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Article: Green groups urge cruise industry to leave less pollution in its wake
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- February 14, 2009
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Jennifer Conlin The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
02-14-2009
Green groups urge cruise industry to leave less pollution in its wake
Byline: Jennifer Conlin The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 3
Section: FINANCE/BUSINESS
LONDON --
Moving gently through pristine blue waters, floating past whales and glaciers, fjords and islands, it is easy to see why travelers might think a vacation on a cruise ship is more eco-friendly than jetting through the earth's atmosphere on a plane.
Not so, according to Climate Care, a British-based carbon- offsetting company, whose statistics show that cruise ships emit nearly twice as much carbon dioxide as airplanes. "We now know they ...