Tell the National Park Service to ban Carnival Corporation from entering Glacier Bay!

To date, Carnival Corp. has illegally dumped over 600,000 gallons of sewage and gray water along with over 11,000 gallons of food waste into the ocean. Its ships have no business in our oceans or our iconic wild places while Carnival continues to illegally pollute.

The Park Service should use its power to protect our pristine parks and iconic wildlife. But it’s up to engaged environmentalists like you and me to demand the agency do its job!

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Dear NPS Leadership,

The mission of the National Park Service is to “preserve unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the National Park System for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations.”

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is often referred to as a “crown jewel” of our national parks, where thousands of visitors come to enjoy and learn about the landscape and wildlife, and they certainly leave inspired. Cruise ships offer an incredible opportunity to get an up and close experience with the park’s glaciers and marine wildlife. Yet the actions of these cruise ships are often at odds with the National Park Service’s values.

In September 2018, the Holland America Westerdam cruise ship dumped 26,000 gallons of grey water into Glacier Bay National Park and failed to notify the park administration. This was a clear violation of its contract. You fined the cruise line $250, an expense so absurdly low it acts more as a reward than a punishment.

Carnival Corporation, Holland America’s parent company, recently pled guilty to six charges of violating its criminal probation after covering up the dumping of oily waste, plastics, and water into the ocean. These violations, which include falsifying training records and rushing to clean up ships before inspections, are not the first or even the second time that Carnival Corp. has polluted our oceans or fouled our air.

Carnival Corporation’s repeated criminal actions are evidence of an inability to be honest, transparent, and committed to the standards that even they themselves have set in their concession contracts. We are asking that you debar Carnival Corporation (Carnival, Princess Cruises, Holland America, and Seabourn) until such time that they have proved a reform of their illegal practices and can operate with integrity and with due care to the marine environment.

To ensure we can “preserve unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the National Park System,” we must not allow concessioners to operate in Glacier Bay (cruise ships or otherwise) that repeatedly violate those very ideals.

Thank you for continuing to protect our public lands and waters.

Sincerely,
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