{"id":1464,"date":"2015-01-09T10:04:47","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T09:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=1464"},"modified":"2022-09-05T10:57:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T09:57:29","slug":"opinion-the-hidden-environmental-impacts-of-your-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/01\/opinion-the-hidden-environmental-impacts-of-your-cruise\/","title":{"rendered":"The hidden eco-impacts of your cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"drop-cap drop-cap--wide\"><span class=\"drop-cap__inner\">T<\/span><\/span>hose selling cruise holidays promise pristine waters, cloudless skies and sunny ports of call. Environmentally speaking, however, ocean travel can be a dicey proposition: every year, the industry consumes millions of tons of fuel and produces almost a billion tons of sewage. Left untreated, exhaust and raw sewage from ships can fog the air and pollute the water, potentially causing a host of ugly environmental and health effects that undermine the very natural beauty that cruise ships advertise to potential travelers.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Murky waters: the hidden environmental impacts of your cruise\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sustainable-business\/2015\/jan\/05\/cruise-ship-holidays-environmental-impact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read whole comment piece here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney and other cruise holiday operators are trying to clean up their acts and make cruising a greener holiday choice. But why aren\u2019t they being more transparent about it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3844,534],"tags":[43,161,162],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The hidden eco-impacts of your cruise<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Disney and other cruise holiday operators are trying to clean up their acts and make cruising a greener holiday choice. 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