"Senior environment officials from the United States, Mexico and Canada meeting in New Orleans on Wednesday were briefed on environmental concerns facing homeland communities, including indoor air pollution in Alaska, protecting freshwater sources from sewage and other pollutants in Mexico, and the impact of climate change already on First Nation villages along the Arctic Circle."

"The Commission on Environmental Cooperation acts as a clearinghouse for efforts to coordinate environmental regulation between the three North American nations and sponsors research projects aimed at identifying innovative ways to deal with environmental problems.

A commission grant to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium helped health officials show that replacing traditional wood stoves and kerosene heaters with modern versions dramatically cut particle pollution in substandard homes in indigenous villages."

Mark Schleifstein reports for the New Orleans Times-Picayune July 11, 2012. [2]