Are 'green' cruise ships good for the climate?
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Are 'green' cruise ships good for the climate?

BBC  

Are 'green' cruise ships good for the climate? "The problem is that the number of cruise ships keeps growing and the size of those cruise ships keeps growing as well," says Constance Dijkstra, shipping campaigner at the non-profit Transport & Environment. "It's great that cruise ships are promoting recycling or going plastic free, but if they're going to keep using fossil fuels, we're in trouble." Keever says "it is feasible" for cruise ships to wean themselves off polluting fuels and switch to greener alternatives produced using renewable energy, such as methanol and ammonia, rather than fossil fuels. "There are several proven and safe choices for the future which mean we do not need to have fossil fuels on our cruise ships," she says.

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Sustainable ships: The world’s most eco-conscious cruises
1 year, 9 months ago

Sustainable ships: The world’s most eco-conscious cruises

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Monthly Ticket is a CNN Travel series that spotlights some of the most fascinating topics in the travel world. “Many of the claims of sustainability are just greenwashing or are the same types of ‘sustainability’ measures that have been happening for years in land-based tourism,” says Marcie Keever, a director at environmental group Friends of the Earth, which …

Can cruise ships be environmentally friendly?
2 years ago

Can cruise ships be environmentally friendly?

Hindustan Times  

When the wind drives black clouds of pollution over Mallorca's beaches, the culprit is clear — it's a cruise ship in the port of the island's capital, Palma. Slow to change German environmental association NABU, which issues an annual assessment on the efforts of the world's largest shipping companies in terms of environmental and climate protection, found in its so-called …

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