Match Gaillard plan to community- Evan Thompson’s commentary in P&C: “…please consider a few alternatives…”
Match Gaillard plans to community, P&C, April 8, 2012. Charleston needs a new performing arts center, and private charitable contributions to renovate the Gaillard Auditorium are a wonderful gif ...
P&C editorial: “Plug in to cleaner cruise stops”- “…Jim Newsome (SPA CEO) said…inferior option for our port,…not recognized as the standard best practice to reduce air emissions from ships.” (NOT AN APRIL FOOL’S PRANK-)
"Plug in to cleaner cruise stops." Post and Courier, April 1, 2012, editorial. The debate about whether cruise ships should be required to use shoreside power boils down to this: Does Charleston wan ...
“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 ...
“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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Today’s P&C editorial: “Go green with cruise ships”- “…Juneau…Seattle, Vancouver, San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles have added shore-side power. Brooklyn is coming online this year.”
Go green with cruise ships, Post and Courier, February 12, 2012, editorial. In an effort to enhance the port and its reputation as a first-class place to do business, the State Ports Authority plans ...