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> >CRUISE SHIP CAMPAIGN
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> > Cruise ships are floating cities that produce enormous volumes of
> >waste. Today's largest ships can carry more than 5,000 passengers and
> >crew, and can generate millions of gallons of waste water every day,
> >as well as significant amounts of hazardous wastes from onboard
> >printing, photo processing, and dry cleaning operations.
> >
> >The cruise industry has a legacy of polluting our oceans. Several
> >cruise ships have been caught illegally dumping oil, garbage and
> >hazardous wastes into American waterways. A
> ><http://www.gao.gov/new.items/rc00048.pdf>report recently released by
> >the US General Accounting Office found that, from 1993 to 1998 alone,
> >cruise ships were involved in 104 confirmed cases of illegal dumping,
> >and have paid more than $30 million in fines. In a particularly
> >egregious case, Royal Caribbean Cruises pled guilty in 1999 to 21
> >felony counts and agreed to pay $18 million in fines for illegally
> >dumping oily waste water and hazardous wastes in six US
> >jurisdictions, lying to the Coast Guard and falsifying waste
> >discharge records.
> >
> ><http://www.earthisland.org/bw/cscampinits.shtml>Bluewater's Cruise
> >Ship Campaign Activities
> >
> ><http://www.earthisland.org/bw/csnews.shtml>Latest Cruise News
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> > <http://www.earthisland.org/bw/csbillpress.shtml>Press Release:
> >California Governor Davis signs bill to monitor cruise ship
> >pollution!
> ><http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/asmdem/postquery?bill_number=ab_2746&sess=CU
> >R&house=A>Click
> >here for more information on AB 2746. EPA holds public hearings on
> >cruise ship pollution in response to Bluewater's
> ><http://www.earthisland.org/bw/petition.shtml>petition. Go to
> ><http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/cruise_ships/>EPA's cruise ship
> >discharges web page for more information. Alaska's cruise ship
> >monitoring program reveals rampant pollution of air and water by
> >cruise ships. Go to
> ><http://www.earthisland.org/bw/csnews.shtml>latest cruise news or the
> >Alaska Cruise Ship Initiative's
> ><http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/ENV.CONSERV/press/cruise/cruise.htm>web
> >site for more information. Dept. of Justice and EPA open criminal
> >case against Royal Caribbean based on evidence brought by Bluewater
> >(<http://www.earthisland.org/bw/DOJpress.shtml>press release and
> ><http://www.earthisland.org/bw/suitpress.shtml>press coverage)
> >
> >Bluewater Report:
> ><http://www.earthisland.org/bw/cruisereport.shtml>Cruising for
> >Trouble: Stemming the Tide of Cruise Ship Pollution
> >
> ><http://www.earthisland.org/bw/cspasshelp.shtml>CRUISE PASSENGERS -
> >WE NEED YOUR HELP!!
> >
> >
> >
> > <http://www.earthisland.org/bw/violations.shtml>Convictions of
> >Cruise Lines for Illegal Dumping
> > <http://www.earthisland.org/bw/csnews.shtml>Latest Cruise News
> >
> ><http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/ENV.CONSERV/press/cruise/cruise.htm>Alaska
> >
> >Dept. of Env. Conservation and cruise industry dialogue
> > <http://www.earthisland.org/bw/cruiselaws.shtml>Laws Governing
> >Cruise Ship Discharges
> > <http://www.earthisland.org/bw/cruisefactoids.shtml>Cruise Ship Factoids
> > <http://www.earthisland.org/bw/cruiselinks.shtml>Useful Links
> >
> >
> >For more information on Bluewater's Cruise Ship Campaign, please
> >contact <mailto:kiraschmidt@earthisland.org>Kira Schmidt.
> >
Received on Fri Sep 29 16:49:53 2000