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Status of PCB Management in North America

Description: Despite risks associated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), these toxics remain in use and continue to build up in the North American environment. In response, NAFTA countries are developing PCB management plans that, to various degrees, have begun to address public health concerns as well as environmental protection. This paper compares current regulations, inventories and disposal services in the three NAFTA countries in order to examine regional incentives and disincentives for PCB manag… more
Date: August 1, 1996
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[Half Fast Chili, Aug. '79]

Description: Photograph of the Half Fast Chili team, advertising for Baby Turtle. The team consists of Dana Pratter, Luse Perkins, Lee & Brent Burleson and Jana Crunch. Date: 08-1974.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Woodside, Bill
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[Half Fast Chili, Aug. '79]

Description: Photograph of the Half Fast Chili team, advertising for Baby Turtle. The team consists of Dana Pratter, Luse Perkins, Lee & Brent Burleson and Jana Crunch. Date: 08-1974.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Woodside, Bill
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United States Civilian Board of Contract Appeals

Description: Website for the U.S. Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, which was organized "to hear and decide contract disputes between government contractors and civilian executive agencies" (about). The site includes information about the Board; instructions for filing appeals or handling disputes; and reports, decisions, and other publications.
Date: August 2026
Creator: United States. General Services Administration. Civilian Board of Contract Appeals.
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Goodbye, Pork Pie Hat

Description: A condensed score or cue sheet compiled by transcription from from the recording of "Goodbye, Pork Pie Hat," which appeared on the One O'Clock Lab Band's Lab '67 album. This document is provided for reference due to the absence of a score or parts for this selection on the album.
Date: August 19, 2026
Creator: Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979
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Youth Innovation Challenge 2017-2022

Description: The results of the long-term impact assessment highlight that the YIC has proven to be one of CEC’s campaigns that has most helped increase the visibility of the CEC, ensure youth engagement and bring media attention. However, several weaknesses and barriers have been identified over the years and the framework under which this program was developed six years ago needs to align better with the format and scope of similar competitions hosted by other organizations in order to be more attractive … more
Date: August 18, 2023
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CEC’s Work on Stimulating Uptake of ISO 50001 Energy Efficiency Standard (2015–2018)

Description: Eighteen (18) facilities across nine (9) companies (3M, ArcelorMittal, BMW, Cargill, Cummins Inc., Ingersoll Rand, Intertape Polymer Group, New Gold, and Titan America) participated in this first pilot project. In 2017, the CEC undertook a second two-year project: Increasing Industrial Energy Efficiency through ISO 50001 (2017–2018), this time committing C$600,000. This project was now targeted at original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their supply chains. This second CEC-industry partn… more
Date: August 15, 2024
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North American Grassland Priority Conservation Areas

Description: The goal of the GPCAs initiative is twofold: to provide guidance of where conservation action is immediately needed due to the trinational importance of the sites; and to offer a geographic rationale for developing a trinational cooperation network of institutions and organizations interested in conserving the grasslands ecosystem as a whole. GPCAs are here defined as areas of tri-national importance due to their ecological significance and threatened nature, which are in need of international … more
Date: August 13, 2009
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Moving Forward With Pollution Prevention in North America

Description: As a first step, the NAP3 partners committed to a paper highlighting pollution prevention policies, mandates and progress in their respective countries. This paper provides an update on the report, , prepared for the CEC, and a point of referral for further activities in pollution prevention.
Date: August 1, 2004
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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NAFTA Effects

Description: This report reviews current theoretical understandings about the impact of trade, trade liberalization and trade agreements on the environment, and the state of knowledge about modelling the environmental effects of trade.
Date: August 1, 1996
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NAFTA Effects

Description: NAFTA Effects—Potential NAFTA Environmental Effects: Claims and Arguments, 1991-1994 is designed to identify the major claims and arguments made by governments, academics, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and others in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico suggesting that there are potential direct and indirect environmental effects of the NAFTA.
Date: August 1, 1996
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North American Trade and Transportation Corridors

Description: This study examines the environmental impacts of that trade on five binational segments of three primary NAFTA trade corridors, with a particular focus on air pollution emissions. The corridor segments selected for the analysis are Vancouver-Seattle, Winnipeg- Fargo, Toronto-Detroit, San Antonio-Monterrey and Tucson- Hermosillo. The study determines current and future commodity flows, freight vehicle traffic volumes and emissions in each of these corridor segments. The impacts of several mitiga… more
Date: August 30, 2001
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Climate Adaptation Toolkit Training Module

Description: This document guides MPA practitioners through a basic climate adaptation planning process using the <a href="https://www.cakex.org/MPAToolkit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Climate Adaptation Toolkit</a>. The Climate Adaptation Toolkit contains tools to help MPA practitioners evaluate the vulnerability of their sites to climate change and identify appropriate adaptation strategies. The Training Module provides a framework and training exercises to support the successful use of the Climate Ada… more
Date: August 31, 2021
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CEC Policy Brief on Flood Costing

Description: The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) recognized information gaps in estimating economic impacts of floods in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. It initiated in 2019 a collaborative research project, led by experts from the three countries. During 2019-2021, this project entitled “Costing Floods and Other Extreme Events” has brought together governmental agencies, academic institutions, and stakeholders from the private sector and communities. The work presented in this policy … more
Date: August 10, 2021
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Trinational Trade and Enforcement Training Workshop to Support the Legal and Sustainable Trade in Turtles and Tortoises

Description: The topics covered during the workshop addressed conservation, management, and enforcement needs. The workshop was conducted by holding specific sessions focusing on CITES Appendix II species, turtle life-histories, and discussions about non-detriment findings (NDFs), sustainable trade, sustainable harvest, captive breeding (including farming and ranching), and law enforcement. Participants from Canada, Mexico, and the United States sought to explain and understand how each country addressed tr… more
Date: August 7, 2019
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Regional Workshop on the Evaluation of Capacities to Identify Woods in the Trade of CITES-listed Priority Timber Species

Description: The objective was to exchange information and experiences, as well as databases, methodologies and tools, on identifying wood from six tree species (Dalbergia granadillo, D. retusa, D. stevensonii, Swietenia humilis, S. macrophylla and S. mahagoni), and thus lead to strengthening the application of CITES and other laws regulating their trade in North America. This was a priority published in the CEC’s Action Plan for North America on the Sustainable Trade in Timber. Based on the information sha… more
Date: August 6, 2019
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Seagrass Sediment Sampling Protocol and Field Study

Description: Carbon that is stored in coastal and marine ecosystems is referred to as ‘blue carbon’. Blue carbon stocks (or carbon storage) have only recently been acknowledged as globally significant (<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo1477">Fourqurean et al</a>. 2012). Meta-analyses reveal that blue carbon habitats, in particular mangroves, seagrass meadows and salt marshes, play a disproportionally large role in carbon sequestration relative to their global extent, making them hot spots for car… more
Date: August 7, 2017
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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