| Alaska pollution

ALASKA’S State Department of Environmental Conservation issued notices to several cruise ships for violating air quality standards during its summer cruise season, according to local media reports.

Holland America Line was issued with four violations, Princess Cruises and Royal Caribbean racked up two, and Norwegian Cruise Line was slapped with one notice, the department said.

The bulk of violations occurred in Ketchikan, an Alaskan city facing the Inside Passage & where most of the monitoring staff are located.