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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

CEC examines air pollution from North America’s 3,000 fossil-fuel power plants

Montreal, 7 December 2011—North America’s 3,000 fossil fuel-burning power plants continue to produce two-thirds of the region’s electricity and, at the same time, generate the majority of certain harmful air pollutants and emit more greenhouse gases than any other industrial sector. North American Power Plant Air Emissions, a new report and database released today by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC),...

December 7, 2011

CEC receives a second submission on the Sumidero Canyon

Montreal, 1 December 2011—On 29 November 2011, Comité Pro-Mejoras de la Ribera Cahuaré (the "Submitter") filed a submission with the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) under Article 14(1) of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC). The Submitter asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws with respect to the operations of a limestone quarry, which...

December 1, 2011

Join the CEC Council Session in New Orleans in 2012

Mark your calendar today to join the discussion on North American environmental cooperation Montreal, 15 November 2011—Next July 10-11, US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will host her environmental counterparts from Canada and Mexico for the Nineteenth Regular Session of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Council. This session offers a unique chance for the public to hear...

November 15, 2011

What do you think about the CEC’s process of citizen submissions on the effective enforcement of environmental laws?

Montreal, 7 November 2011—The Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has received the responses to the questionnaire sent to all submitters, both past and present, to evaluate their experiences with the CEC mechanism known as the “Citizen Submissions on Enforcement Matters Process.” Now we would like to hear your opinion. Do you think this...

November 7, 2011