GHGs will keep flowing from Victoria cruise ships

OCT 30, 202514 MIN
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GHGs will keep flowing from Victoria cruise ships

OCT 30, 202514 MIN

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<p>The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority (GVHA) has been trying to find a way to install shore power at Ogden Point, so that some of the cruise ships that stop there can plug in and use electricity - instead of relying on fossil fuels to keep the lights and other ship services going&nbsp;while the vessels are in port. But now, the GVHA has abandoned the plan. It says even with $31.5 million dollars promised by provincial and federal governments, it would need at least another $61 million dollars to do all the work needed - and it just doesn’t have the money. So what happens now?</p>