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Former EPA regional administrator to lead the CEC’s Joint Public Advisory Committee
Robert W. Varney will assume the chairmanship of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s advisory body for 2020 Montreal, 6 January 2020—Considered one of the most experienced and respected environmental leaders in North America, Robert W. Varney will chair the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s (CEC) Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) for 2020. Mr. Varney is a former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) New England regional...
January 6, 2020
NAPECA Grant Recipients Announced by Commission for Environmental Cooperation
Eleven community-based environmental initiatives across North America will receive funding for adaptation to extreme events Montreal, 13 November 2019—Today, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) announced the 2019–2020 North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action (NAPECA) grant recipients. The following innovative, community-based projects addressing adaptation to extreme events will receive funding: Project Title Organization Location 1 Mi'kmaw Wildfire Resilience Initiative The...
November 14, 2019
CEC premieres short film “Voices of the Pacific Flyway”
A new documentary, available in English, Spanish and Central Yup’ik, explores the connection between human communities and migratory birds along the Pacific Flyway Montreal, 28 October 2019—The Commission for Environmental Cooperation has partnered with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to produce a short documentary entitled Voices of the Pacific Flyway. The documentary, launched at the 8th Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group Meeting, features voices from three communities along the Pacific Flyway that are...
October 28, 2019
CEC premieres short film “Voices of the Pacific Flyway”
A new documentary, available in English, Spanish and Central Yup’ik, explores the connection between human communities and migratory birds along the Pacific Flyway Montreal, 28 October 2019—The Commission for Environmental Cooperation has partnered with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to produce a short documentary entitled Voices of the Pacific Flyway. The documentary, launched at the 8th Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group Meeting, features voices from three communities along the Pacific Flyway that are...
October 28, 2019
See our October 24 agenda and join us for the JPAC public forum on disaster resilience in Puerto Rico!
Please have a look at our forum agenda and be sure to join us at www.cec.org/livestream Montreal, 16 October 2019—In just one week, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s Joint Public Advisory Committee will be hosting its first-ever meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This public forum will feature the lived experiences of people from cities, remote and coastal communities and Indigenous...
October 17, 2019
CEC receives submission on Barred Owl lethal takes in US
Montreal, 10 October 2019—On 30 September 2019, the Friends of Animals (the “Submitter”) filed a submission with the CEC Secretariat, asserting that the United States is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws with respect to the lethal take of protected barred owls. In submission SEM-19-004 (Barred Owl), the Submitter asserts that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is failing to...
October 10, 2019
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