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Articles tagged “alaska”

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Alaska’s ferry to nowhere could land in the Netherlands or U.S. Virgin Islands

Federal government earmarks? For Alaska? Impossible. We hope the ferry eventually finds a home -- somewhere -- taking visitors and locals from one dock to another.

Lisa Demer, Anchorage Daily News | 11 years ago

Alaska’s ferry to nowhere could land in the Netherlands or U.S. Virgin Islands

Tourism

U.S. federal judge tosses challenges to roadless national forests in Alaska

While limited roads may make sense, over a decade of challenges from multiple political partisans don't, and it serves the forests well to finally be able to plan for the future.

Richard Mauer, Anchorage Daily News | 11 years ago

U.S. federal judge tosses challenges to roadless national forests in Alaska

Cruises

Alaska state senate passes bill that lowers standards for cruise ship sewage

The bill's supporters claim that the new law normalizes the rules by which industries play in Alaska, but the referendum the law overturns was put in place because the cruise companies refused to play by the rules.

Kathy Gambrell, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Alaska state senate passes bill that lowers standards for cruise ship sewage

Cruises

Alaska state legislators roll back restrictions on cruise ship wastewater dumping

Certain less-forward-thinking members of the Alaskan state legislature are happy to turn over the state's environmental policies to cruise lines. But all Alaska has going for it is nature, and nature needs to smell nice.

Becky Bohrer, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Alaska state legislators roll back restrictions on cruise ship wastewater dumping

Cruises

Vienna’s blurred airport signage falls short of designer’s unique intention

Ruedi Baur aimed to create signs with soft shading to make Vienna airport stand out to travelers, but the hard-to-read signage only confused passengers proving that utility outweighs design in busy hubs like airports.

Skift | 12 years ago

Cruises

Cruise lines must now abide by North America’s clean fuel regulations, but will they?

Will the cruise industry continue to argue the EPA or refocus their energy on affording the cleaner fuel and finding fuel-efficient alternatives, a move that in the long run will benefit the seas they sail in?

Harriet McLeod, Reuters | 12 years ago

Cruises

Cruise lines protest new emissions standards designed to protect pristine places their ships visit

The government quietly passed an anti-pollution program requiring all large ships to cut their fuel's sulfur content from 2.7% to 1% by August 1. The cost is estimated as an additional $19 a day -- less than lines routinely pass on as "fuel surcharges."

Skift | 12 years ago

Cruises

How to cruise with political talking heads before the 2012 election

Spaces are still open on the yearly liberal or democratic-themed cruises that give citizens the opportunity to chat with well-known political commentators only months, or weeks, away from the election.

Skift | 12 years ago

Cruises

Alaska sues the U.S. government so cruise ships won’t have to meet environmental standards

Alaska is angry that the EPA is forcing them to abide by a treaty before the treaty has been ratified, but in the long run its difficult to argue that the cruise industry won't be better off with pristine waters.

Skift | 12 years ago