📣On Jan 1st, a huge new international law came into effect, essentially ending the use of high-sulfur heavy fuel oil in shipping. *But ships are still bypassing the law with ‘emissions cheat systems’ - aka ‘scrubbers’.*
2. This new law from @IMOHQ should have an enormous impact on the shipping industry, as most ships still burn one of the dirtiest fuels on earth. But ships can cheat the system by installing ‘scrubbers,’ and keep using heavy fuel oil through a big loophole in the law.
@IMOHQ 3. How do scrubbers work? Most ships are installing the type that uses seawater to ‘wash’ sulfur from the ship exhaust. This contaminated wastewater is then just discharged into the ocean, turning air pollution into water pollution instead.
@IMOHQ 4. Ports, states, and countries around the world are banning the dumping of this scrubber waste in their waters, but BC and Canada have taken no action.
@IMOHQ It is high time for the @IMOHQ to close the scrubber loophole to protect the marine environment from the very pollutants it is trying to stop from being pumped into the atmosphere.
@IMOHQ 6. Read more about the new #IMO2020 law, its impact on the shipping industry, and how ships are still cheating the system in our latest blog: bit.ly/34K0b84
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