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Princess Cruise Lines pays $40 million for illegal dumping of waste in ocean and Violates Probation By Repeatedly Dumping Waste into Ocean and Falsifying Records

Princess Cruise Lines Ltd., a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, may be prevented from docking ships stationed at U.S. ports following accusations by the federal government regarding its violation of probation agreements after disposing of plastic waste into the ocean. In 2016, Carnival Corp. was accused of illegally disposing of...
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Global Depletion of Sand Used in Concrete, Asphalt, Glass, and Mining Now Affecting Construction and Mining Costs and leading to Potential Theft and International Conflict

While viewed as a seemingly limitless natural resource, the levels of certain kinds of sand have started to steadily decrease as the worldā€™s need for further development increases. The sand that is gathered for building resources has almost caught up to the sand that is naturally made. Sand is...
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Brave Czech seaman Whistleblower to receive up to $1 Million for reporting German cargo ship, delivering material to Maine, dumping its oil into the ocean

A Czech seaman working aboard a German cargo ship observed an engineer to leak oil into the ocean using extra pipes configured on the boat. When the vessel came into Portlend Maine, he reported this to the authorities which investigated and eventually the U.S. find the German owners $3.5 million for the...
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Courageous ship engineer whistleblower awarded $1 million for reporting Princess Cruise illegal discharge of ship pollution

The British engineer who reported illegal discharges of oil-contaminated waste from a Princess Cruises ship was awarded $1m related to the line's $40 million dollar pollution penalty.US District Judge Patricia A. Seitz in Miami ordered that $1m go to the engineer who reported the illegal discharges to the British Maritime and Coastguard Agency,...
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