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CEC’s JPAC releases key findings after asking a diverse group of North Americans: What makes communities and ecosystems resilient?

New Orleans, 13 July 2012—On July 9 and 10, the CEC's Joint Public Advisory Committee brought together 80 North Americans in New Orleans, Louisiana, to discuss how to make their communities more resilient in the face of unprecedented environmental change. Participants travelled from as far as Iqaluit, Canada, and Yucatán, México, and represented a broad spectrum of backgrounds, including community...

July 13, 2012

Agenda for JPAC public workshop Resilient Communities in North America announced

Montreal, 29 June 2012—Over two days in New Orleans, July 9 and 10, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation's Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) will discuss and debate with key North American sustainability practitioners, community leaders and concerned citizens on how the continent's communities can become resilient to environmental shifts like climate change, and disasters like the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil...

June 29, 2012

CEC Council instructs the Secretariat to develop a factual record on the Ex Hacienda El Hospital submissions

Montreal, 22 June 2012—The Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) announced today that it has voted in favor of instructing the CEC Secretariat to prepare a factual record for consolidated citizen submissions SEM-06-003 (Ex Hacienda El Hospital II) and SEM-06-004 (Ex Hacienda El Hospital III). Consolidated submissions SEM-06-003 and SEM-06-004, filed with the Secretariat on 17 July and 22 September 2006, respectively, were presented by nine residents...

June 22, 2012

CEC Council instructs the Secretariat to develop a factual record for a submission on environmental pollution in Hermosillo

Montreal, 22 June 2012—The Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) announced today that it has voted in favor of instructing the CEC Secretariat to prepare a factual record for citizen submission SEM-05-003 (Environmental Pollution in Hermosillo II). The submission, filed with the CEC Secretariat on 30 August 2005, by Academia Sonorense de Derechos Humanos, A.C. and Mr. Domingo Gutiérrez Mendívil (the “Submitters”), asserts that...

June 22, 2012

Agenda for Council 2012 in New Orleans announced

Don’t miss the chance to talk to your country’s environment minister about community and ecosystem resilience Montreal, 20 June 2012—The CEC has announced new details on the upcoming 2012 CEC Council Session: Community and Ecosystem Resilience in North America featuring a public dialogue with Canada's Environment Minister Peter Kent, Mexico's Environment Secretary Juan Elvira Quesada, and US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson....

June 20, 2012

North American Lead Recyclers and NGOs Provide Input to CEC SLABs report

Montreal, 18 June 2012—Lead-acid battery recyclers, trade associations, community groups and nongovernmental organizations have responded to the call for comments on the research questions and key focus of the independent report being conducted by the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) concerning the transboundary movement and recycling of spent lead-acid batteries (SLABs) in North America. On 8 February 2012,...

June 18, 2012