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Court Finds Massive Offshore Oil Lease Sale in Gulf Based on Faulty Legal Analysis
Today, the D.C. District Court invalidated the Department of Interior’s decision to offer 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing, marking a pivotal victory in the fight to defe…
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Are Cruises Safe?
Port communities and wildlife are at risk because of the dangers of cruise ships. These floating cities are a toxic nightmare for everyone and everything in their path.
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Cruise Ships and Port Communities
The industry sadly is known for its pollution — not just in deep ocean waters, but while sitting at the dock in port communities.
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Princess Cruise Line Pleads Guilty to Second Probation Violation
This week Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. pleaded guilty to a charge that the company violated its probation a second time.
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Cruise Ship Pollution Effects on Marine Life
The cruise industry is a gigantic, multibillion-dollar industry. Since these aquatic vessels arrival on the scenes in the early 1900s, cruise ships were considered a symbol of luxury. They were the ep…
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Solutions to Cruise Ship Pollution
The cruise industry is a big business – a big billion-dollar business! Millions of people take to the seas year after year, and the number of tourists is expected to continue to rise. Unfortunat…
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250+ Organizations Plea With President Biden to Cancel Unprecedented Oil and Gas Megasale in Gulf of Mexico
Despite assurance of strong climate action, Biden’s Department of Interior will place more than 80 million acres of the Gulf on the auction block for oil and gas development.
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Massive oil spill in Orange County highlights need for phase out of all CA oil production
A massive spill has leaked as much as 126,000 gallons of oil from a broken pipeline connected to an offshore drilling platform about five miles off the coast of Orange County, CA
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Cruise industry blocks updates to Puget Sound dumping agreement
The Washington State Department of Ecology, Port of Seattle, and CLIA-NWC are still allowing scrubber wastewater dumping in Puget Sound.