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Shipping
Line Slashes Air Pollution (October 5, 2006)
Bluewater
Network Announces Ten Best Places to Avoid Jetskis in 2006 (June
7, 2006)
Major
Shipping Company to Slash Smokestack Air Pollution (May 26, 2006)
Hybrid
Solar Ferries Planned for Alcatraz Tours (May 10, 2006)
First
Two Low Emissions Ferries Ordered for San Francisco Bay (April
27, 2006)
Groups
Call for Big Cuts in Shipping Industry Air Pollution (April 3,
2006)
Bluewater
Network Testifies Before Congress on Jetskies in National Parks
(March 15, 2006)
Court
Rules Bush Administration Violating Law Designed to Reduce Dependence
on Foreign Oil (March 7, 2006)
State
Air Officials Name Best Ports for Ships to Plug-in to Dockside
Electricity (March 6, 2006)
Bluewater
Network Opposes More Cruise Ships in Glacier Bay, Alaska (February
21, 2006)
EPA
Responds to Bluewater's Call for More Accuracy in Fuel Economy
Testing (January 10, 2006)
Bluewater
Victory: Groups compel government to buy clean cars (November
30, 2005)
California
Governor Signs Ship Dumping and Trash Burning Ban (October 24,
2005)
New
$100,000 Air Pollution Grant Will Help Clear Bay Area Skies of
Cruise Ship Smokestack Exhaust (September 15, 2005)
To read Bluewater's fact sheet,click
here .
Insurers
Poor in Assessing and Disclosing Risks of Climate Change (Friends
of the Earth, September 8, 2005)
Shipping
Industry Must Regulate to Reduce Climate Change Impact and Damage
to Health and Environment (July 18, 2005)
Bill
to Ban Ship Dumping and Trash Burning Closer to Becoming Law (June
30, 2005)
Sightseeing
Vessel Greening its Engines with Veggie-Fuel During World Environment
Week (June 1, 2005)
2005
Boating season begins with the end of two-strokes in sight (May
27, 2005)
Bluewater
Network Announces Ten Best Places to Avoid Jetskis in 2005 (May
26, 2005)
Environmental
Groups Sue 14 Federal Agencies for Failure to Implement Energy
Policy Act (April 14, 2005) To
read the complaint, click
here .
Cruise
Ship Pollution Bill to Ban Sewage Dumping along US Coast (April
13, 2005)
Bush
Administration’s Press Manipulation More Widespread than Previously
Thought (March 16, 2005)
Victory
for National Parks and the Florida Panther (February 23, 2005)
2003
Another Record-Breaker for ATV Injuries and Death (January 27,
2005)
To read the report, click
here .
Bluewater
Network Releases Request for Ballast Water Study Proposals (January
24, 2005) To view the Request for Proposals, click
here .
Lawsuit
Amended to Protect Parks from Snowmobiles (December 22, 2004)
Alaska
to vote on new cruise ship pollution and tax measure (December
20, 2004)
Hundreds
pledge not to patronize Wyoming businesses suing to keep snowmobiles
in Yellowstone (December 13, 2004) To
see a list of member businesses, click
here .
Park
Service Denies Attempts to Reopen Biscayne to Jetskis (December
10, 2004) To read the Park Service's letter of denial,
click
here .
Coalition
Urges Park Service to Protect Biscayne from Jetskis (December
8, 2004) To read Bluewater's
letter to the Park Service, click
here .
California’s
Groundbreaking Vehicle Global Warming Law Attacked by Automobile
Industry (December 7, 2004)
Bluewater
Network to lead clean marine panel (November 29, 2004)
Bluewater
Network Joins Suit to Protect Yellowstone (November 12, 2004)
Environmentalists
Attack Ford's Latest "Promise" (October 4, 2004)
New
Federal Air Pollution Initiative Will Help Reduce Diesel Exhaust:
Cruise Ships Docking in Seattle May Soon Hook Up to Electric Power
(September 30, 2004)
New
Federal Air Pollution Initiative Will Help Reduce Ferry Exhaust
on San Francisco Bay (September 30, 2004)
Cruise
Ship Dumping and Trash Burning Banned in California (September
24, 2004)
California
Considers Climate Regulation for New Vehicles (September 22, 2004)
President
Bush’s Environmental Record Gets a Bronx Cheer (September
2, 2004)
Tug
Escort Bill Would Protect Coast from Disastrous Chemical Tanker
Spills (August 31, 2004)
California
Cruise Ship Pollution Bills Pass (August 26, 2004)
As
ATV Deaths Mount, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Sits
on Sidelines (August 24, 2004) To read the letter to
the CPSC, click
here .
Tests
Reveal Pollution at Benicia Jetski Races (August 12, 2004)
California
Cruise Ship Dumping Bans Move to Senate (August 9, 2004)
Environmentalists
Hail Global Warming Lawsuit Against Utilities (August 5, 2004)
Ford
Can’t ‘Escape’ Lowest EPA Fuel-Efficiency Ranking
(August 4, 2004)
NY
Times Ad Attacks Ford for Worst U.S. Fuel Mileage (July 28, 2004)
To see the ad, click
here .
Federal
Judge Orders National Park Service to Issue New Winter Use Rules
that Will Protect Yellowstone Wildlife (June 30, 2004)
To read the judge's ruling, click
here .
EPA
Lawsuit Decision Allows Shipping Pollution to Grow (June 28, 2004)
Bluewater
Network Lobbies for Passage of California AB 2093, Cruise Ship
Dumping Ban that Would Set New Standard for Discharges from Showers,
Sinks and Galleys (June 28, 2004)
California
AB 2672, Prohibiting Cruise Ship Sewage Dumping, Passes Senate
Environmental Committee but Still Faces Opposition from Coastal
Senators (June 28, 2004) To read fact sheet, click
here .
Bluewater
Network to Coast Guard: Jetski Races Violate Law (June 9, 2004)
To read Bluewater's letter to the Coast Guard, click
here .
Shipping
Air Pollution Treaty Sets Global Standards (June 7, 2004)
Bush
Administration Surrenders More Parks to Jetskis (June 2, 2004)
Bluewater
victory! Court Rules EPA Snowmobile Regulations Insufficient!
(June 1, 2004) To read
the court's ruling click here .
Bluewater
Announces Ten Best Places to Avoid Jetskis in 2004 (May 27, 2004)
Focus
on Fuel Economy Memorial Day Weekend: Environmentalists Urge Motorists
to Track Fuel Economy, and Ask EPA to Correct Inaccurate Labels
on New Cars (May 26, 2004)
Whales Decimated by Ship Strikes (May 25, 2004)
Park
Service’s Jetski Plan for Gulf Islands Full of Holes (May 19,
2004) To read the Park
Service's 2001 determination, click
here . To read Bluewater's comments on the 2004 Environmental
Assessment, click
here .
Cruise
Passenger Reports Whale Strike Under Golden Gate Bridge: Bluewater
Network calls for investigation (May 8, 2004)
California
State Lawmakers Pass Cruise Ship Dumping Bills (April 14, 2004)
Coast
Guard Data Shows Dangers of Fires and Explosions in Jet Skis (April
6, 2004)
New
Cruise Ship Pollution Bill Prohibits Coastal Dumping (April 1,
2004)
EPA
Considering Changes to Fuel Economy Ratings (March 24, 2004)
Voluntary
Cruise Pollution Policy No Good for Washington Waters (March 22,
2004)
Green
Coalition Criticizes Cruise Industry Claims to Improve Environmental
Performance (March 15, 2004)
Canadian
Company Sues California for Ban of MTBE , Bluewater
and coalition defends state's right to protect public health
Artists
and Photographers Call upon Park Service to Rein in Off-Road Vehicles
(March 9, 2004) To read
the letter to Park Service Director Fran Mainella, click
here .
Senator
McCain Asks GAO to Determine Impacts of Global Warming on Federally
Managed Land (March 9, 2004) To
read the letter from the Senate Commerce Committee to the GAO,
click
here .
Read
Bluewater Network's 2002 Annual Report
Protecting Public Lands
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Stopping Global Warming
Ford
Motors Threatens To Sue Environmental Group Over “Pinocchio” Ads
(February 27, 2004)
To read Ford's letter to Bluewater, click
here . To read Bluewater's response, click
here .
Environmentalists
Target Ford for Broken Pledge to Improve SUV Efficiency (February
4, 2004)
Bluewater
Network, 12 states, several cities, and over a dozen other environmental
groups sue Bush Administration for failure to confront global
warming (October 23, 2003)
Bill
Ford Jr. or Pinocchio? See Bluewater's Ad for the New York Times
(June 11, 2003)
Press
Release: Ford Environmental Record and Integrity Challenged with
Full-Page Ad (June 11, 2003)
Bluewater
Network Purchases 3 Phases Energy Green Certificates (June 2003)
Bluewater
& Coalition Kick-Off Campaign Against Ford! (May 30, 2003)
Ford
Motor Company Threatened With Consumer Boycott! (May 22, 2003)
Report
Reveals EPA Deceives Consumers, Congress by Significantly Overestimating
Fuel Economy (October 28, 2002)
California
enacts AB 1493, the first bill in the US to regulate global warming
pollution from passenger vehicles (July 3, 2002). Read the New York
Times story
New
Report Identifies Global Warming as A Leading Threat to America's
Public Lands and Waters (June 27, 2002)
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Safeguarding the Seas
Cruise
Ships in National Marine Sanctuaries Scrutinized (February 23,
2004)
Court
to Hear Arguments on Foreign Ship Air Pollution (February 18,
2004)
New
Cruise Pollution Bill to Protect Washington Waters (January 29,
2004)
Cruise
Ship Pollution Meeting Set for San Francisco January 22 and 23
(January 13, 2004) . To see the agenda click
here .
New
Report Dissects Problems with Voluntary Regulation of Cruise Industry
(October 31, 2003) Read the report by clicking
here .
Carnival
Cruise Lines to Pay $200,000 for Illegal Dumping of Ballast Water
(October 21, 2003)
New
York 2003 Ferry Report and New California Ferry Standards (October
13, 2003) Read the New York Report by clicking
here .
New
Alaska Cruise Ship Initiative Certified for Signature Gathering
(October 13, 2003)
Bluewater
files petition to ban cruise ship dumping in marine sanctuaries
(September 15, 2003)
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