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CEC Receives Environmental Enforcement Submission on Air Pollution from the Cadereyta Pemex Refinery in Nuevo León, Mexico
Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), 6 February 2024 — Yesterday, a Mexican citizen filed a submission, under Chapter 24 of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA/CUSMA) with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), asserting that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws to regulate air emissions from the Ing. Héctor R. Lara Sosa Pemex refinery (known as the Cadereyta Refinery) in Nuevo León, Mexico and to manage the...
February 6, 2024
CEC Receives Environmental Enforcement Submission Regarding the Time Ceramics Company in Hidalgo, Mexico
Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), 2 February 2024—Yesterday, a Mexican citizen filed a submission, under Chapter 24 of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA/CUSMA) with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), asserting that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws with regard to unauthorized land use change and water extraction. In submission SEM-24-001 (Time Ceramics), the Submitter asserts that Mexico is failing to address the environmental impacts...
February 2, 2024
Research professor and Organic Coffee Producer Esteban Escamilla Prado to Chair CEC’s Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC)
Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), 16 January 2024 — The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is pleased to announce that Esteban Escamilla Prado, PhD, research professor at the Eastern University Regional Center (CRUO) of Chapingo Autonomous University (UACh) in Huatusco, Veracruz, has been named the new chair of the CEC’s Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) for 2024. Esteban Escamilla Prado is an agricultural engineer with an MA and...
January 16, 2024
Oaxaca, site of two international forums on managing freshwater resources in the face of the environmental challenges of climate change
Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico, 5 December 2023 — On 27–29 November 2023, in Oaxaca, Mexico, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) held a trinational Indigenous forum and a public forum of its Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC), around Indigenous approaches to freshwater management and conservation of resources in North American communities. During both events, the Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Expert Group and JPAC...
December 5, 2023
NAPECA Grant Program: C$1.75 Million to Empower Indigenous Peoples and Enhance Climate Adaptation by Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge
Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), 27 November 2023 — The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is calling for applications for the new cycle of the North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action (NAPECA) grant program. This year’s call for proposals is aimed at organizations supporting environmental initiatives that will involve and empower Indigenous Peoples and communities and enhance climate adaptation by respectfully applying and...
November 27, 2023
CEC Receives Submission on Enforcement of Environmental Law in Canada, Citing Marine Pollution from Cruise Ships and Other Vessels
Montreal, 7 November 2023—Last week, Stand.earth, a Canadian environmental advocacy organization, filed a submission under Chapter 24 of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (USMCA/CUSMA) with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The submission asserts that Canada is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws, particularly Section 36(3) of the Fisheries Act, to prevent pollution of the marine environment by cruise ships and other vessels along its Pacific...
November 7, 2023
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