Council of the Great Lakes Region Announces First Great Lakes Economic Forum
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Council of the Great Lakes Region are pleased to announce that Chicago will play host to the first Great Lakes Economic Forum, April 26-28, 2015.
Powering Forward: Accelerating the Bi-national Great Lakes Region’s Clean Energy Transition Report
The bi-national Great Lakes mega-region, home to 107 million Americans and Canadian and center of the United States-Canada economic partnership, enjoys a multitude of shared sectors and socio-economic strengths, as well as integrated assets such as inter-state and cross-border supply chains, transportation corridors, and energy systems between both countries, that connect, unify, and advantage the […]
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CGLR Continues Virtual Dialogues in 2021
“Seek first to understand,” said Stephen Covey, in his groundbreaking work, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, “Then to be understood.” Some thirty years later, it’s still true, and the purpose of establishing a series of dialogues for the Great Lakes Region. Starting in September 2020, the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) undertook […]
Binational Great Lakes Higher Education Consortium Launched
Universities of Toronto and Illinois System to Serve as Co-Founders and Co-Chairs For Immediate Release October 29, 2020 TORONTO, Ontario and CHICAGO, Illinois – Today, the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR), the University of Toronto, and the University of Illinois System signed a Memorandum of Understanding officially creating and launching the binational Great […]
Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup Initiative installs ‘Capture’Technology with support from Nova Chemicals
Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup installs capture technology ‘seabin’ with sponsorship from Nova Chemicals
NOVA Chemicals Pledges Support as Lead Corporate Sponsor for the Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup Initiative
The recently-launched Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup Initiative is tackling plastic pollution in the Great Lakes with the largest deployment of Seabin and LittaTrap™ technology in the world TORONTO, Ontario – September 16, 2020 — The Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup Initiative (GLPC) is pleased to welcome NOVA Chemicals Corporation as its lead corporate sponsor. As one […]
Coalition launches Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup to address alarming pollution levels
New Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup Initiative aims to tackle the problem head-on through the largest deployment of Seabin and LittaTrap™ technology in the world TORONTO, Ontario – Today, the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR), thanks to funding from Environment and Climate Change Canada, is pleased to announce the launch of the first phase […]
Volume of valuable materials from Ontario’s IC&I sector ending up in landfills is growing despite waste diversion efforts
Ontario Materials Marketplace pilot aims to develop and scale new reuse and recycling market opportunities for the IC&I sector TORONTO, Ontario – Today, the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR), thanks to funding from Environment and Climate Change Canada, is pleased to announce the official launch of the Ontario Materials Marketplace pilot (https://ontario.materialsmarketplace.org/), which […]
Great Lakes Company Powers Solar & Seeks to Become Even More Sustainable
Few people realize that an essential material for solar energy comes from the Great Lakes region. Hemlock Semiconductor (HSC), located in Hemlock, Michigan, is one of the world’s leading producers of polycrystalline silicon, the preferred material of leading photovoltaic manufacturers. The path to solar energy requires significant energy, however, so when HSC CEO Mark Bassett, […]