City Council passes weakened shoreside power resolution
Tuesday night, after considering a resolution in favor of shoreside power plug-ins for visiting cruise ships, Charleston City Council passed a watered-down version of the original resolution. Whereas ...
Both sides signal shoreside power win
BY Tyrone Richardson trichardson@postandcourier.com Posted: February 27, 2014 Both sides in the debate over cruise ship emissions claimed victories after Charleston City Council approved a resolution ...
Statement Regarding City Council Meeting from Tuesday
C4 is proud that Councilman Gregorie prepared a resolution supporting shore power. We are pleased that a modified version was ultimately approved by City Council. It is our sincere hope that the healt ...
Charleston City Council scheduled today to vote on shore power resolution
by Tyrone Richardson Charleston City Council is scheduled today to vote on a resolution in support of adding shoreside power capabilities at the State Ports Authority's downtown cruise passen ...
Shoreside power advocates support resolution
Click here to see the newsclip or read the verbiage below. CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) -- Charleston City Council is debating whether it should pass a resolution supporting shore power for cruise ships. ...
A simple vote for cleaner air
A simple vote for cleaner air If Charleston City Council, when asked Tuesday to support reducing air pollution from cruise ships, says "no," local residents should have some serious concerns about the ...
Scrubbers can’t erase…
The South Carolina State Ports Authority announced last week that Carnival is retrofitting many of its cruise ships, including the Charleston-based Fantasy, with scrubbers to reduce air pollution. Wh ...
CHS | Why we’re lucky to have the Post and Courier
There are big differences in journalistic integrity among today's newspapers. Some papers refuse to be self-critical, some papers stifle comments and opinions opposed to their editorial positions, ar ...
Charleston-based Fantasy cruise ship to get new pollution scrubbers, port says
Cruise ship emissions are talk of the State Ports Authority board meeting today. SPA chief executive Jim Newsome announced the Carnival Fantasy will be outfitted with air-pollution scrubbers in Octob ...
Back shore power
Back Shore Power My home is on Laurens Street. The city long ago zoned Laurens Street, which is adjacent to the proposed cruise terminal, for high-density residential development. This zoning means t ...