Today, President Biden invited 40 world leaders to the Leaders Summit on Climate he will host on April 22 and 23. The virtual Leaders Summit will be live streamed for public viewing.
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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 26 March, 2021 | Topics: Energy, Environment, Key Officials, News, Our Ocean, President of the United States, Press Releases, Science & Tech, U.S. & Canada
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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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 25 August, 2017 | Topics: Education, Ottawa, Our Ocean, The Arctic, U.S. & Canada
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
“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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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 19 September, 2016 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, News, Our Ocean | Tags: John Kerry, Our Ocean Conference
“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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By U.S. Mission to Canada | 16 September, 2016 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, News, Our Ocean | Tags: Barack Obama, Our Ocean Conference
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
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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By U.S. Embassy Ottawa | 27 April, 2016 | Topics: Environment, Key Officials, News, Ottawa, Our Ocean | Tags: arctic, Department of State, Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
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