: "Yes, she kicked the can down the road, she didn't give Donald Trump what he wanted," "On the other hand, she made it difficult for anyone to appeal this, and just sort of held it in abeyance. I don't think it's a victory for the special counsel's office. In terms of the Presidential Records Act, on the other hand, finally Aileen Cannon has seen an argument from Donald Trump she recognizes as ridiculous, and I think many of us breathed a sigh of relief on that one"
rawstory Friday, March 15, 2024 at 1:02:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Vincent Clerc pointed out: “Next week’s International Maritime Organization’s MEPC81 is one of the most important events of the year to secure the urgently needed measures to decarbonize global shipping. Maersk, and several other key maritime players, have kickstarted the sectors’ green transition but we need strong regulation. We are at crossroads where we need one global direction for the industry with an ambitious agreement among IMO member states,”
worldmaritimenews Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 2:57:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Vincent Clerc concluded: “Maersk fully supports the Green Balance Mechanism proposed by the World Shipping Council which addresses all three points. We optimistically look forward to meaningful MEPC discussions next week, with the ambitious result of an IMO member state agreement that truly charts a net zero course for the maritime industry,”
worldmaritimenews Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 2:57:00 PM Central European Standard Time
John Maggs added: “An IMO GHG fuel or energy standard is also needed to incentivise the uptake of wind propulsion and ensure that future new fuels are available when required” “Most importantly, the IMO must move swiftly to revise its Carbon Intensity Indicator and agree tough new requirements to ensure that ships improve energy efficiency year on year . This is especially important to ensure the lowest cost, most efficient energy transition and to incentivise shipping behaviour, such as slower speeds, that will also provide important ocean health co-benefits”
hellenicshippingnews Friday, March 8, 2024 at 11:24:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Coen Elemans says: “We found that this U-shaped structure pushes against a big fatty cushion on the inside of the larynx. When the whales push air from their lungs past this cushion, it starts to vibrate, and this generates very low-frequency underwater sounds,”
smithsonianmag Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at 3:26:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Coen Elemans said: "It's really sad that baleen whale vocalizations exactly overlap with the sounds we make, predominantly with shipping noise, and there is no way for the whales to sing louder, at a higher frequency, or deeper in the water," "These animals really can't escape this, and we really need to mitigate the noise we make"
japantoday Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 11:09:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Maria Cantwell said: "We're standing just a few hundred yards from Puget Sound, an economic and ecological engine for our region,"
phys Thursday, February 22, 2024 at 10:24:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Coen Elemans said: “It’s really sad that baleen whale vocalisations exactly overlap with the sounds we make, predominantly with shipping noise, and there is no way for the whales to sing louder, at a higher frequency, or deeper in the water,” “These animals really can’t escape this, and we really need to mitigate the noise we make”
TheFrontierPost-en Thursday, February 22, 2024 at 12:59:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Coen Elemans said: "It's really sad that baleen whale vocalisations exactly overlap with the sounds we make, predominantly with shipping noise, and there is no way for the whales to sing louder, at a higher frequency, or deeper in the water," "These animals really can't escape this, and we really need to mitigate the noise we make"
heraldsun Thursday, February 22, 2024 at 2:36:00 AM Central European Standard Time
Coen Elemans said: "It's really sad that baleen whale vocalisations exactly overlap with the sounds we make, predominantly with shipping noise, and there is no way for the whales to sing louder, at a higher frequency, or deeper in the water," "These animals really can't escape this, and we really need to mitigate the noise we make"
terradaily Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 6:00:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Coen Elemans said: "They make sounds of very low frequencies very close to the surface,"
CBC Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 5:12:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Tecumseh Fitch said: "It makes a Harley-Davidson sound like a child's toy,"
CBC Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 5:12:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Tecumseh Fitch told: "In other words, they can't escape the surface noise created by ships, by human noise, by going way down,"
CBC Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 5:12:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Hussein Alidina said: "These animals perceive danger by hearing,"
CBC Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 5:12:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Tecumseh Fitch said: "These whales, they beach. They're dying," "The whale basically immediately starts to decompose"
CBC Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 5:12:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Sian Prior said: “While progress was made on approval of a global action plan and taking on board the lessons learned from a three-year EBRP on the use of guidance to reduce underwater noise, the deletion of any mention of mandatory measures from the action plan is very disheartening,”
rivieramm Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 10:27:00 AM Central European Standard Time
Michael Wenger said: “Now they have to go out for five or six days before they even see a narwhal,”
citynews-ca Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 4:19:00 AM Central European Standard Time
Michael Wenger said: “The weather changes, it basically pushes ice right in front of the vessels and then they get caught,”
citynews-ca Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 4:19:00 AM Central European Standard Time
Jackie Dawson said: “There’s a complete and utter lack of infrastructure. So it’s risky for companies to do this, and it’s not foolproof. Just because it’s shorter doesn’t mean it’s going to take less time,”
citynews-ca Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 4:19:00 AM Central European Standard Time
Jackie Dawson said: “Even pleasure craft is going up really quickly,”
citynews-ca Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 4:19:00 AM Central European Standard Time
Hannah Hendriks says: "One of the complaints we are seeing is about crowding of dolphin pods, especially in small, shallow bays. We want these animals to be able to behave naturally and move away if they want to without being chased"
miragenews Monday, February 19, 2024 at 10:06:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Hannah Hendriks says: "The risk is even greater when there are many boats and jet skis operating in one area. The amount of underwater noise produced can disrupt their ability to communicate with each other and cause confusion and stress. This all results in an increased risk of vessel strike and mothers and calves being separated,"
miragenews Monday, February 19, 2024 at 10:06:00 PM Central European Standard Time
Hannah Hendriks says: "DOC has a range of enforcement options available, starting at education, advocacy and moving towards formal warnings, infringement notices, and prosecutions. We treat all reported incidents very seriously,"
miragenews Monday, February 19, 2024 at 10:06:00 PM Central European Standard Time
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