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CEC Council votes for publication of a factual record concerning the Hermosillo II submission
Montreal, 20 March 2014—On 11 March 2014, the Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) agreed, in factual record concerning submission SEM-05-003 (Environmental Pollution in Hermosillo II), filed with the Secretariat on 30 August 2005, by Academia Sonorense de Derechos Humanos, A.C., and Domingo Gutiérrez Mendívil (the “Submitters”). On 27 November 2013, the CEC Secretariat delivered to the Council a final...
March 19, 2014
Change happens: new maps reveal land cover change over five years across North America
Latest maps from the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s (CEC) North American Land Change Monitoring System show impact of natural and human-caused events Montreal, 11 March 2014—A new set of maps featured in the CEC’s North American Environmental Atlas depicts land cover changes in North America’s forests, prairies, deserts and cities, using satellite images from 2005 and 2010. These changes can be attributed...
March 10, 2014
CEC receives response from Mexico on Tourism Development in the Gulf of California submission
Montreal, 5 March 2014—On 12 November 2013, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Secretariat requested a response to submission SEM-13-001 (Tourism Development in the Gulf of California) (PDF) from the Government of Mexico. On 24 February 2014, the Secretariat received the requested response (PDF). In submission SEM-13-001, a group of organizations, represented by the Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA) and Earthjustice, assert that...
March 4, 2014
$1.2 million in community grants awarded to environmental projects across North America
The Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation announces winners of the NAPECA grant program. The Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), composed of the highest-level environmental authorities from Canada, Mexico, and the United States, today awarded $1.2 million in grants under CEC’s North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action (NAPECA) program for 18 new projects that will...
March 3, 2014
CEC delivers final factual record for the Ex Hacienda El Hospital submissions
Montreal, 18 February 2014—On 12 February, the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) submitted to the CEC Council a final factual record on 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 and on 22 September 2006. The Secretariat included as appropriate in...
February 18, 2014
North American public calls on governments to reaffirm their commitment to the environment after 20 years of NAFTA
Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) sends 20th anniversary advice to Canada, Mexico and the US Montreal, 20 December 2013—Calling for a revival of political will, a new mission and better public participation, today JPAC is requesting that North America’s three environment ministers, the CEC Council, reexamine the role and importance of the CEC,...
December 20, 2013
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