Our Clean & Green Boating Happy Hour is about a week away! Are you registered? Hear from Washington Sea Grant and the Pacific States/BC Oil Spill Task Force for boating tips and resources that support the health of the Salish Sea. See you on Zoom!
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Great description of the chinook salmon management benefits to #SRKW identified by ⁦Raincoast Conservation Foundation⁩ & ⁦⁦Oceans Initiative⁩ et al in our latest paper examining killer whales, #Chinook #salmon , & #brightExtinction 🙏⁦WildFishConservancy⁩ theorcasonian.com/new-research-s…

Even the BC Utilities Commission shows uncertainty around the economics of continued fossil expansion fuels in BC. It rejected FortisBC’s bid to offload the cost of expanding its gas infrastructure onto consumers - it would be “undue price discrimination.” nationalobserver.com/2024/03/22/new…

Great news📣 the Province has issued a stop-work order at Union Bay! Kudos to the community groups that championed the issue such as Concerned Citizen of Baynes Sound, K’ómoks First Nation, NGO Shipbreaking Platform and individuals like Ashlee Anne M. Manning
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Squamish could be on its way to becoming the 2nd community in Canada to be on the frontlines of a liquefied fossil fuel natural gas (LNG) export facility. Info about the extent of air pollution from U of Victoria’s Clean Air Lab vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/…
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Ross Reid, the biologist behind @NerdyAboutNature, explains how FortisBC's proposed pipeline tunnel under the Squamish estuary will impact wildlife and sensitive ecosystems.
Woodfibre LNG is NOT a done deal.
🔥Take action now! myseatosky.org/take-action/st…
#cancelthepermits

Next week, BC Nature will be hosting us as we talk about protecting the 'Home of the Orcas' with a proposed National Marine Conservation Area Reserve in the Salish Sea's Southern Strait of Georgia.

Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

This is very interesting! *If* Southern Residents were considered a separate species it could potentially have important implications for their protection! eopugetsound.org/magazine/resid…

Great coverage! Thank you, CBC News, for a great article.
#FossilFuel #cdnpoli
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Ecojustice & Slater Vecchio LLP lawyers are representing Stand.earth & concerned B.C. residents taking gas utility FortisBC to court for greenwashing its gas in the middle of a climate crisis. The case alleges that FortisBC is deceptively marketing fossil gas & renewable natural gas.

‼️Sign our petition‼️to tell the federal government to enact a mandatory 1,000m vessel buffer for Southern Resident killer whales!
This is a legally binding petition so if we reach 500 signatures by April 21, it will be presented in the House of Commons. raincoast.org/2024/03/petiti…

Learn more about the science behind why the DFO and the Canadian government must keep their promise for the future of wild salmon and the people who depend on them. The Truth about Open-Net Pen Salmon Farms: A Webinar us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Join us online for an inspiring, educational evening! Hear about the Qwuloolt estuary restoration from Melissa Gobin, Tulalip Tribes & Michelle Bahnick, Wetland Biologist. Then the Kus-kus-sum estuary restoration w/ Project Watershed's Caitlin Pierzchalski
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🎉 “Last week, Canada’s federal fisheries department announced all commercial and recreational bottom-contact fisheries, including mid-water trawl, could no longer fish in the area surrounding [Canada’s only known living coral reef],'

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Join WCEL Lawyers Michael Bissonnette & Estella White–ḥin̓ačačišt for a convo about how BC’s laws fall short on protecting marine ecosystems, how a strong #CoastalMarineStrategy can fill those gaps & how you can influence change! Apr 11, 12–1pm PT. RSVP: eventbrite.ca/e/turning-the-…

House of Commons passed Bill C-226 to develop Canada’s 1st national strategy on #EnvironmentalRacism & #EnvironmentalJustice . Now it needs Senate approval to become law.

Join the call to pass Bill C-226 without further delay!
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@CAPE-ACME David Suzuki FDN

🔥Woodfibre LNG is NOT a done deal.
◾️Take action now!
◾️We're calling on Premier Eby to #cancelthepermits .
◾️Sign the petition.
◾️Help us keep local communities safe.
🚨>> myseatosky.org/take-action/st… #bcpoli

Burnaby residents! Something exciting is happening: City Council is considering whether to join Sue Big Oil. Council needs to know they have your support—they're expected to make a decision in the coming weeks. Please take a minute to send a letter: suebigoil.ca/burnaby/#newmo… #bcpoli

1/3 Royal Victoria Yacht Club - Cadboro Bay (Clean Marine BC certified facility) paired with the District of Oak Bay to work on this removal. They received the approval from TC in a 'record breaking' two months. vicnews.com/local-news/oak…

We are creating a new full time Marine Planning Coordinator position. Learn more about marine planning, including GSA's approach to making the process more inclusive and effective:
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