Stop corporate cruise ships from DESTROYING the Arctic!

Only 900 Southern Beaufort polar bears remain, and the Arctic is warming TWICE as fast as the rest of the world.

While this fragile ecosystem melts away, cruise corporations charge further and further north through Arctic habitats. Their titanic vessels SPIT ice-melting emissions, DUMP wastewater into the ocean, and SPEW toxic pollution that exacerbates the problem and further dooms the Arctic to destruction.

The people that live here, including Indigenous communities, also suffer from corporate cruise’s greed. The noise from their massive ships can drive away fish and other ocean resources that these communities rely on. The pollution can have severe ramifications for people’s health. THIS HAS TO CHANGE!

Until the EPA reins in corporate cruise’s reckless behavior, cruise ships in the Arctic are a CATASTROPHE WAITING TO HAPPEN!

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Dear EPA,

The Arctic is one of the most fragile places on earth, suffering astronomically from the results of the human-driven climate crisis. As the earth is warming and temperatures rise, sensitive arctic habitats are melting and shrinking, leaving vulnerable species like polar bears struggling to survive.

The cruise industry is making things worse for this ecological disaster in the Arctic by increasing cruise ship traffic with massive vessels that release massive amounts of climate-warming emissions, emit disruptive noise pollution that drives fish and critical food sources away, AND dump toxic chemicals that are seeping into the food chain itself.

Carnival Corporation is one of the worst offenders — carrying 11,000 tons of hazardous heavy fuel oil in a single year through Artic waters — nearly three times as much as its largest competitor.

I am calling on your agency to take immediate steps to enact stricter regulations and policies to rein in cruise ship pollution in the Arctic in order to protect this region and its wildlife before it's too late.

Sincerely,
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