The Coal-fired Power Plants factual record addresses enforcement of the US Clean Water Act in relation to 36 facilities. The Mexican factual records will present information on government enforcement actions in connection with quarry operations in a national park and gas infrastructure projects in a wetland. Montreal, 10 July 2014—The Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has authorized...
July 10, 2014
Montreal, 9 July 2014—Even if you can’t make it to Yellowknife, you can participate in this year’s Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) meeting and the 21st annual CEC Council Session by visiting www.cec.org/webcast on July 16 and 17, where all the action will be webcast live and where you can share your questions via Facebook, Twitter or email. On July 16th,...
July 9, 2014
Participate in-person or online in a town hall meeting on the importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge with North America’s three highest-level environmental officials in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Montreal, 4 July 2014—On July 17th, join North America’s federal environmental ministers in person or online to discuss the importance and contribution of Traditional Ecological Knowledge to environmental decision making. For centuries,...
July 4, 2014
Montreal, 13 June 2014—On 5 June, the Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) decided by a vote of two-thirds majority in Council Resolution 14-04 to instruct the CEC Secretariat not to prepare a factual record concerning submission SEM-11-003 (Protection of Polar Bears), which was filed in December 2011 by the Center for Biological Diversity, a US-based nongovernmental organization....
June 12, 2014
Participate in-person or online with the CEC’s Joint Public Advisory Committee in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Montreal, 3 June 2014—On July 16th, the CEC’s Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) will host a public forum to discuss transboundary natural resource management, with an emphasis on waters, climate, and the importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge. This session will be interactive, broadcast live...
June 3, 2014
Montreal, 29 May 2014—On 15 May, the Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) agreed, in Council Resolution 14-03, to make public the factual record concerning the consolidated submissions SEM-06-003 (Ex Hacienda El Hospital II);and; SEM-06-004 (Ex Hacienda El Hospital III), filed respectively with the Secretariat on 17 July 2006, by Myredd Alexandra Mariscal Villaseñor, representing a group of...
May 28, 2014
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