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  The cruise industry’s record on business practices with local communities is unfavorable. The article, How the Cruise Industry Disregards Pollution, Low Wages and Disease, talks about the industry's practice to set up merchants that pay profits back to the cruise line, and excursions are often booked with 3rd party companies. It also di

  The cruise industry’s record on business practices with local communities is unfavorable. The article, How the Cruise Industry Disregards Pollution, Low Wages and Disease, talks about the industry's practice to set up merchants that pay profits back to the cruise line, and excursions are often booked with 3rd party companies. It also discusses cruise lines practice to pressure local governments. 

• An unethical way to travel
• Cruises leave wave of bitter merchants
• How the Cruise Industry Hurts the Local Economy and Culture
• The real problem with the cruise industry
• Sidestepping labor regulations & avoiding taxes
• No Taxes – The Cruise Lines’ Dirty Little Secret
• The economics of cruise ships
• How Cruise Ships Avoid Taxes
• What Happens Behind the Scenes on a Cruise Ship
• 5 Dirty Secrets from The Cruise Industry
• A History of Environmental Violations
• Princess Cruises Pays $40 Million Fine for Illegal Dumping
• Princess Cruises scores an “F” for transparency
• Pollution and Environmental Violations and Fines
• Sinking the Climate
• The 10 costliest offenses
• Air violations issued to eight cruise ships
• How the Cruise Industry Disregards Pollution, Low Wages and Disease
• The Economics of Cruise Ships
• What Happens Behind the Scenes on a Cruise Ship
• Under Fire for Charging Outrageous Prices

  Charleston, Key West, Venice, Barcelona, Sitka, Juneau, Seattle, Amsterdam, Monterey Bay, Marseille, Bar Harbor, Bergen, and other cities all have the same tragic story. The cruise industry exploited these communities to the breaking point and now they are going through a painful and costly process to fight back.

• A Warning Letter from Ch

  Charleston, Key West, Venice, Barcelona, Sitka, Juneau, Seattle, Amsterdam, Monterey Bay, Marseille, Bar Harbor, Bergen, and other cities all have the same tragic story. The cruise industry exploited these communities to the breaking point and now they are going through a painful and costly process to fight back.

• A Warning Letter from Charleston, SC
• A Warning Letter from Juneau, Alaska
• Limiting Cruise Ships - Photos
• Cruise Ship Invasion (Seattle)
• Port Community Impacts
• Bar Harbor Votes to Dramatically Limit Cruise Passenger Arrivals
• Judge allows Bar Harbor to limit Cruises
• Small Island Fights Back
• WSJ: Cities to Cruise Ships: You’re Bringing Too Many Tourists Here
• WSJ: How Many are Too Many?
• Sitka, Alaska Proposes to Limit Cruise Visitors
• Another Port May Begin Limiting Cruise Ship Visits
• European Cities Banning Giant Ships
• Amsterdam Makes Huge Move and Bans Cruise Ships
• Key West Doesn't Want Your Big Cruise Ships
• Juneau and Cruise Lines Agree to Limit Cruise Ships
• Norway Set to Introduce More Restrictions on Cruise Ships
• Amsterdam Took a Major Step Toward Banning Cruises
• Global Impacts of the Cruise Industry
• Alaskans Choose Sides
• Venice Artist Fights Back
• Stop Disney in the Bahamas
• Reason to Not Cruise

  These ships are floating cities. Princess’ small ship has over 3000 people on board (passengers & crew). This requires significant power generation when in a port. To save money cruise ships traditionally burn "bunker fuel" to generate power. Pitch black and thick as molasses, it is made from the dregs of the refining process. It is loa

  These ships are floating cities. Princess’ small ship has over 3000 people on board (passengers & crew). This requires significant power generation when in a port. To save money cruise ships traditionally burn "bunker fuel" to generate power. Pitch black and thick as molasses, it is made from the dregs of the refining process. It is loaded with sulfur, heavy metals, and other toxins that, when burned, produce noxious gasses and fine particles that can harm human health and the environment. Some of the toxicants are “scrubbed” from the exhaust, but open-loop scrubbers flush this directly into the water. There is also water pollution from offshore dumping of gray/black water. In addition to water pollution the air pollution, light pollution, and noise pollution are of concern. 

• Conserve York County Foundation Position
• York River Sierra Club Position
• Princess Cruise Lines to Pay Largest-Ever Criminal
• Princess Cruise Lines Pleads Guilty to Second Revocation
• Dumping Waste
• One Corporation to Pollute Them All
• Black Trail: A video documentary
• Cruise Ship Pollution: A Tale of Titanic Tyranny
• 8 Ways in which Cruise Ships Can Cause Marine Pollution
• Cruise industry faces choppy seas as it tries to clean…
• Impacts of Top Cruise Lines
• Effects on Marine Life
• Cruise Ship Pollution Is Causing Serious Health And ...
• PRINCESS CRUISES - FINAL GRADE: "D"
• How Cruise Ships Bring 1,200 Tons of Toxic Fumes…
• Cruise tourists overwhelm Europe’s ancient resorts
• Amsterdam is banning cruise ships
• Cruise Hit with Biofouling
• How eco friendly?
• Pollutants fall 80% after cruise ship ban
• A cruise ship's emissions are the same as 1 million cars
• Shipping's Dirty Secret
• Cruises are an environmental disaster
• Cruise Ship Pollution
• Underwater noise emissions from ships
• Environmental Impact of Cruise Ships and Cruise Vacations
• Cruise Ship Water Pollution
• Impact of Scrubber Discharge
• Scrubber Sludge
• Ship Scrubbers and How Are They Polluting 
• Scrubbers - Air to Water Pollution
• Scrubber Fact Sheet
• No Scrub Countries and Ports
• Turning Air Pollution into Water Pollution
• 24 Scientists Oppose Cruise Ship Port
• Cruise Ships Damage Seabed
• York River and Cruise Ship Pollution 
• Eight Times More CO2
• Are Cruise Ship Environmentally Friendly?
• New York Ship Pollution Limits
• Methane slip: LNG’s Achilles heel