{"id":45035,"date":"2026-06-15T22:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T17:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/?p=45035"},"modified":"2026-06-15T11:41:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T06:11:55","slug":"hawaii-green-fee-cruise-passengers-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/hawaii-green-fee-cruise-passengers-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii Green Fee: Cruise Passengers Back Environmental Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\">\n<div class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:98893c0c-e802-45fb-91c3-7b4dd544037f-4\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\">\n<section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:98893c0c-e802-45fb-91c3-7b4dd544037f-4\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:98893c0c-e802-45fb-91c3-7b4dd544037f-4\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-10\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"1b246d26-b475-480c-9415-0e0ac61a8411\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full dark markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"67\" data-end=\"547\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Passengers aboard the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">MS Noordam<\/span><\/span> have voiced support for Hawaii\u2019s proposed Green Fee for cruise visitors. 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