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An invitation to submit a full project proposal has been extended to 51 applicants
Following evaluation of some 500 preliminary applications for 2011-2012 North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action (NAPECA) grants, an invitation to submit a full project proposal has been extended to 51 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 December 2011. Projects will...
October 18, 2011
El Paso public forum to examine cross-border movement of harmful chemicals, community concerns
Forum will also look at results of the Citizen Submissions on Enforcement Matters process Montreal, 7 October 2011—Information about hazardous wastes and potentially harmful chemicals that are crossing North America’s borders, as well as where they end up, is crucial to understanding and reducing these substances’ impacts on communities. On Monday, 7 November, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s Joint Public...
October 7, 2011
Community groups respond enthusiastically to new CEC grant program with innovative proposals
CEC receives more than 500 proposals to address local environmental challenges across North America as part of its new grant program Montreal, 16 September 2011—Community groups and environmental organizations across North America have responded in large numbers to the call-for-proposals for projects to be funded by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s new grant program, the North American Partnership for Environmental...
September 16, 2011
We’ll give you 1.4 million reasons to improve the environment in North America
Do you have an idea for an innovative environmental project? Do you know someone who already has an environmental project and requires funding to keep it going? Then this message is for you. Montreal, 10 August 2011—The Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has established a new grant program, the “North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action” (NAPECA),...
August 10, 2011
E-waste solution must involve us all: JPAC
The use of electronics is so pervasive that the solutions will need to involve not only the high-tech sector but also the general population. Montreal, 3 August 2011—The creation of programs to create awareness of the effects of e-waste on health and the environment, as well as the involvement of bigger, global players to take advantage of their leadership, best...
August 3, 2011
Videos, presentations from CEC Council Session and e-waste public forum now online
Montreal, Canada, 8 July 2011—Videos and presentations from public sessions of the June annual meetings of the Council and Joint Public Advisory Committee of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) are now available on the CEC website. You can now watch the Managing E-waste in North America Public Forum, hosted by the Joint Public Advisory Committee on 21 June, in...
July 8, 2011
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