Georgia Strait Alliance
@GeorgiaStraitBC
Grounded in environmental justice, we mobilize and support collective action to protect the Salish Sea region.🌊
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http://www.GeorgiaStrait.org 05-01-2011 23:58:28
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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!
georgiastrait.org/clean-green-ha…
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
cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
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/…
Take action with My Sea to Sky
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
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.
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!
cape.ca/focus/support-…
@CAPE-ACME David Suzuki FDN