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EVENT UPDATE: Mexican Environment Secretary to join sustainable and healthy housing experts from across North America, in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico
Agenda released for public consultation to be hosted by CEC advisory committee. Montreal, 6 May 2014—Whether in a small Alaskan village where wood-burning in homes leads to poor indoor air quality, or an indigenous community in Chiapas without access to affordable sources of energy, barriers to building healthy, sustainable housing remain a major concern for a number of indigenous communities...
May 5, 2014
CEC releases conservation priorities for more than three million acres of contiguous, protected areas on both sides of US-Mexico border
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation releases the Big Bend-Río Bravo Conservation Assessment, the latest result of over 20 years of environmental cooperation in North America Montreal, 23 April 2014—Today, the CEC released its Conservation Assessment for the Big Bend-Río Bravo Region: A Binational Collaborative Approach to Conservation, which identifies 29 priority conservation areas in a region straddling the United States-Mexico border that...
April 22, 2014
Enter the North American Photo Challenge to win a trip to Canada’s beautiful and majestic North
To celebrate 20 years of environmental cooperation and our shared biodiversity, the CEC is hosting a continent-wide photo competition. Montreal, 10 April 2014—The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) of North America wants your photographic vision of our shared biodiversity. In 2014, the CEC will celebrate 20 years of successful environmental partnerships in North America. To mark this milestone in Canada,...
April 9, 2014
CEC delivers final factual record regarding the Coal-fired Power Plants submission
Montreal, 4 April 2014—On 11 March 2014, the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) submitted to the CEC Council a final factual record on submission SEM-04-005 (Coal-fired Power Plants). The submission was filed on 20 September 2004, by Friends of the Earth Canada, Friends of the Earth-US, Earthroots, Centre for Environmentally Sustainable Development, Great Lakes United, Pollution Probe,...
April 3, 2014
SAVE THE DATE: CEC to celebrate 20 years of environmental cooperation at upcoming Council Session in Canada’s North
Mark your calendar today to join North America’s environment ministers live or via webcast in the far northern regions of North America for the 21st annual Session of the CEC Council Montreal, 27 March 2014—On 17 July 2014, Canadian Minister of Environment Leona Aglukkaq will host this year’s Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Council Session, in the City of Yellowknife,...
March 26, 2014
REGISTER NOW: How can we meet the challenge of building healthy, sustainable homes in remote and indigenous communities?
Commission for Environmental Cooperation and its Joint Public Advisory Committee to host public forum in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico, 12–13 May 2014. The forum will be webcast live. Montreal, 24 March 2014—Barriers to building healthy, sustainable homes remain a major concern for a number of remote communities in North America, as well as many indigenous communities. To discuss the opportunities and...
March 24, 2014
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