cruise ships

The International Maritime Organization has been asked to enact a carbon levy of $150 per ton of emissions from large freight and passenger ships. The IMO’s 175 member nations have until next year to vote.

Cruise ships using dirty scrubber systems on Canada's West Coast spewed out nearly half of the 88 million tonnes of acidic wastewater and toxic metals generated and dumped into the ocean in 2022, new data sparked by a Stand.earth complaint shows.

Visiting Alaska is an emissions-heavy prospect. An innovative program in Juneau has tourists ease that by helping buy heat pumps for locals.

Inuit rights and knowledge remain at the forefront of a new management plan for Canada’s most northern national park, tabled last week in Ottawa.

As the icy continent braces for a record summer, ecologists say more visitor caps and restrictions are needed to protect wildlife.

B.C. municipalities are pushing for stronger environmental protections from the federal government to keep harmful cargo and cruise ship pollution out of the ocean.

Researchers in Vancouver are working to unleash a new weapon they hope will defeat the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.

The federal government says cruise ships will be allowed back in Canadian waters in November, but they must follow public health requirements.

The United Nations culture agency, which was considering declaring Venice an imperiled world heritage site, on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, hailed Italy’s ban on big cruise ships in the heart of the lagoon city.

The fever struck Gary Lyon days after he and his wife, Sue, reached their Toronto home early last April, ending what was to have been their 40th wedding anniversary dream vacation.

The Public Health Agency of Canada began recommending against cruise-ship travel as far back as March 9.

Ottawa will provide a $62.5-million aid package to help the country's fish and seafood processors protect workers from COVID-19 and ensure they can continue to keep the seafood market alive.