The Price Of Pollution

Situation

• Carnival Corporation penalized for second time for pollution.
• Carnival Corporation admitted to breaking the law.
• Carnival CEO Arnold Donald announced he was formulating a plan.

When and where did the article take place?

• The article took place in Miami, Florida.
• This article is from June 4, 2019.
• Carnival Corporation is currently making a plan to fix the pollution.

Author’s purpose

• To explain why carnival was fined $20,000,000.
• This is important news because this was Carnival’s second fine for pollution.

Why is this newsworthy?

• It’s newsworthy because it’s showing that Carnival is being held accountable for pollution.
• People won’t want to support Carnival cruises if they are polluting.
• There are big fines for big ships polluting.
• The CEO Arnold Donald is developing a plan to fix the problem.

Why did I choose to write this topic?

• Because I wanted to learn about pollution.
• I wanted to learn about the cost of pollution.
• I wanted to learn about cruises

Lenses

• The article represents the economical lens.
• The Carnival Corporation was fined $20,000,000.
• The Carnival Corporation was fined for a second time for $40,000,000.
• The judge, Patrica Seitz, said, ”If you all didn’t have the environment, you would have nothing to sell.”