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Save the date: Public forum on North America’s energy future, 18 April
Montreal, 1 March 2012—Join the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s Joint Public Advisory Committee in Toronto this spring for an important public forum on North America’s Energy Future: Powering a Low-carbon Economy for 2030 and Beyond. JPAC will bring together energy experts from across Canada, Mexico and the United States to answer questions about the current state of renewable energy as...
March 1, 2012
CEC receives a submission on BC salmon farms
Montreal, 17 February 2012—On 10 February 2012, the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (“CEC”) received a citizen submission filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, the Pacific Coast Wild Salmon Society, the Kwikwasu’tinuxw Haxwa’mis First Nation, and the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (together, the "Submitters"). The Secretariat subsequently received a version of the submission correcting a minor...
February 17, 2012
Canada, Mexico and the United States Announce Grants to Address North American Environmental Challenges
Montreal, 16 February 2012—The Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), composed of the ministers of environment of the three countries, today awarded more than $1.3 million in grants under the CEC’s North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action (NAPECA) program. The grants will support communities in their efforts to address environmental problems at the local level across North...
February 16, 2012
New JPAC chair calls for greater public involvement in environmental issues
CEC citizen committee invites you to a North American citizens’ forum Montreal, 17 January 2012—“We face new challenges every day: climate change, the loss of ecosystems, pollution, the flow of trade and all of their environmental impacts,” said Martín Gutiérrez Lacayo, 2012 chairman of the Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), as part of...
January 17, 2012
JPAC recommends review of CEC citizen submission process and examination of the transboundary movement of used lead-acid batteries in North America
Montreal, 22 December 2011—Following its most recent public meeting, held in November at El Paso, Texas, the Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) released its recommendations to the Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) regarding two issues: the process for citizen submissions on enforcement matters (SEM) and the transboundary movement of hazardous chemicals in North America. With respect to...
December 22, 2011
CEC receives a submission on polar bear protection
Montreal, 8 December 2011—On 5 December 2011, the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) received a citizen submission filed by the Center for Biological Diversity (the "Submitter"). The Submitter asserts that Canada is failing to effectively enforce Canada's Species at Risk Act (the "Act" or "SARA") by failing to list the polar bear in a timely manner as a threatened or endangered species,...
December 8, 2011
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