Clean Cruise Ship Act Introduced
About a week and a half ago, two nearly identical bills were introduced in Washington which hopefully will prevent cruise ships from discharging raw, untreated sewage in U.S. coastal waters.
According to ENS, “Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin introduced legislation extending the Clean Water Act to regulate the millions of gallons of wastewater discharged in U.S. waters every day by cruise ships.”
The bill, called the Clean Cruise Ship Act, would ban the release of untreated...
November 4th, 2009 | Jennifer | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: are cruise ships green, Cruise, cruise ship problems, featuredarticle, green initiatives, green travel, green traveling
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