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Why isn’t every new or renovated building in North America green?
CEC releases series of in-depth analyses of three pillars of green building construction Montreal, 17 December 2013—North America's energy and climate goals will not be met without private financial backing, supportive policies from governments and qualified professionals. A series of reports released today by experts at the Commission for Environmental Cooperation seek to unravel challenges and best practices in these...
December 17, 2013
CEC Secretariat requests a response from Canada to the Alberta Tailings Ponds submission
Montreal, 17 August 2017—Yesterday, the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) issued a determination requesting a response from Canada to SEM-17-001 (Alberta Tailings Ponds II), a submission from two nongovernmental organizations and one individual (the Submitters). The Submitters assert that Canada is failing to effectively enforce subsection 36(3) of its Fisheries Act by allowing leakage from tailings ponds associated with northern Alberta...
December 12, 2013
CEC Secretariat terminates Iona Wastewater Treatment submission
Montreal, 11 December 2013—The Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has terminated the process for the SEM-10-003 (Iona Wastewater Treatment) submission, which alleged a failure to effectively enforce subsection 36(3) of the federal Fisheries Act, in respect of sewage discharges from the Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant in British Columbia. Articles 14 and 15 of the North American Agreement...
December 11, 2013
CEC recommends investigation of Sumidero Canyon II submission and delivers factual record for Environmental Pollution in Hermosillo II submission
Montreal, 27 November 2013—The Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has concluded—following a thorough review of the documentation received—that there are central issues warranting a factual investigation relating to the effective enforcement of the environmental law in connection with the alleged irregular operation of a quarry and the protection of the Sumidero Canyon National Park in Chiapas, Mexico....
November 27, 2013
Secretariat advances the Protection of Polar Bears (Canada) and Tourism Development in Gulf of California (Mexico) submissions
Montreal, 18 November 2013—The Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has, after a thorough review of the relevant documentation, concluded that a factual record respecting the timely listing of the polar bear species pursuant to Canada’s Species at Risk Act (SARA) is warranted. On 7 November 2013, the CEC Secretariat issued a notification recommending to the CEC Council the development of a...
November 18, 2013
An invitation to submit a full project proposal has been extended to 46 applicants
Following evaluation of some 500 preliminary applications for 2013–2015 North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action (NAPECA) grants, an invitation to submit a full project proposal has been extended to 46 applicants. All selected applicants have now been contacted directly. A selection committee will review the full proposals and successful project proposals will be announced in Mid-February 2014. Projects will begin...
November 13, 2013
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