On 16 November 2001, the CEC Council unanimously instructed the Secretariat to develop a factual record with respect to assertions regarding logging at Sooke River and De Mamiel Creek, two sites in the Sooke watershed on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. These two areas were mentioned in submission SEM-00-004 (BC Logging), filed on 17 March 2000, by five environmental nongovernmental organizations from Canada and the United States.
On 20 October 1998, the Secretariat of the CEC received a submission from Grupo Ecológico “Manglar,” A.C. (Grupo Manglar) in accordance with Article 14 of the NAAEC. The Submission asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law with respect to a shrimp farm operated by Granjas Aquanova, S.A. de C.V. (Aquanova) that […]
On 16 November 2001, the CEC Council voted unanimously to instruct the Secretariat to develop a factual record with respect to two specific cases identified in submission SEM-99-002, filed on 19 November 1999 by several environmental nongovernmental organizations from Canada, Mexico and the United States. The first case involves the logging of several hundred trees by a private landowner during the nesting season of great blue herons, allegedly resulting in hundreds of crushed eggs.
On 23 October 1998, the Environmental Health Coalition and Comité Ciudadano Pro Restauración del Cañón del Padre y Servicios Comunitarios, A.C. (the “Submitters”) filed a submission with the Secretariat under NAAEC Article 14 asserting that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law in the case of an abandoned lead smelter in Tijuana, Baja […]
On 2 April 1997 the Sierra Legal Defence Fund and the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund (now Earthjustice) jointly filed a submission with the Secretariat, pursuant to Article 14 of the NAAEC (the “Submitters’ April 1997 Submission”). The Submission was filed on behalf of the following non-governmental organizations from Canada and the United States: the […]
This two-volume compendium contains work undertaken over the past three years by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) in the areas of environmental law and policy. Most of the contributions have not previously appeared in print or else have heretofore been available only in electronic form.
