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Groups: Venice lagoon still at risk after cruise ship decree

by Nicole Winfield
| April 6, 2021 12:03 AM

ROME (AP) — Activists opposed to cruise ships in Venice are seeking a meeting with the Italian government to argue that its latest proposal to re-route big ships away from St. Mark’s Square doesn’t address pressing environmental concerns about the fragile Venetian lagoon.

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