Today, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has published a new report detailing recommended actions for increasing organic waste diversion and processing across Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Key findings of the report include: North America generates an estimated 265 million tonnes of organic waste each year. Of this amount, residents and businesses divert approximately 75 million tonnes through activities such...
March 6, 2018
Canada, Mexico and United States to cooperate on four key CITES Appendix II species groups Montreal, 2 March 2018—Today, in celebration of World Wildlife Day, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has launched a short video to promote the sustainable trade of North American species listed under CITES Appendix II. World Wildlife Day is a global annual event established by...
March 2, 2018
Participate in person or via webcast in a public forum on Innovation and Partnerships for Green Growth Montreal, 22 February 2018—On 26–27 June 2018, US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt will host his counterparts from Mexico and Canada in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for the annual Regular Session of the Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The Council, the...
February 22, 2018
Idea evaluation panel announced for the 2018 CEC Youth Innovation Challenge Montreal, 13 February 2018—Nine experts on the frontier of sustainable innovation in North America will serve on the idea evaluation panel for the 2018 Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Youth Innovation Challenge. With backgrounds in startup ventures, corporate sustainability, academic collaboration and technical know-how, these experts will bring diverse...
February 13, 2018
Montreal, 6 February 2018—On 2 February 2018, Academia Mexicana de Derecho Ambiental and La Voz de Polanco (the “Submitters”) filed a submission with the CEC Secretariat, asserting that Mexican federal authorities, the government of Mexico City (CDMX), and three of its boroughs are failing to effectively enforce environmental laws with respect to the construction of Line 7 of the bus rapid transit system ("Metrobús"). In SEM-18-002 (Mexico...
February 6, 2018
Montreal, 16 January 2018—On 10 January 2018, the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) received a submission from a resident of the Tohono O’odham Indian Nation in the United States along the US (Arizona)/Mexican border, asserting that her village is being impacted by “unannounced episodes of smoke drift from Mexico (agricultural burns).” According to documents filed by the...
January 16, 2018
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Georgina O’Farrill
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