U.S. Embassy Ottawa was pleased to welcome participants of the 2017 Students on Ice expedition back to Ottawa on August 23, 2017. Public Affairs staff caught up with the Embassy’s sponsored students and educator over breakfast. The conversation was engaging and inspiring. Also, there was bacon. Students on Ice gives youth a well-rounded and formative …
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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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“If we just go out of here and go back to business as usual, we’re not going to win this battle.”
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“The notion that the ocean I grew up with is not something that I can pass on to my kids and my grandkids is unacceptable. “
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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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Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Judith Garber will travel to Ottawa, Canada, April 27-29.
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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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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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