Today’s P&C editorial: Cruise concerns are worldwide- Those with concerns about a growing cruise industry aren’t small in number after all.
"Cruise Concerns are worldwide- Those with concerns about a growing cruise industry aren’t small in number after all ", P&C, May 13, 2012, Editorial. Those local people who have concerns about ...
Cruise foes zero in on Charleston: International conference to be held here- front page article in P&C
Post and Courier, May 11, 2012, ROBERT BEHRE Charleston is not alone in grappling with the potential harm from a growing cruise ship industry, and the city will host an international conference of pre ...
Ship Noise: a response to the “Cruise Critics miss the boat” commentary in P&C.
"Ship noise", P&C, May 10, 2012, letter to the editor. I wonder where Robert New and Pat Barber, authors of the May 7 “Cruise critics miss the boat,” reside. Their ignorance about the outrageou ...
“…you have to be careful that tourism doesn’t become a detriment to residents.”- A quote from Mayor Riley in today’s Savannah Morning News.
Charleston mayor: Cruise ships a 'natural' fit for port cities, Savannah Morning News, May 10, 2012. A cruise ship port would enhance tourism in an established visitor destination such as Savannah, ...
Dana Beach’s letter responding to recent articles about shore power and clean fuel- “The cleaner ship fuel required by the new standards for 2015 would still be one hundred (100) times as dirty as diesel fuel that is currently available for use in trucks on US highways.”
Folks, For the past two years, the city of Charleston and the State Ports Authority have argued against shore power for cruise ships (allowing the ships to turn their engines off while they are in po ...
Doctors: Plug in cruise ships- State medical association advocates for shoreside power for cruise ships, today’s first editorial in P&C
State medical association advocates for shoreside power for cruise ships, P&C, May 6, 2012. Th ...
Cruise-ship industry fights cleaner-fuel rule- an article in The State: “Some activists in Charleston, where cruises dock year-round, are fighting the industry on air and noise pollution.”
Cruise-ship industry fights cleaner-fuel rule, The State, May 6, 2012, RENEE SCHOOF. WASHINGTON — The heavy fuel that ocean-going vessels burn adds so much to air pollution hundreds of miles inland ...
The Future isn’t what it used to be
Two weeks ago, over 200 people, "a clear majority opposed to the new terminal," turned out for a hearing at the old Navy Base in North Charleston conducted by the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource ...
SPA thwarts efforts to pry info loose- an informative commentary by Katie Zimmerman.
State Ports Authority thwarts efforts to pry info loose, P&C, April 30, 2012, commentary, KATIE ZIMMERMAN. The Post and Courier’s recent series on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) highlight ...
Cruising back to reality- today’s first editorial in P&C: “…An independent economic analysis…passenger cruises using the port of Charleston do not create or sustain jobs.”
Cruising back to reality, Post and Courier, April 22, 2o12 Jobs, not snobs? Say “goodbye” to that snide slogan designed to promote the cruise industry in Charleston. An independent economic analysis ...