Cruise ships, bars, bathrooms dominate public forum on Charleston tourism
Whether or not Charleston's tourism industry is at a "tipping point" and which areas of the industry are causing it were the central topics Thursday night at the Tourism Advisory Council's public foru ...
Managing Tourism and more: Let’s connect the dots.
Inauspicious. That summarizes the first Charleston Tourism Committee Forum, held April 7th in crowded meeting room at 75 Calhoun. Instead of a forum, citizens were relegated to asking questions on 3 ...
The resident in Charleston has become an endangered species.
To Whom It May Concern: To add to the public record of residents on the issue of tourism and its impact on residential neighborhoods, I would like to make the following statements: A ...
SPA’s terminal ‘victory’ illusory
The State Ports Authority has won another round in court regarding its planned passenger terminal. But it is losing in the court of credibility with the public by using such legal rulings to avoid do ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...