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Feb. 25, 2013 / Posted by: Marcie Keever / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests / Tags: Cruise ships, Marcie keever
The Carnival Triumph’s “cruise from hell”…the tragic capsizing of the Costa Concordia in Italian waters…the Shell oil rig that ran aground on a small island south of Kodiak, Alaska… …there hasn’...
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Dec. 4, 2012 / Posted by: Marcie Keever / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests / Tags: Cruise ships, Marcie keever
It’s that time of year -- as temperatures drop, people start daydreaming about warm weather, and the lucky ones start scheduling their tropical getaways. If you, or anyone you know, are planning a cruise vacation, Friends of the Earth has a ...
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Aug. 10, 2012 / Posted by: Marcie Keever / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests / Tags: Cruise ships, Marcie keever
A cruise ship room tag from a Holland America vessel was found washed up with a concentrated amount of sewage and various plastic on Pond Beach in Nahant, Massachusetts last Saturday. The washed up waste was described as a “mass of rubber gl...
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