C4 Announces Coalition with Two Historic Port Cities
Click the below image to read today's Post and Courier op-ed written by Executive Director, Carrie Agnew. It announces our coalition with two other major historic port cities, Venice and Key West. ...
Too Big to Sail?
Too Big to Sail? Cruise Ships Face Scrutiny Peter W. Cross for The New York TimesRoyal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas has 2,706 rooms, as well as a shopping mall, a casino and a water park. One of th ...
Now there’s an icon, Charleston.
The Oct. 20 Post and Courier Commentary page hit home on two counts: Alan Farago’s call for cruise regulations and Clemson President James Barker’s vision of the proposed Clemson Architecture Center a ...
Federal judge denies extension in cruise terminal lawsuit
The federal government shutdown is not cause for an extension in a lawsuit challenging a $35 million cruise terminal the State Ports Authority wants to open in downtown Charleston. In a recent ruling, ...
F for Carnival Fantasy
Friends of the Earth has just released its Cruise Line Report Card for 2013, which can be viewed by clicking here. This year's Report Card compares the environmental footprint of 16 major cruise line ...
Updates on Venice and Key West
We recently updated both the Venice and Key West pages with information pertaining to their "battles" for cruise ship regulation. Please check them out and notice how each mirror what we face in Charl ...
Don’t ruin city, letter to the editor 10/5/13
Don’t ruin city I live in Houston, and have made numerous trips to Charleston to be treated time after time to the most pleasant, lovely, historically fascinating, gentle and delightful city in Ameri ...
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 ...
It’s a Bird! It’s Plane! No… It’s a Smokestack…
A photo from a visitor who was enjoying the panoramic pristine views of the Holy City at The Vendue Inn's Roof Top Bar. Not sure which is more fetching... the smog or the larger-than-life red "whale ...