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New Princess cruise ship an environmental example for the entire industry to follow
On June 13 in Southampton, England, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, will christen the new Royal Princess, marking the beginning of a week-long inaugural celebration for Princess Cruises. This 4,950-p…
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The cruise industry screws up and we pay the price
The Carnival Triumph’s “cruise from hell”…the tragic capsizing of the Costa Concordia in Italian waters…the Shell oil rig that ran aground on a small island south of Kodiak, Alaska… …the…
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Green Group CEO Letter to Interior Department on Arctic Ocean Drilling
Conservation groups called on the Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to suspend offshore oil and gas activities in the Arctic Ocean.
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2013 Cruise Ship Report Card
Friends of the Earth’s Cruise Ship Report Card compares the environmental footprint of 15 major cruise lines and 148 cruise ships.
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The specter of Arctic shipping
Two recent articles outline well some of the harms that Arctic shipping, and shipping more generally, poses to the environment. Rick Steiner, a former professor at the University of Alaska, writes…
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Friends of the Earth releases 2012 Cruise Ship Report Card
Though six cruise lines improved their rankings from 2010 and no lines lost ground, air pollution reduction remains an enormous oversight in the cruise industry. Ten of the 15 lines reviewed received…
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If you choose to cruise pick a greener cruise!
It’s that time of year — as temperatures drop, people start daydreaming about warm weather, and the lucky ones start scheduling their tropical getaways. If you, or anyone you know, are plannin…
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Court orders Alaska to fix cruise ship discharge permit
On Monday, the Superior Court issued an “Order to Compel” to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation for failing to address challenges brought by Campaign to Safeguard America’s W…
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Gross reminder that cruise ships need to shape up
A cruise ship room tag from a Holland America vessel was found washed up with a concentrated amount of sewage and various plastic on Pond Beach in Nahant, Massachusetts last Saturday. The washed up wa…
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2012 Cruise Ship Report Card
Friends of the Earth’s Cruise Ship Report Card compares the environmental footprint of 15 major cruise lines and 148 cruise ships.