The Port of San Diego will add its third shore power connection next year. The Board of Port Commissioners green-lighted a $676,000 equipment purchase and consulting contract with Watts Marine (formerly known as Cochran Marine).
A new report highlights the urgent need for reusable beverage packaging as a solution to the global plastic crisis. The report, produced by ocean advocacy group Oceana, shows that just a 10-percentage point increase in reusable beverage packaging by 2030 could eliminate over 1 trillion single-use plastic bottles and cups.
Cruising has been heavily criticised for its effect on the environment but French line Ponant is aiming for a more sustainable future with its plans for a 200-passenger ocean-going ship it claims will be emission-free when sailing, manoeuvring, in port or at anchor.
Spain wants to ban short-haul flights when there is an alternative by train that takes less than 2.5 hours. Environmental groups have slammed the proposal as ‘purely symbolic’.
Discover Puerto Rico, the Island’s official Destination Marketing Organization (DMO), announces its Valentine’s Day initiative, “Love Letter from Puerto Rico,” with Puerto Rican actor and producer Amaury Nolasco.
