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 Stories About: Alaska AND legislation AND politics AND travel AND waste AND water pollution
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Being exploited? Exploit them back.
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Corey McKrill |
21 Aug 2006 |
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| Tomorrow, Alaska's primary election will include an important ballot measure that imposes new regulations and taxes on the cruise ship industry. For environmental protection, it includes beefed-up regulations that will hold cruise corporations more accountable to Alaska's strict pollution controls, as well as allowing civil action suits against violators. For economic growth, it proposes a head tax on all cruise passengers coming into the state, the revenue of which w ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, legislation, politics, travel, waste, water pollution (all these topics) |
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