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 ...
CHS | The Lawsuits; what you may not know
CHS | The Lawsuits; what you may not know If Brian Hicks and Mayor Riley are your only information sources about the proposed Union Pier cruise terminal project, you can be forgiven for not knowing ...
Advance cruise ship shore power to enhance public health
As taken from The Post and Courier and written by J. Gilbert Baldwin Jr. and Robert T. Ball Jr. The recent proposal announced by state Reps. Jim Merrill and Leon Stavrinakis to earmark $5 million in ...
Limit cruise-ship consequences on peninsula
FEBRUARY 4th LETTER TO THE EDITOR, Post and Courier, by Steve Gates Yes, the South Carolina Supreme Court dismissed the lawsuit against Carnival Cruise Lines on a technicality. The court said that s ...