This report represents the close-out report for the North American Regional Action Plan (NARAP) on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (EMA) of the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). It provides an overview of the objectives and action items contemplated under this NARAP, highlights the results achieved, and draws conclusions about the success of this […]
The market for electric-drive vehicles (EDVs), including hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), and electric, pure battery-powered vehicles (EVs), is expected to experience significant and rapid growth over the coming decades. In the year 2013 all EDVs together represent about 1.44 percent of annual vehicle sales in Canada, about 0.09 percent in Mexico and about 3.81 percent in the US, and numbers are expected to grow rapidly in the coming years. As the market for EDVs expands, there will be a vital opportunity to recapture and recycle the materials used in EDV batteries (nickel, cobalt, steel and other valuable components) once they reach end of life (EOL).
These guidelines are intended to provide a consistent methodology for developing black carbon inventories among the United States, Mexico and Canada, in order to improve cross-border comparisons and mitigation assessments. They are based on an extensive literature review and comparative evaluation of black carbon and underlying particulate matter emission inventory methods, resulting in a series of initial recommendations for “best practice” approaches.
Increased traffic at North American land ports of entry (POEs) associated with transportation of goods affects air quality in border communities and beyond. In its 2013–2014 Operational Plan, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has provided support for researching and developing viable, integrated options for the implementation of vehicle emission-reduction mechanisms at selected land POEs.
Updated October 2014: Action Plan to Enhance the Comparability of Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) in North America
This edition of the Taking Stock report examines the data on pollutant releases and transfers reported by industrial facilities from 2005 through 2010 to the three pollutant release and transfer registers (PRTRs) of North America: Canada’s National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI); Mexico’s Registro de Emisiones y Transferencia de Contaminantes (RETC); and the US Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). It provides details about specific pollutants, how they were managed, and the sectors and facilities reporting them over time and across North America.
This report compares for the first time the history, sampling strategy and results of the Canadian National Air Pollution Surveillance (NAPS) and the US National Dioxin Air Monitoring Net-work (NDAMN) for polychlorinated dioxin and furan (PCDD/Fs) concentrations for the periods 1989–2009, and 1999–2002, respectively, for co-planar polychlorinated biphenyl ethers (Co-PCBs) for the periods 2005–2009 and […]
Factual Record regarding Submissions Ex Hacienda El Hospital II and III (SEM-06-003 and SEM-06-004)
Assessing individual or community risk from environmental pollution is complex and requires consideration of chemical and non-chemical stressors, community priorities and values, and numerous other factors. This framework document is intended to serve as an information and awareness resource for the development of environmental health assessment tools. It draws from an exhaustive review of scholarly and grey literature from varied disciplines (e.g., environmental pollution, nutrition, social sciences, health and public health promotion), and from consultations with subject-matter experts and stakeholders from the three North American countries.
This outreach document is intended for the general public. It provides general information on wood burning as a source of dioxins and other pollutants, as well as recommendations to diminish the risk of exposure.
This outreach document is intended for policy makers in Mexico and the public in general. It provides general information on agricultural wastes burning as a source of dioxins and other pollutants, as well as recommendations on controls and alternatives to this waste burning.
This document summarizes the analysis and findings of a report developed for policy makers regarding work undertaken by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) in support of the United Nations-Coordinated Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM). Specifically, it measures how the CEC’s work on chemicals management has helped achieve progress against SAICM indicators. This […]
