Carnival Cruise Lines Hit With $20 Million Penalty For Environmental Crimes - NPR

Carnival Cruise Lines Hit With $20 Million Penalty For Environmental Crimes - NPR
Carnival Cruise Lines Hit With $20 Million Penalty For Environmental Crimes  NPR

The cruise line giant Carnival Corporation and its Princess subsidiary have agreed to pay a criminal penalty of $20 million for environmental violations such as dumping plastic waste into the ocean. Princess Cruise Lines has already paid $40 million over other deliberate acts of pollution. U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz approved the terms of the deal during a hearing Monday in Miami. She had appeared to grow increasingly frustrated as the company continued to flout environmental laws during the course of the years-long case. "You not only work for employees and shareholders. You are a s...