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Regulatory Charge (fee) for Vessel Remediation Fund
GSA view on proposed Transport Canada fund
Transport Canada Let’s Talk Transportation online submission Re: Regulatory Charge (Fee) Proposal for Vessel Remediation Fund We’d like to acknowledge the great progress that has been made in recent years by the Government of Canada in addressing the problem of wrecked, abandoned and hazardous vessels. As a charitable organization that works to protect and restore the marine environment and promote…
Read more »New analysis finds the BC climate plan still lags behind Pacific Coast neighbours
Since 2010, B.C. has experienced a 10.7% increase in emissions, which is considered to be very high. The Province’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions inventory shows that in the first year of data available under CleanBC, emissions continued to rise, and the federal inventory shows that they are rising faster than the national average. Last week, the B.C. Government released…
Read more »GSA responds to CleanBC: a climate roadmap going nowhere
Image by Gerd Altmann, Pixaby. Andrew Radzik, Energy Campaigner at Georgia Strait Alliance, responds to the Province’s CleanBC Roadmap announced today, saying: “People across BC felt the climate crisis this year. Hundreds died during the Heat Dome event, thousands were evacuated due to wildfires, and hundreds of thousands faced choking smoke. We desperately need a bold…
Read more »Environmental organizations, scientist, back in court to keep open-net fish farms out of Discovery Islands
Image by Province of B.C. Ecojustice lawyers are back in court this week and next to support former Fisheries and Oceans Minister Bernadette Jordan’s decision to phase out salmon farms in B.C.’s Discovery Islands by June 2022. Ecojustice is representing the David Suzuki Foundation, Georgia Strait Alliance, Living Oceans Society, Watershed Watch, and independent biologist Alexandra Morton. Starting today, October 19, the court…
Read more »DFO’s engagement report on transitioning from open-net pen fish farms: Georgia Strait Alliance responds
Today, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) released a summary of its engagement findings regarding the federal government’s commitment to transition open-net pen fish farms in waters off the coast of B.C. to closed-containment facilities on land by 2025. In response, the Executive Director of Georgia Strait Alliance Christianne Wilhelmson, says: “We appreciate that DFO has shared their engagement…
Read more »GSA responds to federal court dismissal of aquaculture operator injunction
Image by David Stanley, Flickr. Today, a federal court dismissed an injunction request from aquaculture operator Cermaq, which sought to reverse the decision by Fisheries and Oceans Minister Bernadette Jordan to negate two transfer applications that would restock farmed fish at Cermaq facilities in the Discovery Islands. In response to today’s decision, the Executive Director of…
Read more »Georgia Strait Alliance responds to judge ruling in favour of allowing restocking of three fish farms in the Discovery Islands
Image by Bureau of Land Management. Yesterday, the Federal Court ruled in favour of the two fish farm operators seeking an injunction to allow the continued stocking of farmed Atlantic salmon into open net-pens in three fish farms in the Discovery Islands. Georgia Strait Alliance was an intervenor in the judicial review in late March, as…
Read more »Georgia Strait Alliance response to Province’s sector targets to reduce climate emissions
Image by Li-An Lim. In response to the Province of B.C. splitting the economy into four sectors to establish targets for climate emissions reductions by 2030, Georgia Strait Alliance’s Energy Campaigner Andrew Radzik, says: “We applaud the B.C. government for setting a standalone target for the oil and gas industry. However, we are concerned with how…
Read more »Environmental organizations, scientist, in court to fight for fish farm phase out in Discovery Islands
Image by NPS Climate Change Response. On behalf of environmental organizations and an independent scientist, Ecojustice will be in court today to argue that aquaculture companies should not be allowed to transfer farmed fish into Discovery Islands fish farms, all of which are set to shutter by June 2022. The David Suzuki Foundation, Georgia Strait Alliance,…
Read more »Oak Bay Marine Group obtains its first Clean Marine BC eco-certification
Image by Derek Ford. Oak Bay Marina is the first of the Oak Bay Marine Group to achieve eco-certification in Clean Marine BC, which helps boating facilities to reduce the impact of recreational boating on the Salish Sea and beyond through the implementation of improved environmental measures, including the reduction and containment of toxins, collection and…
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