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CEC Receives Submission on the Environmental Impact of the Sonora Railway Project in Sonora, Mexico
October 3, 2024 SEM
Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), 3 October 2024 — Yesterday, the Center for Biological Diversity and Defensa Ambiental del Noroeste, organizations based in the US and Mexico, respectively, filed a submission under Chapter 24 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA/CUSMA) with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The Submitters assert that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws to assess the environmental impacts of a railway project linking the municipalities of Ímuris, Santa Cruz, and Nogales in the state of Sonora, Mexico.
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