Stay home, Joe- A letter to P&C’s editor from President and CEO of Historic Savannah Foundation: “Charleston can still fix its mistakes with cruise ships, and Savannah can avoid them altogether.”
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Post and Courier, May 20, 2012. Stay home, Joe On May 10 Mayor Joe Riley was in Savannah touting the benefits of cruise ships. In his remarks to the Downtown Business Associ ...
Cruise ships and putting lipstick on pigs- a Charleston Mercury editorial
Cruise ships and putting lipstick on pigs, Charleston Mercury, May 16, 2012 (online), editorial. The cruise ship debate continues with vigor, and we welcome the opportunity to connect some dots and ...
The future isn’t what it used to be- a guest editorial by Jay Williams in Charleston Mercury: “The array of evidence presented during the past year allows for only one conclusion.”
The future isn't what it used to be, Charleston Mercury, May 16, 2012, editorial. Mayor Joseph Riley and supporters of an unregulated cruise ship terminal at Union Pier advanced their key arguments ...
Today’s P&C editorial: Cruise concerns are worldwide- Those with concerns about a growing cruise industry aren’t small in number after all.
"Cruise Concerns are worldwide- Those with concerns about a growing cruise industry aren’t small in number after all ", P&C, May 13, 2012, Editorial. Those local people who have concerns about ...
Cruise foes zero in on Charleston: International conference to be held here- front page article in P&C
Post and Courier, May 11, 2012, ROBERT BEHRE Charleston is not alone in grappling with the potential harm from a growing cruise ship industry, and the city will host an international conference of pre ...
Ship Noise: a response to the “Cruise Critics miss the boat” commentary in P&C.
"Ship noise", P&C, May 10, 2012, letter to the editor. I wonder where Robert New and Pat Barber, authors of the May 7 “Cruise critics miss the boat,” reside. Their ignorance about the outrageou ...
“…you have to be careful that tourism doesn’t become a detriment to residents.”- A quote from Mayor Riley in today’s Savannah Morning News.
Charleston mayor: Cruise ships a 'natural' fit for port cities, Savannah Morning News, May 10, 2012. A cruise ship port would enhance tourism in an established visitor destination such as Savannah, ...
Dana Beach’s letter responding to recent articles about shore power and clean fuel- “The cleaner ship fuel required by the new standards for 2015 would still be one hundred (100) times as dirty as diesel fuel that is currently available for use in trucks on US highways.”
Folks, For the past two years, the city of Charleston and the State Ports Authority have argued against shore power for cruise ships (allowing the ships to turn their engines off while they are in po ...
Doctors: Plug in cruise ships- State medical association advocates for shoreside power for cruise ships, today’s first editorial in P&C
State medical association advocates for shoreside power for cruise ships, P&C, May 6, 2012. Th ...
Cruise-ship industry fights cleaner-fuel rule- an article in The State: “Some activists in Charleston, where cruises dock year-round, are fighting the industry on air and noise pollution.”
Cruise-ship industry fights cleaner-fuel rule, The State, May 6, 2012, RENEE SCHOOF. WASHINGTON — The heavy fuel that ocean-going vessels burn adds so much to air pollution hundreds of miles inland ...