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Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary bans cruise ship wastewater discharges
SEATTLE, Wash. — On December 1, Washington’s Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary will enact regulations banning cruise ships from discharging sewage, graywater, oily bilge and other…
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Groups push to protect whales by reducing ship speeds
SAN FRANCISCO – Conservation groups filed a legal petition today seeking a mandatory speed limit for large ships traveling through California’s marine sanctuaries. In recent years there has b…
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Ship Shape: No more dumping in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
The 3,801 square-mile Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary supports one of the most diverse assemblages of underwater plants and animals in North America – but it has been threatened by ship sewag…
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Expanding Short Sea Shipping in California: Environmental Impacts and Recommended Best Practices
This report examines the harmful impacts of short sea shipping in California and proposes ways to reduce them.
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The Case for a Strong Polar Code
This report provides recommendations for minimizing the environmental risks associated with polar shipping.
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Nano in the Gulf oil spill: Two wrongs don’t make a right
A corporation has asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to approve one of their products containing manufactured nanoparticles for oil clean-up in the Gulf of Mexico. We
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2010 Cruise Ship Report Card
The 2010 Cruise Ship Report Card lets vacationers decide which cruise to take based on a cruise ship or cruise line’s environmental and human health impacts.
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Our Recommendations to Obama’s Ocean Task Force
Friends of the Earth submitted comments to President Barack Obama’s Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, led by the White House Council on Environmental Quality. We commend President Obama for…
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Getting a Grip on Cruise Ship Pollution
Authored by cruise industry expert, Ross Klein, this report looks at all aspects of the cruise industry — from its pollution streams to its history of environmental violations to the modest number of…