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Commission for Environmental Cooperation announces Gustavo Alanís Ortega as Chair of its Joint Public Advisory Committee
Gustavo Alanís Ortega, president of the Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (Mexican Environmental Law Center—CEMDA), to chair the Commission’s Joint Public Advisory Committee in 2015. Montreal, 7 January 2015—The Commission for Environmental Cooperation's (CEC) Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) has unanimously elected Mexican JPAC member Gustavo Alanís Ortega as the committee chair for 2015. He succeeds US JPAC member Robert Varney, former New...
January 7, 2015
CEC Council votes against the development of a factual record concerning the British Columbia (BC) Salmon Farms submission
Montreal, 17 December 2014—On 9 December 2014, the Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) decided by a two-thirds majority vote in Council Resolution 14-09 to instruct the CEC Secretariat not to prepare a factual record concerning submission SEM-12-001 (BC Salmon Farms), which was filed in February 2012 by two United States-based organizations—the Center for Biological Diversity and the...
December 17, 2014
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation releases its first-ever, multi-year examination of reported industrial pollution in North America
The latest edition of the Taking Stock report details pollutant releases and transfers across the region from 2005 through 2010, with an in-depth review of releases from the pulp and paper industry. Montreal, 1 October 2014—The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has released a comprehensive report on the changing face of industrial pollution in North America, covering the years 2005 through 2010. This is the...
October 1, 2014
THE FUTURE OF NORTH AMERICA’S COASTS: Take an active role in identifying trinational opportunities
Montreal, 30 September 2014—From Canada’s Arctic shores, to the Atlantic beaches of the US, and the mangrove forests that thrive along Mexico’s coastline, climate change is affecting North America’s coasts. These effects are being felt in our communities, in our economy, and in the environment. Join the Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) of...
September 30, 2014
Registration now open for the Public Meeting of the CEC’s North American Pollutant Release and Transfer Register Project
Taking stock of pollutant reporting and sustainability progress in North America: A focus on the automotive manufacturing sector and supply chain. 11–12 November 2014, Mexico City Montreal, 29 September 2014—The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is pleased to invite you to participate in the public meeting of the North American Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) Project, to be held...
September 29, 2014
CEC recommends factual record for Tourism Development in the Gulf of California submission
Montreal, 17 September 2014—On 5 September 2014, the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) notified the CEC Council that the preparation of a factual record is warranted in regard to submission SEM-13-001 (Tourism Development in the Gulf of California). The submission, filed in 2013 by a group of organizations represented by the Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA)...
September 17, 2014
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