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CEC Receives Environmental Enforcement Submission on Illegal Logging and Forest Land Use Change in Jalisco, Mexico
Montreal, 18 May 2023—Yesterday, Mexican citizens filed a submission under Chapter 24 of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA/CUSMA) with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The submission asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws, including the Sustainable Forest Development Act and the Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection Act, to prevent illegal logging and forest land use change in the municipality of...
May 18, 2023
CEC Receives Submission on Water Quality and Natural Resources in the Valle de Bravo-Amanalco Sub-Basin
Montreal, 16 May 2023—Yesterday, two coalitions, Observatorio Ciudadano de la Subcuenca de Valle de Bravo-Amanalco and Sé la Voz de la Naturaleza, along with other organizations, filed a submission under Chapter 24 of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA/CUSMA) with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The Submitters assert that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws including constitutional law, the National Waters Act, the Ecological Balance...
May 16, 2023
CEC Receives Submission on Residential Development near La Primavera Forest in Jalisco, Mexico
Montreal, 12 May 2023—Yesterday, an organization based in Mexico, Unión de Colonias de la Puerta Sur, filed a submission under Chapter 24 of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA/CUSMA) with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The Submitter asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws to adequately evaluate the environmental impacts of a residential development in Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, near La Primavera Forest...
May 12, 2023
New CEC Report Examines Where 5 Billion Kilograms of Industrial Pollutants Go Every Year in North America
Montreal, 2 May 2023 — Today, the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) released a new report compiling and analyzing data reported by approximately 24,000 industrial facilities in Canada, Mexico and the United States to their respective national pollutant release and transfer registers. The report reveals important gaps in the reporting and tracking of transfers to disposal across the region due to...
May 2, 2023
New CEC StoryMap: “Your Environment Is Changing: But How It Changes Is up to You.”
In North America, as everywhere else on our planet, you are deeply connected with the environment in so many ways, whether you realize it or not. This interactive ‘StoryMap’ helps us better understand the world around us and demonstrates how the CEC’s North American Environmental Atlas can support action, research and decision-making. By combining images, maps and a story in...
May 1, 2023
CEC Secretariat recommends Tren Maya environmental factual record under USMCA/CUSMA Chapter 24
Montreal, 25 April 2023 — On 17 April 2023 the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) recommended developing a factual record to investigate the environmental impact assessment procedures for the Tren Maya project, including relevant studies and alleged fragmentation of the environmental impact studies, as well as the change in land use authorization and the implementation of the citizen complaint mechanism in relation...
April 25, 2023
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