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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

CEC Council Votes to Develop Factual Record on Hydraulic Fracturing Submission on Enforcement Matters, in Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Montreal, 2 November 2023 — The Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), composed of the three highest environmental authorities in Canada, Mexico and the United States, voted unanimously, in Council Resolution 23-05, to instruct the CEC Secretariat to develop a factual record with regard to submission SEM-18-003 (Hydraulic Fracturing in Nuevo Leon). The submission asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce environmental laws...

November 2, 2023

Join CEC’s Public Forums in Oaxaca, Mexico: Trinational Indigenous Forum & JPAC Public Forum, 27-29 November 2023

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Expert Group and Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) are pleased to invite all interested groups and individuals to participate in two public forums in Oaxaca, Mexico from 27 to 29 November 2023. The environmental challenges we face today, as a result of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, are impacting the whole of society,...

October 24, 2023

New EJ4Climate Grant Program Cycle Open for Applications: US$2M Available for Communities’ Climate Resilience

Montreal, 19 September 2023—The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is excited to announce that the third cycle of the US$2 million Environmental Justice for Climate (EJ4Climate) Grant Program is now open for applications for projects on “Community empowerment strategies to improve resilience to extreme weather events in urban settings,” with up to C$200,000 in grant funding available for recipients. Initiated...

September 19, 2023

The CEC is Turning 30! Celebrating Three Decades of Regional Environmental Cooperation

Montreal, 14 September 2023— Are you ready to celebrate—and accelerate? We’ve got big news! The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is turning thirty! This upcoming year we’ll be recognizing some of the key milestones in North American environmental cooperation and building on our history of collaboration to accelerate urgent action to address the triple planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss...

September 14, 2023

Monarch Blitz 2023 Results: Another Successful Year for Community Science in Support of Monarch Butterfly Conservation

Montreal, 11 September 2023—From 28 July to 6 August 2023, the 7th annual International Monarch Monitoring Blitz invited community scientists from across North America to collect data on monarch butterflies and milkweed plants across the monarch butterfly migratory range. This snapshot of the monarch breeding population helps scientists better understand how to protect and conserve one of North America’s most...

September 11, 2023