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Join our live webcasts on 8–9 September from the CEC Council’s 2016 annual session
Participate in the discussions via www.cec.org/webcast and through social media Montreal, 11 August 2016—Join the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) on the 8thand 9th of September 2016 for live webcasts from the 23rd Regular Session of the CEC Council and the public forum of our Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC). As chair of the CEC Council, Rafael Pacchiano Alamán, Mexico’s Secretary of Environment and Natural...
August 11, 2016
REGISTER TODAY: Join the public meeting of the North American PRTR Project
CEC meeting to focus on how PRTR data can help address environmental pollution issues Montreal, 8 August 2016—The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) invites you to attend the annual meeting of the North American Pollutant Release and Transfer (PRTR) project in Washington, DC, United States, on 18 October 2016. The meeting brings together individuals from industry, government, nongovernmental organizations, academia,...
August 8, 2016
CEC Council Session to take place 8–9 September in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Join in person or via webcast for a ministerial discussion on the role of youth within the work of the CEC Montreal, 2 August 2016—On 8–9 September 2016, Rafael Pacchiano Alamán, Mexico’s Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, will host United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and Canada’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna, in Mérida, Yucatán,...
August 2, 2016
CEC receives submission on aqueduct project in Monterrey, Mexico
Montreal, 20 July 2016—The Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) received a submission on 11 July 2016, which asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws in relation to the construction and operation of an aqueduct from Veracruz to Monterrey. The Submitter, a group in Mexico which has requested confidentiality, asserts that the “Monterrey VI” project, promoted...
July 20, 2016
Celebrate Pollinator Week – help monitor the monarch butterfly!
Researcher Maxim Larrivée urges North American residents to join monarch conservation efforts Montreal, 23 June 2016—The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is celebrating Pollinator Week by publishing a conversation with Maxim Larrivée, Section Head, Entomological Collections and Research, at the Montréal Insectarium, about the importance of monarch butterfly conservation in North America. Pollinator Week is being celebrated June 20 through...
June 23, 2016
CEC releases updated industrial pollution data via its Taking Stock Online tool
Explore pollutant releases and transfers within North America’s watersheds with new online interactive tools Montreal, 16 June 2016—The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has released the latest trinational data reported by industrial facilities to the pollutant release and transfer registers (PRTRs) of Canada, Mexico and the United States. Through the CEC’s Taking Stock Online website, users can explore integrated, multi-year...
June 16, 2016
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