Great Lakes Freshwater Symposium: Possible Future Uses of New Lakefront at the Port of Milwaukee

The Center for Water Policy hosted an Earth Day webinar featuring James Wasley, Professor at UW-Milwaukee and 2024-2025 Water Policy Scholar. He presented his research on the possible future uses of the Dredged Material Disposal Facility at the Port of Milwaukee. This facility is part of a broader network of dredge-spoil sites across the Great […]
Canada-United States Law Institute 49th Annual Conference

Thursday, April 10th – Friday, April 11th, 2025 Case Western Reserve University – School of Law* Cleveland, Ohio The North American Crisis – Dismantling the World Trading Order? Exploring the challenges and impacts of changes in the rules-basedtrading order Featured panels on the following: The 49th Annual Canada-U.S. Law Institute Conference on April 10 […]
Carbon Capture and Storage in the Great Lakes Region With a Focus on Ontario

Thursday, April 3 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET REGISTER HERE! As the world continues to address the urgent need for climate action, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) has emerged as an important technology for supporting greenhouse gas emissions reduction. In this 1-hour webinar, CCS initiatives in the Great Lakes region will be explored, […]
Breaking Down Consumer Sustainability Trends in the Great Lakes Region

Thursday, April 24 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET Watch the Webinar Recording on YouTube! We recently hosted an insightful webinar exploring consumer attitudes and sustainability trends in the Great Lakes region, featuring a breakdown of the 2024 EcoFocus Sustainability Survey—a comprehensive look at U.S. consumer attitudes and behaviors around sustainability. This data-driven […]
Great Lakes Freshwater Symposium: Monitoring and Controlling Invasive Species in the Great Lakes

What do sea lamprey, zebra and quagga mussels, round goby, and phragmites all have in common? They have invaded the Great Lakes and are changing the entire ecosystem. This webinar highlighted some of the current research around monitoring and controlling invasive species in the Great Lakes. Panelists included: This event is co-hosted by the […]
How Great Lakes Companies are Benefiting from Corporate Water Stewardship

During this webinar, we discussed the critical role of corporate water stewardship and the importance of robust verification practices in the Great Lakes region. We were joined by the Director of ESG at A. O. Smith, Noelle Brigham, to share their sustainability journey and why water stewardship is an important piece to their operations. […]
A Regional Gap Analysis for Water Stewardship and Best Practice in the Great Lakes Region

Watch the recording from the webinar below! CGLR is excited to announce the upcoming launch of a new Regional Gap Analysis aimed at Advancing Water Stewardship and Best Practices in the Great Lakes region. The report, carried out as part of the Great Lakes Water Innovation and Stewardship Exchange (WISE), will provide insight on […]
Implementing Sustainability in Major Sports: The Making of a Green Team

Watch the recording from the webinar below! In CGLR’s first webinar of 2025, we explored the role that major sports organizations can play in advancing sustainability. From energy use to waste generation, the environmental footprint of a single sports event can be immense. In some cases, the energy consumed and the waste produced during […]
Great Lakes Freshwater Symposium: Great Lakes Offshore Wind

The five Great Lakes contain 20 percent of the planet’s freshwater resources. They also hold tremendous potential for producing wind energy. What are the challenges and opportunities for offshore wind energy in the Great Lakes? Cora Sutherland presented the Center for Water Policy’s legal research on Great Lakes offshore wind energy. Her talk, titled […]
Sustainability Within the Airline Industry

Watch the recording from the webinar below! Aviation contributes around 4% to climate change according to research that quantified aviation’s impact on global warming. Without intervention, this contribution will undoubtedly increase over the next decades. While 4% may seem like a relatively small contribution, all industries, including aviation, must be part of the solution to […]