Ferries' Sleight of Hand to Hide Their pollution... in the Sea

A new form of pollution is poisoning the Mediterranean: scrubbing. Designed to filter gas emissions from ships, this technology only shifts the pollution from the air to the water, aided by permissive legislation. "This technology reduces air pollution by transferring it to the sea. It deeply shocks me." Guillaume Picard, former ferry captain and co-founder of the Stop Croisières collective, has no words harsh enough to describe scrubbers, a new…