A United States delegation participated in the 13th round of negotiations with the Government of Canada on the Columbia River Treaty in Richmond, British Columbia, on August 10-11.
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 15 August, 2022 | Topics: Environment, Fisheries & Marine Issues, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Canada, Vancouver
Ambassador Tai and Minister Ng discussed the importance of the multilateral trading system, areas of potential cooperation for a successful MC12, and the need for action to combat the challenges posed by non-market economies.
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 6 October, 2021 | Topics: Environment, Fisheries & Marine Issues, Key Officials, News, Ottawa, Press Releases, Trade
On June 29 and 30, the United States and Canada conducted the tenth round of negotiations to modernize the Columbia River Treaty regime via videoconference.
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 30 June, 2020 | Topics: Environment, Fisheries & Marine Issues, Key Officials, News, Ottawa, Press Releases, U.S. & Canada, Vancouver
The United States and Canada postponed the ninth round of negotiations to modernize the Columbia River Treaty regime, which were originally scheduled for November 19-20.
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 14 November, 2019 | Topics: Environment, Fisheries & Marine Issues, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Canada, Vancouver
U.S. Columbia River Treaty Negotiator Jill Smail will lead a town hall on July 18, 2019, in Boise, Idaho, on the modernization of the Columbia River Treaty regime.
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 3 July, 2019 | Topics: Environment, Fisheries & Marine Issues, News, U.S. & Canada, Vancouver
The sixth round of negotiations to modernize the Columbia River Treaty regime was held April 10-11 in Victoria, British Columbia.
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 12 April, 2019 | Topics: Environment, Fisheries & Marine Issues, News, U.S. & Canada, Vancouver
Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC October 1, 2018 U.S. Signs Agreement To Prevent Unregulated Commercial Fishing on the High Seas of the Central Arctic Ocean The United States is pleased to be a signatory of the agreement to prevent unregulated commercial fishing on the high seas of the central Arctic Ocean. …
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 1 October, 2018 | Topics: Environment, Fisheries & Marine Issues, News, Press Releases, The Arctic, U.S. & Canada
The United States and Canada held the second round of negotiations to modernize the Columbia River Treaty regime August 15-16, in Nelson, British Columbia.
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 21 August, 2018 | Topics: Energy, Environment, Fisheries & Marine Issues, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Canada | Tags: Columbia River Treaty
Canadian experts in environmental policy and conservation will visit Washington, D.C., and other U.S. cities from August 14 to 23 as participants in an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on the oceans and their economic viability. The participants will explore the challenge of sustainably growing the “blue economy.”
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 9 August, 2017 | Topics: Economic Affairs, Events, Fisheries & Marine Issues, Halifax, News, Policy, Press Releases, Quebec, Toronto, U.S. & Canada, Vancouver | Tags: Blue Economy
“The United States had been privileged to lead the Arctic Council at a time when the Arctic Region has been facing unprecedented change and challenges.”
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 12 May, 2017 | Topics: Environment, Fisheries & Marine Issues, Former U.S. Government Leaders, Key Officials, News, Science & Tech, Speeches, The Arctic, U.S. & Canada | Tags: Arctic Council, Rex Tillerson
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft joined leaders representing eight coast guards of Arctic nations in signing a joint statement Friday.
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 24 March, 2017 | Topics: Fisheries & Marine Issues, News, Our Ocean, The Arctic, U.S. & Canada | Tags: Arctic Council, Coast Guard
President Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau are proud to launch actions ensuring a strong, sustainable and viable Arctic economy and ecosystem.
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 20 December, 2016 | Topics: Economic Affairs, Energy, Environment, Fisheries & Marine Issues, Former U.S. Government Leaders, News, Ottawa, Policy, Science & Tech, The Arctic, U.S. & Canada, Western Hemisphere | Tags: arctic, Arctic Council, Barack Obama, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
You don’t need me to tell you how the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway are a deeply important environmental and economic resource shared between the United States and Canada. I think the numbers speak for themselves.
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 27 October, 2016 | Topics: Ambassador, Fisheries & Marine Issues, News, Ottawa, Speeches, U.S. & Canada | Tags: Great Lakes, remarks
For more than 100 years, the IJC has enabled the United States and Canadian governments to manage the levels and flows of our shared waters and has provided expert advice and guidance to help us find solutions that meet the needs of both countries.
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 24 October, 2016 | Topics: Ambassador, Border Issues, Fisheries & Marine Issues, News, Ottawa, Speeches, U.S. & Canada | Tags: IJC, International Joint Commission, remarks
“I am pleased to welcome members of the U.S. delegation to Ottawa this week for semi-annual meetings of the International Joint Commission (IJC).”
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 24 October, 2016 | Topics: Ambassador, Environment, Fisheries & Marine Issues, News, Ottawa, U.S. & Canada | Tags: boundary waters, International Joint Commission
Today, leaders representing all eight coast guard agencies of the Arctic nations signed a joint statement establishing the framework for the Arctic Coast Guard Forum’s multi-year strategic plan.
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By U.S. Embassy Ottawa | 13 June, 2016 | Topics: Fisheries & Marine Issues, Key Officials, News, Ottawa, Our Ocean, The Arctic, U.S. & Canada | Tags: arctic, Coast Guard
As part of Oceans Week in Halifax, Dr. Scott Doney of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, spent 2.5 days in the city discussing climate change and its affects on the oceans.
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By U.S. Consulate General Halifax | 9 June, 2016 | Topics: Environment, Fisheries & Marine Issues, Halifax, News | Tags: Oceans, World Oceans Day
“On World Oceans Day, I challenge all who love the ocean – and all who love the planet – to join us.”
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By U.S. Embassy Ottawa | 8 June, 2016 | Topics: Environment, Fisheries & Marine Issues, Former U.S. Government Leaders, News | Tags: John Kerry, Oceans, World Oceans Day
The northern reaches of North America are getting greener, according to a NASA study that provides the most detailed look yet at plant life across Alaska and Canada. In a changing climate, almost a third of the land cover — much of it Arctic tundra — is looking more like landscapes found in warmer ecosystems.
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By U.S. Embassy Ottawa | 2 June, 2016 | Topics: Environment, Fisheries & Marine Issues, News, Policy, Science & Tech, The Arctic, U.S. & Canada, U.S. Agencies | Tags: arctic, Climate Change, NASA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced 28 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants for projects to restore and protect the Great Lakes.
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By U.S. Embassy Ottawa | 5 May, 2016 | Topics: Environment, Fisheries & Marine Issues, News, Toronto | Tags: Great Lakes
The U.S. Department of State’s third annual Fishackathon begins today on Earth Day in 40 cities around the world.
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By U.S. Embassy Ottawa | 22 April, 2016 | Topics: Environment, Fisheries & Marine Issues, News, Toronto, Vancouver | Tags: Department of State, Fishackathon
“One hundred years ago, the United States and Canada signed the first Migratory Bird Treaty, recognizing that protecting these birds and their habitat requires an international effort,” said Secretary Jewell. “As we celebrate the centennial of this landmark conservation treaty this year, we are reminded of the many millions of acres of wetlands lost over …
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By U.S. Embassy Ottawa | 20 April, 2016 | Topics: Environment, Fisheries & Marine Issues, Key Officials, News, Ottawa, U.S. & Canada | Tags: Department of the Interior, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, migratory birds
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing approximately $1 million in funding to support pollution prevention work in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.
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By U.S. Consulate General Toronto | 18 March, 2016 | Topics: Environment, Fisheries & Marine Issues, Key Documents, News, Toronto | Tags: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Great Lakes, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior
With the forecasted rain, wind and above-freezing temperatures this weekend, the Coast Guard is urging people to use extreme caution when venturing onto the ice across Lake Superior, St. Marys River, and the northern parts of lakes Michigan and Huron.
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By U.S. Consulate General Toronto | 7 March, 2016 | Topics: Fisheries & Marine Issues, News, Toronto | Tags: Coast Guard, Great Lakes, ice
On February 26, Acting Consul General Scott Renner was interviewed about U.S. government involvement in the Chicago and Toronto Cross-Border Hackathon.
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By U.S. Consulate General Toronto | 2 March, 2016 | Topics: Consul General, Fisheries & Marine Issues, News, Our Ocean, Toronto, U.S. & Canada | Tags: Fishackathon, hackathon, toronto
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and Canada’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna today announced that Canada and the U.S. have adopted targets to reduce phosphorus entering affected areas of Lake Erie by 40 percent.
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By U.S. Embassy Ottawa | 22 February, 2016 | Topics: Environment, Fisheries & Marine Issues, Key Officials, News, Ottawa, Our Ocean, Policy, Science & Tech, Toronto, U.S. & Canada, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, Great Lakes, Lake Erie, Minister Catherine McKenna
The United States Coast Guard’s Maritime Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA) will host a hands-on briefing regarding Shiprider, the joint U.S.-Canadian maritime patrol program on Wednesday, December 16, 2015. The MLEA, located at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Charleston, South Carolina, is the only facility for Canadian and American law enforcement officers to …
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By U.S. Embassy Ottawa | 10 December, 2015 | Topics: Border Issues, Fisheries & Marine Issues, News, U.S. & Canada | Tags: Beyond the Border, BTB, Coast Guard, Defense, Shiprider
On October 27, 2015, Consul General Lynne Platt hosted a reception for a delegation from the United States as part of the Canada Border, Ports, and Rail Tour 2015 organized by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada and the Consulate General of Canada in Seattle. The tour came just ahead of the …
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By U.S. Consulate General Vancouver | 30 October, 2015 | Topics: Fisheries & Marine Issues, Vancouver | Tags: border, british columbia, ports, rail, Vancouver