Participate in a public forum at the Council session in person or via webcast Montreal, 3 February 2015—On 14–15 July 2015, United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy will host her counterparts from Canada and Mexico in Boston, Massachusetts, for the annual Regular Session of the Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The Council, which is the...
February 3, 2015
Montreal, 28 January 2015—On 27 January 2015, the Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) decided by a unanimous vote in Council Resolution 15-01 to instruct the CEC Secretariat not to prepare a factual record concerning the revised submission SEM-10-002 (Alberta Tailings Ponds), which was filed in September 2010 by Environmental Defence (Canada), the Natural Resources Defense Council (United...
January 28, 2015
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
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 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
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
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Georgina O’Farrill
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