Monday, November 15, 2010
Final Community Design Workshop to "Fix The Ditch" - Tonight. Monday Nov. 15th, 6:30pm
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Quote from Bob Foster, the Mayor of Long Beach, California - "We’re not going to have kids in Long Beach contract asthma so someone in Kansas can get a cheaper television set.”
Chris Ward, Executive Director, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey : "We estimate that the annual health benefits emissions reductions arising from a switch from on board generation to shore power at the BCT (Brooklyn Cruise Terminal), adjusted for Kings County, approaches $9 Million" (full statement here)
- A docked cargo ship can burn seven tons of diesel fuel a day to run its electrical generators.
- Ports along the lower Mississippi River, the New York metro area, and in south Texas rank among those with the dirtiest air.
- Surrounding communities and port workers often have higher rates of respiratory infections and a higher risk of cancer. - Wall Street Journal
Chris Ward, Executive Director, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey : "We estimate that the annual health benefits emissions reductions arising from a switch from on board generation to shore power at the BCT (Brooklyn Cruise Terminal), adjusted for Kings County, approaches $9 Million" (full statement here)
During a typical 10-hour stay in harbor, one single cruise liner produces about 66 tonnes of CO2, the equivalent of what 6 Hummers produce in a year - Cruise Liners: A Lucrative But Poisoning Business - Malta Today
A "parked cruise ship idling its engines" burns "700 litres (180 gallons) of unfiltered diesel an hour" - EGRA, East Greenwich Residents Association
Ships are “floating smokestacks that deliver soot and smog straight into the heart of our most crowded coastal cities” - Environmental Defense Fund
From our own Federal Government - via the Environmental Protection Agency - the E.P.A.
Plugging a container ship in to shore-power "takes enough pollution out of the air to equal 33,000 cars” - Mayor Bob Foster
Ships are “floating smokestacks that deliver soot and smog straight into the heart of our most crowded coastal cities” - Environmental Defense Fund
From our own Federal Government - via the Environmental Protection Agency - the E.P.A.
- a. Shore power is a crucial step for cleaning our air and improving health of New Yorkers.
- b. Ocean going vessels that dock in New York City typically burn high sulfur fuel in diesel engines to generate auxiliary power.
- This combustion results in exhaust containing NOx, SOx and particulates and such exhaust is a likely carcinogen.
- A Port Authority study shows that use of shore power at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal would annually eliminate 100 tons of NOx, 100 tons of SOx and 6 tons of particulates
- c. New York City air quality is among the worst in the nation and port related emissions are meaningful and avoidable."
- d. Such air emissions are harmful to the pubic generally, and especially to our children, the elderly, people with lung disease, those who exercise outside, and low-income and minority communities located near ports.
- e. Implementation of a shore power tariff is consistent with economic development in New York City.
- f. Implementation of an appropriate Shore Power Tariff in New York City would provide an impetus for ship owners to invest in ship-side Shore Power equipment and for widespread use of this technology in other ports on the East Coast.
- g. None of the Company's tariff's accurately account for the unique service characteristics of ships that dock in New York City.
- h. A high-rate setting working group charged with delivering a shore power recommendation should be convened quickly.
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