Friends of the Earth amapeza mayendedwe 10 akuluakulu apanyanja

Gulu lazachilengedwe latulutsa lipoti Lachitatu la momwe makampani oyendetsa sitima zapamadzi omwe amagwira ntchito m'madzi aku America akuchitira bwino kuti achepetse kuipitsidwa, ndipo palibe amene adalandira "A".

Friends of the Earth adapeza masitima akuluakulu 10 oyenda panyanja, kuphatikiza mayina akuluakulu pabizinesi, monga Carnival Cruise Lines. Carnival inalandira "D-minus."

Lipotilo linapereka giredi yapamwamba kwambiri - "B" ku Holland America Line. Norwegian Cruise Lines ndi Princess Cruises nawonso adapeza bwino, aliyense adapeza "B-minus."

Otsika kwambiri - "Fs" - adapita ku Disney Cruise Line ndi Royal Caribbean International. Celebrity Cruises ndi Silversea Cruises nawonso sanagole bwino.

Cunard Cruise Line ndi Regent Seven Seas Cruises adalandira pafupifupi magiredi apakati.

"Nthawi zambiri, okwera sitima zapamadzi amakopeka ndi maulendo apanyanja okhala ndi zithunzi zamadzi abwino komanso malonjezo a malo osawonongeka komanso nyama zakuthengo zambiri, koma okwerawa samauzidwa kuti tchuthi chawo chikhoza kusiya malo odetsedwa pamalo omwe amapita," adatero Marcie Keever. omwe adatsogolera "Cruise Ship Environmental Report Card."

Gulu la Cruise Lines International Association, gulu loyimira maulendo 24, lidatsutsa lipotilo, likunena kuti nzosakhazikika, ndi zolakwika komanso kunyalanyaza "mfundo yakuti maulendo athu amatsatira ndipo nthawi zambiri amadutsa malamulo onse okhudza chilengedwe."

"Ndizomvetsa chisoni kuti Friends of the Earth ndi omwe amalemba zabodza ngati izi pomwe makampaniwa apita patsogolo kwambiri m'zaka zingapo zapitazi pakupititsa patsogolo ukadaulo ndikupanga mapulogalamu omwe amathandizira kwambiri kuteteza chilengedwe," bungweli lidatero.

Friends of the Earth adayika maulendo apanyanja pamagulu atatu: kuyeretsa zimbudzi, kuchepetsa kuwonongeka kwa mpweya ndi kutsata khalidwe la madzi m'madzi a Alaska. Idaperekanso giredi losavuta / lolephera kuti mzere uliwonse upeze chidziwitso cha chilengedwe.

Gululi lati Florida, yomwe ili ndi malamulo okhwima kwambiri oletsa kuipitsidwa kwa zombo zapamadzi, ilinso ndi madoko atatu apamwamba kwambiri onyamuka: Miami, Port Canaveral ndi Fort Lauderdale.

Alaska ndi California atenga malingaliro amphamvu kwambiri mdziko lonse motsutsana ndi kuwonongeka kwa zombo zapamadzi, gululo lidatero.

Keever adati ena mwamayendedwe apanyanja akhala akugwira ntchito kuti zombo zake zisaipitsidwe, makamaka pankhani yachimbudzi. Holland America, Norwegian, Cunard ndi Celebrity adalandira ma marks apamwamba chifukwa chokhala ndi njira zapamwamba zachimbudzi m'sitima zawo.

Carnival ndi Disney adalandira "Fs" pochiza zimbudzi.

Disney, yokhala ndi zombo ziwiri ndi ziwiri zomwe zikumangidwa, zitha kuchita bwino pazachimbudzi chaka chamawa chifukwa adalonjeza kuti azikonza zombo zake zonse, adatero Keever. Kampaniyo idalengeza sabata yatha kuti kwa nthawi yoyamba iyamba kupereka maulendo ku Alaska kuyambira 2010.

Keever adati ukadaulo uli m'malo mwamakampani oyendetsa sitima zapamadzi kuti akwaniritse malamulo okhwima a zachilengedwe ku Alaska - zomwe zidatsutsidwa ndi Purezidenti wa Alaska Cruise Association John Binkley. Ananenanso kuti maulendo apanyanja angakhale okondwa kutengera ukadaulo watsopano wokwera mtengo kuti ukwaniritse miyezo yolimba ya Alaska ngati ikupezeka, koma palibe chomwe chili chodalirika.

Binkley sanapezeke kuti afotokoze Lachitatu.

Mu 2008, zombo 12 mwa 20 zomwe zidaloledwa kuthamangira m'madzi a Alaska zidalandilidwa, makamaka ammonia ndi zitsulo zolemera, Keever adati. Zoti zombo zisanu ndi zitatu zinalibe zophwanya zikuwonetsa kuti zitha kuchitika, adatero.

Maulendo 10 oyenda panyanja adalandira magiredi otsika pochepetsa kuwononga mpweya. Asanu ndi awiri mwa maulendo 10 oyenda panyanja adalandira "Fs." Princess yekha ndiye adapeza magiredi apamwamba.

Princess adawononga mamiliyoni ambiri kuti achepetse mpweya wochokera m'sitima zapamadzi, Keever adatero.

Kampaniyo idayika ndalama zokwana $4.7 miliyoni padoko la Juneau kuti zombo zomwe zimamangiriridwa pamenepo zitha kulumikiza mphamvu za m'mphepete mwa nyanja m'malo moyendetsa injini zawo kuti zipereke mphamvu kwa okwera ndi ogwira ntchito. Kampaniyo idayikanso $ 1.7 miliyoni kuti ikweze doko la Seattle. Keever adati zombo zisanu ndi zinayi mwa zombo 17 za Princess zili ndi mapulagi amagetsi.

Doko la Los Angeles kumapeto kwa chaka chino likuyembekezeka kukhala ndi mphamvu zochokera m'mphepete mwa nyanja pamalo ake oyendetsa sitima zapamadzi, adatero.

Popanda kukweza mphamvu pamadoko ndi kubwezeretsanso zombo, sitima zapamadzi zimakakamizika kuwotcha mafuta a bunker pomwe zili padoko, mafuta "odetsedwa" omwe ndi 1,000 mpaka 2,000 kuposa mafuta agalimoto a dizilo, adatero Keever.

Sitima zapamadzi zimathanso kukhala ndi zida zowotcha mafuta am'madzi am'madzi, omwe amawotcha mafuta oyeretsera kuposa mafuta a bunker, adatero Keever. California posachedwapa idafuna zombo zonse zapanyanja, kuphatikiza zombo zapamadzi, kuti ziwotche mafuta otsuka mkati mwa 24 mailosi kuchokera pagombe.