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CRUISE SHIP POLLUTION: A GROWING PROBLEM FOR OUR OCEANS
Cruise ships generate an astonishing amount of pollution, up to 25,000 gallons of sewage from toilets and 143,000 gallons of sewage from sinks, galleys and showers each day. Currently, lax state and federal laws allow cruise ships to dump untreated sewage from toilets once the ships is three mile from shore. Within three miles, cruise ships can dump sewage from toilets that has been treated, by marine sanitation devices which have been shown to be inadequate. In addition, sewage from sinks and showers can be dumped without treatment.
Our coastal environment is at risk from the threats of bacteria, pathogens and heavy metals generated in these waste streams. MORE>>
SUPPORT THE CLEAN CRUISE SHIP ACT!
The Clean Cruise Ship Act would:
- Prohibit discharges of any sewage or bilge water within 12 miles of U.S. shore and within the Great Lakes.
- Establish uniform treatment standards for sewage discharges outside of 12 miles.
- Ensure illegal discharges do not continue by requiring better inspection and monitoring.
- And more
If you'd like to see these standards brought to the cruise industry, you can help the Clean Cruise Ship Act make its way through Congress. MORE>>
VICTORY! - POTTY TRAINING ROYAL CARIBBEAN
IN JUNE 2003 OCEANA'S STOP CRUISE POLLUTION CAMPAIGN set out to convince Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (RCCL), the world's second largest cruise company, to improve its waste treatment practices. Eleven months later, in May 2004, Royal Caribbean agreed to install Advance Wastewater Treatment technology on all 29 of its ships.
We couldn't have done it without your help!
Read more about Oceana's victory >>
Congressional Trade Leaders Call on White House to Stop Overfishing Subsidies (July 18, 2008)
Latin American Countries Stake Position in WTO Fisheries Subsidies Negotiations (July 17, 2008)
Conservation Groups Blast Bush Administration s to Address Global Warming Pollution (July 14, 2008)
