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2024 Cruise Ship Report Card
The 2024 Cruise Ship Report Card takes a continued hard look at the cruise industry to see if clean cruising is possible and in most cases the answer is still a resounding no. Read More
Cruising Vs Land Vacationing: An Analysis
An analysis of vacation carbon footprints in Seattle Read More
2022 Cruise Ship Report Card
The 2022 Cruise Ship Report Card takes a continued hard look at the cruise industry to see if clean cruising is possible and in most cases the answer is still a resounding NO! Read More
2021 Cruise Ship Report Card
For decades, the cruise industry’s business practices have put the environment, climate, and public health of coastal communities, passengers, crew, and coastal and marine ecosystems at risk. Read More
2020 Cruise Ship Report Card
Many travelers don't realize that taking a cruise is more harmful to the environment and human health than many other forms of travel. Read More
No Cruise Bailout Sign-On Letter
On behalf of our millions of members and supporters nationwide, we write to voice our strong opposition to any assistance for the cruise industry to address the rapid drop-off of worldwide travel due to the coronavirus. Read More
2019 Cruise Ship Report Card
The 2019 Cruise Ship Report Card hands out F’s to the biggest cruise company in the world—Carnival Corp.—for its seven subsidiary cruise lines’ illegal environmental pollution over the past two+ years. Read More
The Cost of Cruising
Larger ships are sailing longer and more often in the Arctic than ever before. Cruise ships operating in the Arctic must stop using HFO to protect this fragile region. Read More
2016 Cruise Ship Report Card
The 2016 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. Read More
2014 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. Read More