- Signatures: 16,123
- 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 | Prefix | Name | State | Tell Mr. Fain why you pledge not to take a cruise with Royal Caribbean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16,127 | 5:46 pm PDT, Oct 4 | Ms. | Alicia c | Maine | dumping sewage into the water is dangerous for Humand and animal health. |
| 16,126 | 9:36 am PDT, Aug 11 | Ms. | Simone Figeroux | ||
| 16,125 | 9:17 am PDT, May 3 | Ms. | gena turrentine | California | |
| 16,124 | 9:30 am PDT, Apr 20 | edghill edghill | |||
| 16,123 | 6:24 am PDT, Apr 2 | Josh Hansbrough | Florida | Your ships are destroying the very waters you want people to enjoy. I think all the people and animals deserve a clean home. | |
| 16,122 | 12:23 pm PDT, Mar 22 | Ms. | Rebecca Smith | Connecticut | |
| 16,121 | 12:59 pm PST, Feb 6 | Kathy Kathy | Alabama | Carnival cruise lines does not dump the waste in the ocean....That's why they get MY money....maybe all the others cruisers should start cruising with Carnival! | |
| 16,120 | 8:56 pm PST, Nov 19 | Ms. | Anonymous | Colorado | |
| 16,119 | 2:06 pm PDT, Sep 9 | Ms. | 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 | Mr. | Anonymous | ||
| 16,116 | 11:55 am PDT, Jul 9 | Mr. | 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. | Dr. PREMRAJ PREMRAJ PUSHPAKARAN | Indiana | yy |
| 16,113 | 8:35 pm PST, Feb 6 | Mr. | 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 | Mr. | 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 | Mr. | 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 | Mr. | 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. |
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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