Guest Blog: Does the USMCA offer hope for a revitalized Commission for Environmental Cooperation?

Blog post by Hugh Benevides, Former CELA Counsel on October 19, 2018 In an earlier blog post, CELA expressed its happiness that the re-negotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), known as the United States-Mexico-Canada-[Trade] Agreement (USMCA), does not include the controversial…

Media Release: Examining Shared Environmental Interests with the Michigan State Bar

Media Release Oct 02 2018 CELA’s Executive Director Theresa McClenaghan will be joining Members of Michigan State Bar and the Ontario Bar Association to discuss environmental law topics relevant to lawyers on both sides of the border. Our speakers will…

Open Letter to ECCC and Global Affairs Re: Negotiations of Mercosur and Pacific Alliance Free Trade Agreements

Title: Open Letter to ECCC and Global Affairs Re: Negotiations of Mercosur and Pacific Alliance Free Trade Agreements Resource Type: Legal Submissions Content: 1208-OpenLetterECCC-GlobalAffairs # of Pages: 7 Date authored: September 10, 2018 Publication number: 1208 Author/s: Kerrie Blaise Author…

Media Release: G7 Summit: Environmental groups call on Minister McKenna to use law, crack down on plastic pollution

Media Release FRANCAIS \Jun 11 2018 OTTAWA – On the eve of the G7 Summit meeting in Charlevoix, Quebec, environmental groups are calling on Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna to crack down on plastic pollution. “Plastic…

Binational Risk Management Strategy on PBDEs

Title: Re: Binational Risk Management Strategy on PBDEs Resource Type: Letter Content: 1190-NGOsubmissiononPBDEs # of Pages: 9 Date authored: May 11, 2018 Publication number: 1190 Author/s: Fe de Leon, Michael Murray and John Jackson Author Organization: CELA