“Corps wants terminal lawsuit heard here”- in today’s P&C, The State and The Sacrameto Bee
By BRUCE SMITH - The Associated Press The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has asked that a federal lawsuit over South Carolina’s planned $35 million cruise terminal be heard in Charleston, not Washingto ...
“Cruise soot”- a letter by Rick Reed, MD: “Soot is just a visible surrogate for what is not seen — something far more dangerous.”
Recent letters to the editor have developed a valid point that soot is not just cruise related. However, this is not the critically important issue. Soot is just a visible surrogate for what is not s ...
July 30, 2012- Carrie Agnew, C4 Executive Director, requests response from Gerry Cahill, CEO Carnival Cruise Lines
_________________________ On July 30, 2012, Executive Director Carrie Agnew sent (via certified mail/return receipt requested) the following letter to Mr. Gerry Cahill (CEO, Carnival Cruise Lines) on ...
P&C editorial: “Cruise debate is about far more than soot”
Recent letters to the editor have focused on toxic emissions produced by cruise ships as they idle at dock for hours, and whether the cruise business is worth the health risks it poses for people in C ...
“Cruise chaos” by Richard L. Black, a former Charleston County administrator, comments from Florida.
Living a short distance from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., I observe almost daily the arrival and departure of cruise ships and thousands of passengers, and the autos needed to accommodate ...
“Where are leaders?” by W.C. Wilson- Church Street, Charleston, SC
On July 24, The Post and Courier published a story from The Washington Post about new regulations regarding the “heavy fuel” ships burn and the sulfur content of this fuel. Beginning Aug. 1, the sulfu ...
“Let facts steer local cruise debate toward a more logicial outcome” by Jay Williams-
Growing opposition to the proposed downtown cruise terminal is propelling proponents to choke off debate before others learn the facts. The president of the Maritime Association of South Carolina, wr ...
“Cruise-ship battle not so one-sided”: a Dana Beach editorial in The State- “…(the cruise business is) one half of one percent of the (economic) impact of freight.”
The leaders of the state Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers Alliance are vigorously defending the State Ports Authority’s effort to “aggressively pursue cruise line business” and spend $35 million ...
Breaking AP report: Cruise terminal permit delayed as state seeks additional information from ports- “Any delay is the fault of the State Ports Authority, which has, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, refused to recognize that cruise operations impact local citizens’ health and the integrity of Charleston’s economically vital historic area,” (Blan Holman, attorney representing the Southern Environmental Law Center said).
...The terminal is also a focus of suits in both state and federal court. Preservation groups, environmentalists and neighborhood residents sued in state court saying the cruises are a public nuisance ...