The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978 amended and strengthened the International Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between Canada and the United States, which was signed in 1972. The original agreement established a framework for...

The International Joint Commission (IJC) is a permanent, independent organization of the United States and Canada formed to resolve trans-boundary ecological concerns. Founded in 1912 as a result of provisions under the Boundary Waters Treaty of...

The International Joint Commission is an independent binational organization established by the United States and Canada under the International Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. The Commission now has under its aegis the following treaties and...

The Bush administration is challenging a coal mine proposed in British Columbia, saying it poses an environmental threat that could extend south of the border.The mine that Cline Mining Co. proposed just north of Glacier National Park could cause "significant adverse environmental effects" the United...

Under pressure from Congress, a U.S.-Canadian agency Thursday agreed to quicken a study of whether erosion from dredging on the St. Clair River is causing water levels to plummet in Lakes Huron and Michigan.The International Joint Commission said it would submit a series of updates...

President Bush has the authority to fire the head of a little-known agency that oversees caretaking of the U.S.-Canada border, a federal judge ruled Friday.U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman rejected the claim of Dennis Schornack, American head of the International Boundary Commission, that the 1908...

Erosion caused by dredging and other human activities on the St. Clair River is causing Lakes Huron and Michigan to lose 2.5 billion gallons of water daily, according to a private Canadian study.Like a bathtub drain, the artificially deepened river is funneling vast amounts of...