Started by Kai Sanburn
Jan 17, 2026
Jan 17, 2026
2
Action Alert - Protect the Salish Sea
Jan 17, 2026
TIME SENSITIVE: by end of Monday, 1/19.
-and the action takes less than a minute:
ACTION ALERT FOR THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS AND SALISH SEA This action takes less than a minute to complete and is a simple way to show support for efforts to protect Southern Resident killer whales, salmon, and human health. If you care about the Salish Sea and its future, please take a moment to sign in on House Bill 1652 before Monday, January 19th, 12:30 pm. And if nothing else??"consider it a small act of good civic karma.
Washington's waters and communities are being impacted by pollution from ocean??'going vessels. Current rules allow ships to burn heavy fuel oil as long as they use exhaust gas cleaning systems??"known as scrubbers??"to meet air??'emission requirements. But scrubbers are not a real pollution solution. They simply dump toxic pollutants from the air into the ocean, where they threaten public health, fisheries, and critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales and salmon.
This bill would require ships to use low??'sulfur fuels while in Washington waters, eliminating the use of scrubbers and reducing harmful air emissions like black carbon, which contributes to asthma, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and adverse birth outcomes.
Sign in PRO House Bill 1652 at https://mailchi.mp/sanjuans.org/action-alert-low-sulfur-fuels
-and the action takes less than a minute:
ACTION ALERT FOR THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS AND SALISH SEA This action takes less than a minute to complete and is a simple way to show support for efforts to protect Southern Resident killer whales, salmon, and human health. If you care about the Salish Sea and its future, please take a moment to sign in on House Bill 1652 before Monday, January 19th, 12:30 pm. And if nothing else??"consider it a small act of good civic karma.
Washington's waters and communities are being impacted by pollution from ocean??'going vessels. Current rules allow ships to burn heavy fuel oil as long as they use exhaust gas cleaning systems??"known as scrubbers??"to meet air??'emission requirements. But scrubbers are not a real pollution solution. They simply dump toxic pollutants from the air into the ocean, where they threaten public health, fisheries, and critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales and salmon.
This bill would require ships to use low??'sulfur fuels while in Washington waters, eliminating the use of scrubbers and reducing harmful air emissions like black carbon, which contributes to asthma, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and adverse birth outcomes.
Sign in PRO House Bill 1652 at https://mailchi.mp/sanjuans.org/action-alert-low-sulfur-fuels
Comment by Aurore Maren
Jan 19, 2026
Jan 19, 2026
1
NOTE: Unfortunately, the dead line for action was at 12:30 today....I missed it by 10 minutes...but called in and was directed to make written comment to be considered.... I am taking the time to share this information, because...this will be the case with all HB's one wishes to comment on...there is always an extension with the possibility for written ... Read All