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Latest North American data help track industrial pollution, support sustainability efforts

Updated, integrated North American database details a reported 4.9 billion kilograms of pollutants, including cross-border transfers. Multi-year database allows tracking of changes in pollutant releases over time Improved search tools allow users to explore pollutant releases and transfers from specific facilities and sectors at local and continental levels using charts and maps. Vancouver, 15 March 2012—The Commission for Environmental Cooperation...

March 12, 2012

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