Supreme Court Leaves Legality of Cruise Ship Harms in Historic Charleston Unanswered
Press statement from the Southern Environmental Law Center For Immediate Release: January 22, 2014 Contact: Blan Holman, attorney, SELC, 919-302-6819 (cell) Supreme Court Leaves Legality of Cruise S ...
Judge: Opponents have standing to challenge state permit for Charleston cruise terminal
By BRUCE SMITH Associated Press Updated: December 03, 2013 - 3:16 pm CHARLESTON, South Carolina — Charleston neighborhood, conservation and preservation groups may challenge a state permit for a $35 ...
Power Struggle: You Cruise, You Lose!
As taken from The Post and Courier, by Frank Wooten: Shoreside power to the cruise ships! That variation on “Power to the people!” won’t generate a rallying cry for Charlestonians demanding that cru ...
Protesters dive into Venice canal to block cruise ships
Protesters have leapt into Venice's Giudecca canal to delay a procession of cruise ships, which they say are threatening the city's foundations as they tower over rooftops and drown the city in touris ...
Jay’s Newest Post: Can a federal judge save Charleston from becoming Venice?
Can a federal judge save Charleston from becoming Venice? In the nick of time, U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel tossed the permit for the SPA's (SC State Port's Authority) planned $35 million cruis ...
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BULLETIN: Federal U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel tossed out the federal permit that was required to build the SPA's (SC State Ports Authority) proposed new cruise terminal at Union Pier near down ...
Back to drawing board for Army Corps after federal judge orders more review in cruise terminal permit
A federal judge has ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to redo its study that approved a permit for a new cruise terminal in downtown Charleston. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Gergel said the fe ...
Anyone Know Where I Can Plug in My Cruise Ship?
Study: On-shore power would dramatically reduce cruise ship emissions ‘Waiter, there’s small particulate soot in my soup’ Posted by Paul Bowers on Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:00 AM Mike Ledford file p ...
New Technology to Reduce Air Emissions Does Not Address All Concerns
Thew new technology to reduce air emissions sounds great in theory, BUT does it address the fact that the Carnival Fantasy would not be one of the ships to which they will add the scrubbers - so looks ...
So, Will Fantasy Be Cleaned Up?
All of this sounds great, in theory.... Does this mean that the City of Charleston and Carnival Cruise Lines are going to take measures to protect our precious city and harbor from its effects? ---- ...