Carnival Fantasy earns an “F” for 2012
Friends of the Earth has just released its Cruise Line Report Card for 2012, which can be viewed here: http://www.foe.org/cruise-report-card Friends of the Earth’s Cruise Line Report Card com ...
Nov. 30th Letter to Micky Arison, CEO of Carnival Corp
__________________________ On November 30, 2012, C4 Executive Director Carrie Agnew mailed the following letter to Micky Arison, CEO of Carnival Corp with copies to Gerry Cahill (CEO, Carnival Cruise ...
How Can So Many Experts Be Wrong About the Detrimental Effects of Cruise Ship Air-Borne Emissions?
Original article can be seen here. Could so many doctors and scientists be so wrong about the ill effects of diesel emissions on people’s health? It would be tempting to read today’s commentary by R ...
C4 Continues to Seek Assessment of Size, Number and Frequency of Cruise ships in Charleston
Original article can be seen here. How many is too many? How big is too big? And at what cost does it all come? Charleston Communities for Cruise Control (C4) has repeatedly raised issues of number, ...
Vetted Air Emissions Analysis Shows Flaws in SPA Data
After several months of research and calculation, with substantial assistance from Friends of the Earth, the California Air Resources Board, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Coastal C ...
Conde Nast declares Charleston top tourist city in the world- in today’s P&C. “Conservationist Dana Beach, who favors regulating the cruise-ship industry in Charleston, said the recognition was deserved partly because of past decisions that preserved much of the city’s historic character, one of the main tourist draws of Charleston.”
...Conservationist Dana Beach, who favors regulating the cruise-ship industry in Charleston, said the recognition was deserved partly because of past decisions that preserved much of the city’s histor ...
Read “A food revolution in Charleston, US” in theguardian- a British magazine. “…gourmet hotspot…Sexiest City in America…(and) a cruise liner parked in the harbour looms over the rooftops and spires like an ocean-going Godzilla.”
Of the many accolades bestowed on Charleston, South Carolina, the most prestigious is probably Best City in America (in the eyes of the readers of Condé Nast Traveller, anyway). But I'm more intereste ...
IT’S ALL SO UNNECESSARY- “…an edited version of my comments submitted to the SC Office of Ocean and Coastal Management. These are the facts and opinions that everyone who cares about Charleston should know.” Jay Williams
IT'S ALL SO UNNECESSARY Two SC state hearings were recently conducted about the proposed new SPA Cruise Terminal at Union Pier. Yet many otherwise well-informed Charlestonians don't real ...
Betty Lee from Wharfside Street addresses the change of Union Pier’s intended use and compares cruise terminal with roll-on/roll-off cargo terminal-
The proposed cruise terminal relocation at the edge of Laurens Street is too close to our homes. The plan relocates the terminal to the building on the property that is the closest to a residential a ...