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Tonight Victoria hosts Carnival Spirit for its weekly pit stop. It’s a regulatory stop to comply with an 1886 American law, and will likely drop off a week’s worth of Alaska cruise garbage so as not to inconvenience Seattle. Look at all the pollution we get in return. youtu.be/0x1ettloXtc

Happy August, Victoria, and here’s a cruise-season-to-date recap; today we’ll pass 1500 hours of cruise emissions (no shore power) and 200 ships. Fun fact: cruise is high-volume, low-value tourism. Cruise tourists account for less than 2% of tourism spending in the region. youtu.be/68hkleOlXak

The Trump administration has granted more than 180 polluting facilities nationwide a two-year pause on compliance with Clean Air Act rules. All they had to do was send an email. (Published May)

Today Victoria hosts Voyager (day shift) and Edge (night shift). Here's what Voyager looked like last week. What you don’t get from the video is the tang of pollution, but you could taste it. youtu.be/NRg1vwNRakA

Alto: In the context of what staff are presenting today, does that change? Staff: No. Not proposing to change density of zones in Old Town. Introducing new uses into zone. We are bringing forward recommended policy for proposals for hotels in Old Town, but considered case by case through rezoning.