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Recruitment Now Open for the North American Supply Chain Energy Management Program
Montreal, 17 October 2017—Today, at the 5th Annual Forum on Energy Management in Mexico City and at the Supplier’s Partnership for the Environment meeting in Greenville, South Carolina, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) launched the North American Supply Chain Energy Management Program. Created in partnership with the energy agencies of Canada, Mexico and the United States, the program aims...
October 17, 2017
INVITATION–> NAFTA’S Environmental Side Agreement: Assessing the Past, Looking Towards the Future
Attend expert discussion in Chicago, Illinois, on November 9, 2017 Send your comments in advance via our online form Tune in via webcast or Facebook Live Montreal, 28 September 2017—With renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) underway, the Joint Public Advisory Committee of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation invites you to join a discussion with a panel...
September 28, 2017
Find a site near you: new website connects communities that care for shorebirds
Engage with the CEC’s new online resource and learn how you can help conserve at-risk migratory shorebirds along North America’s Pacific and Atlantic flyways Montreal, 21 September 2017—The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has launched an online resource to support the conservation of migratory shorebirds at key North American stopover sites. By providing detailed data, maps and outreach tools, this...
September 22, 2017
Submit Your Application Online Today for NAPECA Grants!
CEC Council announces new round of funding for community grants aimed at local environmental challenges Montreal, 24 August 2017—The Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is pleased to announce a new Call for Proposals for community-based projects aimed at addressing environmental challenges across North America. Local organizations and community groups are invited to apply to a US$480,000 grant...
August 24, 2017
CEC Secretariat requests a response from Canada to the Alberta Tailings Ponds submission
Montreal, 17 August 2017—Yesterday, the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) issued a determination requesting a response from Canada to SEM-17-001 (Alberta Tailings Ponds II), a submission from two nongovernmental organizations and one individual (the Submitters). The Submitters assert that Canada is failing to effectively enforce subsection 36(3) of its Fisheries Act by allowing leakage from tailings ponds associated with northern Alberta...
August 17, 2017
CEC joins Montreal’s International Environmental Organizations to celebrate the city
Montreal, 4 August 2017—On 15 June 2017, Montreal's leading international environmental organizations gathered at the Montreal Botanical Garden for a networking event to mark the city of Montreal's 375th anniversary as well as Canada's host status for this year's World Environment Day. For the first time, representatives of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), the United Nations Secretariat of the Convention...
August 4, 2017
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