Calling on Carnival
2012 started badly for Carnival. What does that mean for Charleston? "In the wake of the sinking of the Costa Concordia that killed 25 people (seven more remain missing) in January, a Senate panel. ...
“Ahoy there, Carnival”- P&C editorial: “…interchange of ideas worthwhile. Carnival has done the same for other ports. Charleston deserves no less.”
"Ahoy there, Carnival," Post and Courier, March 14, 2012, editorial. The non-profit Charleston Communities for Cruise Control has asked Carnival Cruise Lines questions that warrant some answers. In ...
“Solution to Pollution is Dilution – at least for now” by Rick Reed, MD
Though some may see the Charleston County Medical Society Resolution for Shoreside Power for Cruise Ships as only a bandaid; for now the solution to pollution is dilution. Even though burning of clean ...
“Cruise ships…spew four times the air emissions than cargo ships.” Read more in today’s P&C editorial: “Why not shore-side power?”
Why not shore-side power?, Post and Courier, March 8, 2012, editorial. Cruise ship cheerleaders have labeled as misguided "snobs" those citizens who want cruise ships to be regulated in Charleston. T ...
“Reduce the risks of air pollution from cruise ships” by Stephen I. Schabel, M.D., president of the Charleston County Medical Society.
Reduce the risks of air pollution from cruise ships, Post and Courier, March 8, 2012, commentary. One of the most important functions of the Charleston County Medical Society (CCMS) is to give citiz ...
“Cruise Noise Nearly Wakes the Dead”- a Lowcountry Rambler must read from Charleston Mercury
As published in Charleston Mercury, Lowcountry Rambler (front page, first column), March 6, 2012. Cruise Noise Nearly Wakes the Dead Meanwhile, several readers attended a recent funeral and bu ...
“Pollution’s cost”- a letter to the editor in P&C from William Prioleau, MD
The list of diseases associated with pollution just got longer. In addition to asthma, heart attack, stroke, lung cancer, premature delivery and blood clots in the legs, it now includes dementia (Arch ...
Today’s P&C editorial: “Task force should step it up”- “…The elephant in the room is cruise ships.”
Task force should step it up, Post and Courier, February 28, 2012, editorial. At the end of last week's Peninsula Task Force meeting, one member offered a challenge to the group: We've lost m ...
A Tale of Two Studies
...the cruise industry: "It's like a circus." The long-awaited Historic Charleston Foundation Cruise Ship Study executive summary is out. This new study demolishes the findings in the Crotts and Hefn ...
Cruise industry yields mixed business for local restaurants- a Live 5 report
The Carnival Fantasy took off from the Charleston port on Monday and some local restaurants are noticing business isn't booming when the cruise ship is in town. Days when cruise passengers get on and ...