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Category: Environmental Impact

False choice, Senate vote, Many news links

February 9, 2018 M

Thousands of years ago, the Native peoples of this area loved this Bay, traveling here in summer by sea or…

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Posted in: Acadia, Articles, Cruise Industry, Documents, Environmental Impact, General Info, News Items, Rules & Regulations

Port Authority Bill For Frenchman Bay pushes forward

January 17, 2018 M

On Tuesday January 16th, the State of Maine Joint Legislative Transportation Committee voted 10-2 “ought to pass” on LD#1400, the…

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Posted in: Acadia, Cruise Industry, Documents, Environmental Impact, General Info, Rules & Regulations, Ships Filed under: #port authority, Bar Harbor Port Authority, Frenchman Bay, LD 1400, Save Acadia

Cruise Ship Air Pollution

October 17, 2017 M

16 November 2017 letter by Jim O’Connell Dear Town Council Members: Do the voters of Bar Harbor want a cruise…

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Posted in: Cruise Industry, Environmental Impact, General Info, Nature & Environment, News Items, Op-Eds, Ships Filed under: acadia air, air pollution, bad air, cruise ship pollution

Green Slime Bloom in Casco Bay Maine

October 1, 2017 M

Just one week after Red Tide closed Frenchman Bay, (see Blog post “Ecologial Impact of Cruise Ship Pier on Bay”),…

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Posted in: Animal Life, Articles, Cruise Industry, Environmental Impact, General Info, Nature & Environment, News Items, Ocean Filed under: #cruise ship, #environmental effects, #karenia

Ecological Impact of Cruise Ship Pier on Bay- Letter to the Editor: Red Tide in Frenchman Bay!

September 23, 2017 M

State recalls mussels harvested off MDI over biotoxin Letter to the Editor-MDIslander by Gary Conrad Suggested possible title:  Cruise ships…

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Posted in: Animal Life, Cruise Industry, Environmental Impact, General Info, Nature & Environment, News Items, Ocean, Op-Eds Filed under: #red tide

Welcome to the State of Big Cruise

August 26, 2017 M

This article lays out quite plainly the intentions of the State of Maine, in regards to building large infrastructure to…

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Posted in: Articles, Cruise Industry, Environmental Impact, General Info, Nature & Environment, News Items, Ocean

Frenchman Bay Atlas

August 25, 2017 M

As the conversation “focuses” almost entirely around economics (and the economic arguments used become a shell game), we at Friends…

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Posted in: Cruise Industry, Environmental Impact, General Info, Nature & Environment, Ocean

Bermello, Ajamil and Partners

July 21, 2017 FOFB

In or before 2012, a private firm , Bermello, Ajamil and Partners was hired to consult by the Town of…

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Posted in: Cruise Industry, Documents, Environmental Impact, General Info, Legal Updates, Rules & Regulations, Ships

Option to Purchase (Poison Pill)

July 19, 2017 FOFB

There is nothing simple about this. We include in this blog post links to important documents that are difficult to…

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Posted in: Acadia, Articles, Documents, Environmental Impact, General Info, Nature & Environment, Rules & Regulations

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