Border Center Selected News
exico border trucking dispute stalled
Wednesday, September 01, 2010--
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee panel with jurisdiction over transportation, has inserted language into the must-pass fiscal 2011 transportation appropriations bill requiring the administration to generate a plan by Oct. 1.
[Akron Beacon Journal]
UN-backed pact launches new tool to monitor trade in endangered species
Monday, August 30, 2010--
The Trade Data Dashboards of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which is administered by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), is designed to monitor the worldwide trade in wild fauna and flora as more terrestrial and aquatic species are used, and sometimes over-used, as part of human activities.
[UN News Centre]