Meet A.L.I.C.E.; Publicis Groupe’s Carbon Calculator
Three years in the making, with one quest in mind, making the world a cleaner place. Zenith Media Canada, as part of the Publicis Group, embarks on a journey with their clients, to support lowering carbon emissions. Climate change has a direct effect on all populations regardless of where they live or where they work. […]
How The Great Lakes Region Can Lead The EV Revolution
Authors: Suzanne Goldberg, Director of Public Policy – Canada, ChargePoint Kevin Miller, Director of Public Policy, ChargePoint Home to over 107 million people, the Great Lakes Region is bustling, with tens of millions of cars, trucks, and buses crossing state, provincial, and national borders every year. Today, gasoline and diesel power most of the region’s […]
Business Takes a Leading Role at COP26
“I am hopeful because companies like Dow are not only making commitments to address their own emissions, but are taking a lead role in developing new climate-friendly technology.” – Mary Draves, Dow Chief Sustainability Officer and Vice President, Environment, Health and Safety The United Nations Climate Change Conference, better known as COP26, took place recently […]
Protecting the Shores of the Great Lakes and Combating Climate Change with Coastal Carbon Capture
As anyone who has lived near one of the Great Lakes for the last few decades knows, water levels are on the rise and erosion is worsening. Thousands of homes are at risk, and the cost of protecting shorelines will run into the billions of dollars. The culprit? Excess carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, […]
Sustainable Great Lakes: A Regional Assessment of Sustainability in the Binational Great Lakes Megaregion
For over fifty years, governments around the world, including in Canada, have discussed the importance of sustainability or sustainable development. One of the more prominent undertakings was the Rio Summit in Brazil in 1992, which led to the creation of Agenda 21. Subsequently, the Millennium Development Goals were adopted by the United Nations in 2000, […]
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 […]
Going Big: Dow CEO Calls for Bold Climate Protection
Dow CEO and Chairman Jim Fitterling calls for bold action for climate protection.
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Region Transportation Trends, Issues and Opportunities
The region’s multimodal transportation system is central to the economic competitiveness and prosperity of the region. It’s an extensive network of highways, regional and urban roads, railroads and rail terminals, airports, marine ports and inland waterways, pipelines, and transit infrastructure and related services.
Lack of an integrated transportation strategy in Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Region threatens region’s economic resiliency
New CGLR report says passenger and freight integration and adaptability key to facing unknowns of climate impacts, technology disruption and changing trade patterns.