Salish Sea News Week in Review March 10 2023

Aloha Mario Friday!
Mario Day was started by Mario Fascitelli as "a day for all persons named Mario." The date of March 10 was chosen because an abbreviation of the day, MAR10, looks similar to MARIO. Eventually, fans of the video game character Mario began celebrating him on the day. Beginning in 2016, Nintendo officially began embracing the day.

A treaty to protect the world's oceans has been agreed after a decade of talks
For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas — nearly half the planet's surface — concluding two weeks of talks in New York. 

Coastal First Nation’s cutting-edge ocean wave energy project just got a million-dollar boost
A cutting-edge clean energy project to use ocean waves to power a coastal First Nation’s return to its traditional territory on Vancouver Island’s wild west coast just got a surge in funding. To buoy the next stages of the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation’s Yuquot Wave Energy Project, $1 million was granted to one of the initiative’s partners, the University of Victoria’s Pacific Regional Institute for Marine Energy Discovery.

Sauk-Suiattle lawsuit against Seattle City Light headed back to trial court
A state appeals court has sent a lawsuit accusing Seattle City Light of false advertising back to King County Superior Court, giving the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe another chance to argue what is called greenwashing.

Fish in hot water: decades of logging tied to warmer temperatures in unprotected salmon-bearing streams
New research finds logging restrictions along small, unprotected streams could go a long way to keeping water cool and safe for the at-risk fish.

These Rare and Beautiful BC Reefs Fight Climate Change
So why hasn’t the government cancelled oil and gas exploration permits that could damage them?

WA greenhouse gas allowance auction raises estimated $300M

Washington state's first auction of greenhouse-gas pollution allowances has generated an estimated $300 million as companies, consumers and the Legislature get a glimpse of the cost of emitting greenhouse gases that are increasing climate catastrophes.

Canada's single-use plastic ban faces its first legal test
Canada's single-use plastic regulations face their first legal test today as the plastics lobby and the federal government head to court.

B.C. coal mines' economic impact overstated: study
The report, authored by six scholars including SFU professor Rosemary Collard and UBC professor Jessica Dempsey, concludes the province’s environmental impact assessment process did not protect wildlife habitat as intended.

B.C. salmon farms in Broughton Archipelago shuttered after First Nations’ decision: ‘we’re over the moon’
Several more fish farms are set to be removed from coastal waters after three First Nations chose not to consent to their continued operation in the Broughton Archipelago.

It's a good day to celebrate Billy Frank Jr. (March 9)
On March 9, each year, several Northwest tribes, schools, and public agencies celebrate Billy Frank Jr. Day. Billy Frank Jr.

Climate change is posing a serious threat to Canada — and B.C. in particular, intelligence service says
Significant parts of the province could be lost to rising sea levels, according to CSIS.

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