- Signatures: 16,116
- Goal: 20,000
- Deadline: 8-17-2004
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TAKE THE CRUISE POLLUTION PLEDGE!
STOP CRUISE SHIP POLLUTION
Alarming but TRUE, every day Royal Caribbean ships dump sewage in the ocean.
Every day, Royal Caribbean cruise ships dump millions of gallons of inadequately treated sewage and untreated wastewater into the ocean. This pollution is preventable. Affordable technology exists to correct the problem yet all but 3 Royal Caribbean ships lack the proper technology.
Sewage carries bacteria and viruses that are harmful to human health, and can also sicken and kill marine life, including corals. Fecal coliform from sewage is a type of bacteria that has closed beaches and contaminated shellfish! Gray water from showers, sinks, floor drains and beauty salons can contain fecal waste and toxic chemicals and is dumped into the ocean untreated.
AND, there's the ILLEGAL dumping: From 1993 to 1998, cruise ships were involved in 87 confirmed cases of illegal discharges of oil, garbage and hazardous wastes into U.S. waters. In 1998 and 1999 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. was fined more than $26 million for fleet wide practices of discharging oil-contaminated waste, regularly and routinely discharging without a permit wastewater contaminated by pollutants, and making false statements to the Coast Guard.
Will you get on board before they make these important changes?
Tell Royal Caribbean and its subsidiary, Celebrity Cruises, to stop polluting! Pledge not to take a cruise until the company agrees to upgrade its entire fleet with advanced wastewater treatment technology and submits to independent, third-party monitoring and testing to protect our oceans.
STOP CRUISE SHIP POLLUTION
Alarming but TRUE, every day Royal Caribbean ships dump sewage in the ocean.
Every day, Royal Caribbean cruise ships dump millions of gallons of inadequately treated sewage and untreated wastewater into the ocean. This pollution is preventable. Affordable technology exists to correct the problem yet all but 3 Royal Caribbean ships lack the proper technology.
Sewage carries bacteria and viruses that are harmful to human health, and can also sicken and kill marine life, including corals. Fecal coliform from sewage is a type of bacteria that has closed beaches and contaminated shellfish! Gray water from showers, sinks, floor drains and beauty salons can contain fecal waste and toxic chemicals and is dumped into the ocean untreated.
AND, there's the ILLEGAL dumping: From 1993 to 1998, cruise ships were involved in 87 confirmed cases of illegal discharges of oil, garbage and hazardous wastes into U.S. waters. In 1998 and 1999 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. was fined more than $26 million for fleet wide practices of discharging oil-contaminated waste, regularly and routinely discharging without a permit wastewater contaminated by pollutants, and making false statements to the Coast Guard.
Will you get on board before they make these important changes?
Tell Royal Caribbean and its subsidiary, Celebrity Cruises, to stop polluting! Pledge not to take a cruise until the company agrees to upgrade its entire fleet with advanced wastewater treatment technology and submits to independent, third-party monitoring and testing to protect our oceans.
| Number | Date | Name | State | Tell Mr. Fain why you pledge not to take a cruise with Royal Caribbean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16,120 | 8:56 pm PST, Nov 19 | Anonymous | Colorado | |
| 16,119 | 2:06 pm PDT, Sep 9 | Pam Bechelli | Indiana | I have taken several cruises but I was told the sewage was not dumped into the oceans. If this is true that they are dumping waste and sewage into our oceans, I will not take another one with ANY SHIP! I believe in saving the environment and not trashing the world!! |
| 16,118 | 12:10 am PDT, Sep 3 | Kerri Cawthon | Oregon | |
| 16,117 | 2:18 am PDT, Aug 11 | Anonymous | ||
| 16,116 | 11:55 am PDT, Jul 9 | dan turner | Florida | This message is not only directed to you Mr. Fann but also to carnival cruise lines,cruise ship emmissions in a recent study has killing over 60,000 human beings a year by burning bunker c fuel yet this polution is unchecked as well.I am a strong defender of the environmet and am quite concern about the air I breathe, I hope that you understand the matter at hand and require your fleet of ships to plug into shore power. you may view my website as well at www.savemayportvillage.net |
| 16,115 | 6:05 am PDT, Jun 10 | Dr. PREMRAJ PREMRAJ PUSHPAKARAN | Indiana | yy |
| 16,113 | 8:35 pm PST, Feb 6 | Anonymous | Pennsylvania | I believe we need to take a stand for our marine environment to help protect it for the future. |
| 16,112 | 12:31 pm PST, Dec 24 | Peter Neathery | Virginia | |
| 16,111 | 8:18 pm PST, Nov 26 | Anonymous | Texas | |
| 16,110 | 3:33 pm PDT, Oct 8 | Anonymous | Colorado | |
| 16,109 | 7:41 am PDT, Aug 21 | Danielle Lopez | New York | |
| 16,108 | 4:50 am PDT, Aug 2 | jose saladin | New Jersey | I recently cruised on one of Royal Caribbean's ships (the Freedom of the Sea) and was horrified to learn of their horrid polluting practices. Royal Caribbean will not see any more of my dollars until they stop polluting the oceans. |
| 16,107 | 11:18 am PDT, Jul 28 | Nicola Dahlstedt | New York | Say NO to polluting the oceans. |
| 16,106 | 2:23 pm PDT, Jun 23 | dana szemereta | North Carolina | |
| 16,105 | 4:14 pm PDT, Jun 7 | Gabriel Diaz | Arizona | Royal Caribbean and other cruise lines must stop pollution our oceans in such blatant, excessive manners. The ability and technology exists now to make the change. I will not take any cruises and I will encourage all my friends an acquaintances to also do so. |
| 16,104 | 4:12 pm PDT, Jun 7 | Ivan Garcia | Arizona | I will not take any cruises from Royal Caribbean or any other cruise line who harmfully pollutions our oceans. |
| 16,103 | 4:11 pm PDT, Jun 7 | Gabe Diaz | Arizona | |
| 16,102 | 6:27 pm PDT, May 15 | Robb Wood | Nevada | Because my friend went to Cabo and had gunk stuck to her feet! Yuck! |
| 16,101 | 10:57 am PDT, Apr 17 | lynn bird | Arizona | Because the Marine life is endanger from these chemicals polluting there water. |
| 16,100 | 2:15 pm PDT, Apr 11 | Aunssi Barfoot-Beels | Arizona | to help control the emission of pollution |
| 16,099 | 1:40 pm PDT, Mar 28 | kristen garrison | North Carolina | ok.... imagine your a fish, some foreign object floats by, you think ummm lunch time, you gulp the entire piece, yuck, human poop, where did this come from? stupid cruise ship! |
| 16,098 | 8:59 am PDT, Mar 27 | Cristine Kaleel | California | I was visiting Cabo when a cruise ship pulled into the Sea of Cortez. My friend and I were shocked to hear from locals that the gunk stuck to our feet the next day was from the ship. The locals seemed accustomed to it and said the tar like substance would be gone in a few days. I was disgusted! |
| 16,097 | 5:17 pm PST, Mar 5 | Matheus Salome | Florida | This is clearly unhumane. I do not need to explain why. You should have enough common-sense to see it yourself Mr.Fain. |
| 16,096 | 8:38 am PST, Mar 4 | Aiz T | ||
| 16,095 | 10:30 am PST, Feb 6 | Christine Iadeluca | New York | |
| 16,094 | 9:10 pm PST, Feb 4 | Ken Peacock | Because cruise ships causing pollution is totally disgusting and obscene | |
| 16,093 | 5:43 pm PST, Jan 28 | Maria Medina | Florida | Cruises are a lot of money. The oceans must not be polluted. A cruise line can afford to update their technology to avoid ocean and human pollution! |
| 16,092 | 8:13 pm PST, Jan 25 | Karyn Wilcox | ||
| 16,091 | 7:58 am PST, Jan 16 | Lisa Cowdrey | North Carolina | |
| 16,090 | 10:54 am PST, Jan 5 | Brian Beato | Massachusetts | Mr. Fain they say water is a endless supply right, wrong water is what gives life and let living things to survive. So these cruise ships are polluting are water marine life, animals,plants,human everything will die. So we got one chance and thats all we're going to get unless we do somthing about these pollution all around the world. |
| 16,089 | 6:17 am PST, Jan 1 | Solomon R Roller | Florida | |
| 16,088 | 1:55 pm PST, Dec 21 | Danille Baptista | Alabama | |
| 16,087 | 8:50 am PST, Dec 19 | Santiago Fernandez | Oceans belong to everybody. You make money from everyone who takes a cruise with you and your company do not care for the water that supports you and your business. Shame on you. Do not count on me to go on one of your ships. | |
| 16,086 | 9:52 pm PST, Dec 16 | VIDA TOBI KANTER | New York | |
| 16,085 | 5:24 am PST, Dec 12 | patlyn heise | Illinois | Because it's an immoral thing to dump their sewerage in the ocean and polute the seas which the world needs to be clean for our health & wellbeing. |
| 16,084 | 8:41 pm PST, Dec 11 | Lisa Werner | Please stop polluting our seas. I am a part time surfer and love the sea. It has given me hours of enjoyment both as a surfer and a swimmer. I would never take a cruise with your company while you are polluting the sea, and I have many friends who like to travel a lot, and I will be metioning your company to them, and telling them not to use your ships, beacuase of your bad record regarding polluting the sea. | |
| 16,083 | 2:05 pm PST, Dec 11 | Anonymous | California | |
| 16,082 | 7:30 am PST, Dec 11 | Heidi Setzler | Texas | |
| 16,081 | 10:48 am PST, Dec 9 | Mark Jones | Texas | I have cruised your ships before aned even asked about what happened to the sewage,would you care to tell me,I think I was lied to! I'll spread the word! |
| 16,080 | 9:36 am PST, Dec 9 | Teresa Rosen | California | I will never cruise with Royal Caribbean as long as raw sewage is being dumped into our oceans. |
| 16,079 | 3:09 am PST, Dec 9 | Marilyn Bartlett | New York | |
| 16,078 | 11:24 pm PST, Dec 8 | Terje Reite | I would not like to take a cruise with any company that is polluting the oceans. | |
| 16,077 | 6:43 pm PST, Dec 8 | Trish Taylor | Texas | |
| 16,076 | 10:13 am PST, Dec 8 | Jessica Fife | Arizona | |
| 16,075 | 5:44 pm PST, Dec 7 | Donna Barber | Texas | Pollution is disgusting! The amount of pollution generated by Carnival Cruise Lines should be a criminal offense. |
| 16,074 | 7:25 pm PST, Dec 6 | Angela Freeman | Pennsylvania | All the money people pay to go on cruises...Royal Caribbean should be ashamed. |
| 16,073 | 1:48 pm PST, Dec 6 | Anonymous | Florida | I would never go on a cruise ship that harms the environment!! It is digusting and a part of why many species of fish may die out. I'm sending a link to this to everyone I know. |
| 16,072 | 6:10 pm PST, Dec 3 | Nicole Perrot | California | |
| 16,071 | 4:19 pm PST, Dec 3 | Jennie Boatman | Texas | |
| 16,070 | 1:26 am PST, Dec 3 | Madison Stephens | ||
| 16,069 | 8:08 am PST, Dec 2 | Carol Robinette | Arkansas | |
| 16,068 | 7:47 am PST, Dec 1 | Anonymous | Colorado | |
| 16,067 | 10:02 pm PST, Nov 30 | Edward Cook | Arizona | |
| 16,066 | 4:42 pm PST, Nov 30 | Danny Piccirillo | Massachusetts | |
| 16,065 | 11:59 am PST, Nov 30 | Jennifer Megeney | ||
| 16,064 | 5:15 pm PST, Nov 29 | Anonymous | Texas | Don't expect me to set foot on any of your cruise ships if you're going to continue to pollute the ocean. Our natural surrounding affect our lives too. Not only are you killing marine life, you are affecting our lives too. Please stop this. |
| 16,063 | 1:10 pm PST, Nov 29 | Amy Knight | Pennsylvania | |
| 16,062 | 4:46 am PST, Nov 29 | Anonymous | ||
| 16,061 | 2:44 am PST, Nov 29 | Anna Asbury | Kentucky | |
| 16,060 | 11:19 am PST, Nov 28 | Emilia Palmer | ||
| 16,059 | 9:58 am PST, Nov 28 | Karen Wein | Florida | Mr. Fain, Our waters are precious to us.Stop poluting our beautiful waters |
| 16,058 | 7:05 am PST, Nov 28 | Joseph Fisch | California | |
| 16,057 | 6:58 am PST, Nov 28 | Joseph Buchbinder | California | |
| 16,056 | 5:22 am PST, Nov 28 | Karen Rhoads | Missouri | |
| 16,055 | 7:37 pm PST, Nov 27 | Katherine Cassidy | South Carolina | Until I know that this dumping has stopped and you have cleaned up your act, I will not step foot on one of your cruise ships |
| 16,054 | 11:13 am PST, Nov 27 | Jacqueline Gordon | Mr Fain, you and your company are committing 'enviornmental acts of terrorism' every time your ships set off on cruises. You deserve to go to jail or at least clean up and pay for the irreversible damage you are causing to marine life (including coastal waters)dumping your poisonous waste into our oceans. Shame on you ! | |
| 16,053 | 9:39 am PST, Nov 27 | Steve Anderson | Arizona | |
| 16,052 | 8:38 am PST, Nov 27 | Lisa Nunez | California | |
| 16,051 | 7:09 am PST, Nov 27 | Mary MoonGypsy | Pennsylvania |
Stop Cruise Ship Pollution
Dear Mr. Fain,
I am asking you to upgrade the sewage treatment facilities on Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises and allow independent, third-party monitoring and testing of their waste treatment. It’s crazy that a company like yours which makes money on “getting people out there” to pristine and beautiful ocean environments also dumps in those same areas just to save a few more bucks.
Only 3 of Royal Caribbean’s 26 ships have advanced wastewater treatment to adequately treat sewage and wastewater. The majority of your ships use technology that has been shown in testing to be grossly inadequate. State-of-the-art technology is available and Royal Caribbean could upgrade its entire fleet over 5 years for less than 3% of what you spend on marketing!
I pledge not to take a cruise on Royal Caribbean or Celebrity until the company agrees to upgrade its entire fleet with advanced wastewater treatment technology and submit to independent, third-party monitoring to protect our oceans.
Sincerely,
I am asking you to upgrade the sewage treatment facilities on Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises and allow independent, third-party monitoring and testing of their waste treatment. It’s crazy that a company like yours which makes money on “getting people out there” to pristine and beautiful ocean environments also dumps in those same areas just to save a few more bucks.
Only 3 of Royal Caribbean’s 26 ships have advanced wastewater treatment to adequately treat sewage and wastewater. The majority of your ships use technology that has been shown in testing to be grossly inadequate. State-of-the-art technology is available and Royal Caribbean could upgrade its entire fleet over 5 years for less than 3% of what you spend on marketing!
I pledge not to take a cruise on Royal Caribbean or Celebrity until the company agrees to upgrade its entire fleet with advanced wastewater treatment technology and submit to independent, third-party monitoring to protect our oceans.
Sincerely,
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