Clean air for NSW consultation paper

Over 120 ships arrive at the White Bay cruise terminal per year. Each burns dirty, dangerous high sulphur fuel emitting harmful air pollutants into the surrounding neighbourhood and beyond.

Yet the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air for NSW Consultation Paper fails to deal adequately with pollution from cruise ships at White Bay, and proposes no action to end it. This consultation paper will set the strategic objectives of the NSW government in relation to air quality.

The NSW Government needs to install shore to ship electric power at the White Bay cruise terminal. It’s the long term solution to ensure clean, healthy air for the community of Sydney.

Please fill in your name and address below to make a submission to the Environmental Protection Agency, telling them you want them to take real action to end pollution at White Bay:

To: EPA Air Policy unit

I note with disappointment that the Clean Air for NSW Consultation Paper does not make mention of the significant levels of toxic pollution emitted by cruise vessels burning sulphur fuel at the White Bay Cruise Terminal. This is a significant source of air pollution for the surrounding area, with residents reporting health issues including breathing difficulties and asthma.

The Consultation Paper also makes no mention of the lack of regulation of cruise ships burning high sulphur fuel while travelling through Sydney Harbour, despite the fact that it has 35 times higher levels of sulphur than the fuel they are required to use in Europe and 3,500 times the level required by Australian diesel cars.

I urge you to directly address  this significant air pollution issue, and to take action to protect residents both of the area around White Bay, and the broader Sydney Harbour, from the health risk posed by cruise ship pollution.

The only long term solution to address both noise and emissions is shore to ship power and we encourage the EPA to set the installation of this technology as a key goal to enhance air quality. 

Yours sincerely,

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Kirsty Collister
Stefan Wisniowski
Patricia McDonough
Anne Atkinson
Genelle Coghlan
Raymond Barton
Gaye Murrills
Simon O'Neill
Lauren Easton
Chris Gerrans
Alice Eggleston
Katherine Lindsay
Amy Simpson
Beverley Aspbury
Marlene Marinkovic
Christine Tucker
Andrew Greig
Terence Connolly
michele Hacking
Mary Forbes
Nicola Stephenson
Patricia Lyon
David Furley
jill Stephenson
Jennifer Lyndon
Gregory Stephenson
Elisabeth Mortimer
Lorraine Pan

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  • Kirsty Collister
    signed 2017-01-18 07:13:23 +1100
  • Stefan Wisniowski
    signed 2017-01-17 23:57:02 +1100
    Seriously? Is this even a question that needs discussion?
  • Patricia McDonough
    signed 2017-01-17 21:26:51 +1100
  • Anne Atkinson
    signed 2017-01-17 20:30:45 +1100
  • Genelle Coghlan
    signed 2017-01-17 19:13:59 +1100
  • Raymond Barton
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  • Raymond Barton
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  • Raymond Barton
    signed 2017-01-17 14:23:03 +1100
  • Gaye Murrills
    signed 2017-01-17 06:40:51 +1100
  • Simon O'Neill
    signed 2017-01-16 23:51:09 +1100
  • Lauren Easton
    signed 2017-01-16 23:47:56 +1100
  • Chris Gerrans
    signed 2017-01-16 16:44:15 +1100
  • Alice Eggleston
    signed 2017-01-16 15:11:57 +1100
    Sydney air pollution is a public health concern!
  • Katherine Lindsay
    signed 2017-01-16 14:48:47 +1100
  • Amy Simpson
    signed 2017-01-15 14:49:32 +1100
  • Beverley Aspbury
    signed 2017-01-09 21:35:08 +1100
  • Marlene Marinkovic
    signed 2017-01-08 17:09:16 +1100
    Air does not stay in one place. Nor do the tonnes of toxic, carcinogenic particulates spewed into the air from cruise ships. Particulates, it is known, travel up to 1,000 kms. So who is safe from them? No-one. The whole of Sydney + greater Sydney is gravely affected. Particulates do not stop at Sydney’s borders; they go way beyond. Don’t be a nimby about this because it IS in your backyard, no matter where you live.
  • Christine Tucker
    signed 2017-01-04 16:21:20 +1100
    Shore to ship power is essential for cruise ships and other large ships berthed at White Bay. Because of the proven high risk air pollutants that can seriously affect nearby resident’s and other Sydneysider’s health the issue has to be addressed. As well as the spread of the air pollution across the broad area of Sydney, the geological land structure of White Bay, captures highly concentrated pockets of air pollution, noise and reverberation that directly and severely impact on dwellings and residents adjacent to the ships.
  • Andrew Greig
    signed 2017-01-02 06:00:14 +1100
  • Terence Connolly
    signed 2016-12-30 16:20:50 +1100
    Make them use and pay for shore power.
  • michele Hacking
    signed 2016-12-28 23:35:04 +1100
    Health of adjoining residents is being jeopardised by the constant emissions from these ships.
  • Mary Forbes
    signed via 2016-12-24 16:21:02 +1100
  • Nicola Stephenson
    signed via 2016-12-24 10:13:07 +1100
  • Patricia Lyon
    signed 2016-12-20 12:45:19 +1100
  • David Furley
    signed 2016-12-19 16:58:50 +1100
    David Furley
  • jill Stephenson
    signed via 2016-12-19 16:30:55 +1100
    Jill Stephenson This is obscene disregard for the residents in the vicinity of White Bay. Demand strict control of polluting fuel or disallow ships entry to the harbour.

    Tourist dollars are important but not at the expense of local people’s health.
  • Jennifer Lyndon
    signed 2016-12-19 14:18:05 +1100
  • Gregory Stephenson
    signed 2016-12-19 11:33:53 +1100
  • Elisabeth Mortimer
    signed 2016-12-19 11:00:44 +1100
    Elisabeth Mortimer
  • Lorraine Pan
    signed via 2016-12-19 09:12:46 +1100
    Lorraine Pan