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Bay Spill Leads to Renewed Call for Bunker Fuel Ban

Oct. 30, 2009 / Posted by: NBerning / Categories: News Releases, Oceans and Forests

For Immediate Release Contact: Marcie Keever, 415-544-0790 ext. 223

Congress begins push to stop cruise industry from dumping sewage

Oct. 21, 2009 / Posted by: NBerning / Categories: News Releases, Oceans and Forests

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Neesha Kulkarni, 202-222-0724, nkulkarni@foe.org Marcie Keever, 415-544-0790 x223, mkeever@foe.org Senator Durbin and Congressman Farr Introduce Legislation to Stop Cruise Ship Dumping WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senato...

Erich Pica is New President of Friends of the Earth

Sep. 17, 2009 / Posted by: NBerning / Categories: Advocacy, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth, Food and Technology, News Releases, Oceans and Forests

Nationally recognized policy expert now leads progressive environmental group known for speaking truth to power Brent Blackwelder, longest-serving environmental advocate in Washington, retires Washington, D.C.—Erich Pica, a nationally recogn...

Cruise Lines Graded on Environmental Impacts

Sep. 16, 2009 / Posted by: Nick Berning / Categories: News Releases, Oceans and Forests

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Marcie Keever, 415.544.0790 x223, mkeever@foe.org Neesha Kulkarni, 202.222.0724, nkulkarni@foe.org Disney Ranks Dirtiest, Holland America Best in First-Ever Cruise Ship Environmental Report Card from Friends of the ...

Cruise Lines Graded on Environmental Impacts

Sep. 16, 2009 / Posted by: NBerning / Categories: News Releases, Oceans and Forests

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Marcie Keever, 415.544.0790 x223, mkeever@foe.org Neesha Kulkarni, 202.222.0724, nkulkarni@foe.org Disney Ranks Dirtiest, Holland America Best in First-Ever Cruise Ship Environmental Report Card from Friends of the E...

International Maritime Organization Hits and Misses on Ship Pollution

Jul. 17, 2009 / Posted by: NBerning / Categories: News Releases, Oceans and Forests

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Marcie Keever, 415-999-3992 Danielle Fugere, 415-577-5594 At key meeting in London this week, Emission Control Area for Canada and U.S. moves forward, but little progress is made on greenhouse gas emissions from ships

Nine-Year Legal Fight Culminates in EPA Proposal to Reduce Air Pollution from Ships

Jul. 2, 2009 / Posted by: NBerning / Categories: News Releases, Oceans and Forests

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 2, 2009 CONTACT: Danielle Fugere, 415-544-0790 ext. 215 Nick Berning, 202-222-0748 Friends of the Earth and Earthjustice welcome the rule, which resulted from a petition filed in 2000

EPA Asked to Update 30-Year-Old Sewage Standards for Ships

Apr. 28, 2009 / Posted by: Nick Berning / Categories: Legal, News Releases, Oceans and Forests

SAN FRANCISCO—Friends of the Earth issued a petition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today requesting that the EPA update standards governing sewage dumping from large ships. The environmental group said current vessel sewage dis...

New S.F. Bay Ferry Will Pollute More Than Necessary

Nov. 4, 2008 / Posted by: Nick Berning / Categories: News Releases, Oceans and Forests

SAN FRANCISCO—On Friday the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District’s Board of Directors approved a recommendation to use engines 20 percent cleaner than required by law, as well as experiment with biodiesel, for its ne...

The facts about cruise ships

Nov. 3, 2008 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests

Cruise Ships Generate Vast Quantities of Waste Cruise ships generate hundreds of thousands of gallons of human sewage and offer a host of amenities that create pollutants, including dry-cleaning, pools, hair salons, restaurants, photo processing, ...

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Cruise Lines Graded on Environmental Impacts

International Maritime Organization Hits and Misses on Ship Pollution

Nine-Year Legal Fight Culminates in EPA Proposal to Reduce Air Pollution from Ships

EPA Asked to Update 30-Year-Old Sewage Standards for Ships

New S.F. Bay Ferry Will Pollute More Than Necessary

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