Carnival Pollutes More Than All of Europe’s Cars
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Carnival Pollutes More Than All of Europe’s Cars
08 Mar Carnival Pollutes More Than All of Europe’s Cars
“Carnival Corporation … just can’t seem to quit polluting the planet. As the Financial Times reports, Carnival’s pollution problem is so bad that across its fleet, the large boats pollute 10 times more than all 260 million of Europe’s cars.”
The article goes on to say:
“The report also found that besides over-tourism and crashing into ports, there’s a good reason for European cities to dislike cruise ships: they are emitting sulfur dioxide all over the place. If you can’t keep your pollutants straight, sulfur dioxide causes both acid rain and lung cancer.”
Read the full article on Fast Company.
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Photo credit: Port of San Diego, photo by Dale Frost. CC-BY-2.0
