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Meet our New Director of Legal Affairs and Submissions on Enforcement Matters

Montreal, 28 October 2020—We are pleased to announce that Paolo Solano, former Legal Officer, will be assuming the role of Director of Legal Affairs and Submissions on Enforcement Matters (SEM). Since joining the CEC in 2006, Paolo Solano has served in the SEM unit with special duties to process and respond to public submissions regarding the effective enforcement of environmental...

October 28, 2020

Meet our new Director of Government Relations, Strategy and Performance

Montreal, 21 October 2020—We are pleased to announce that long-time CEC Secretariat professional Nathalie Daoust will be taking on the role of Director of Government Relations, Strategy and Performance. The recently ratified Environmental Cooperation Agreement (ECA) between Canada, Mexico and the United States reflects a renewed commitment for the CEC in setting and implementing an ambitious agenda. The capacity of...

October 21, 2020

CEC Secretariat releases report on Alberta (Canada) Oil Sands Tailings Ponds

Alberta Tailings Ponds II Montreal, 4 September 2020—Today, the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) made public the Alberta Tailings Ponds II Factual Record, after the CEC Council voted to authorize its release. This report is the result of the CEC’s Submissions on Enforcement Matters (SEM) process, which allows citizens and organizations across North America to raise concerns about the enforcement...

September 4, 2020

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation launches e-learning videos to support youth in their commitment to reduce food waste

With North Americans throwing out enough food yearly to bury the downtown of a major city, a new campaign aims to reduce food waste Montreal, 3 September 2020—The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) today announced the launch of its “Let’s Shrink Food Waste Mountain” awareness campaign, which aims to address this major problem in North America (Canada, Mexico and United...

September 2, 2020

Participate in the International Monarch Monitoring Blitz & Reconnect With the Outdoors!

Follow the Blitz on social media at #MonarchBlitz Montreal, 16 July 2020—Join thousands of volunteers in Canada, Mexico and the United States, from July 24 to August 2, 2020 for the 4th annual International Monarch Monitoring Blitz (the Blitz). With limited ability to do field work due to COVID-19 restrictions, researchers need your observations now more than ever. “We need a better...

July 16, 2020

CEC Ministerial Statement – 2020

Twenty-seventh Regular Session of the CEC Council Montreal, 26 June 2020—We, the Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), are proud to renew and expand our commitment to environmental cooperation as we implement the new North American free trade agreement. Our ongoing commitment to the CEC since 1994 is rooted in the understanding that addressing environmental issues requires solutions that...

June 26, 2020