Tag: council of the great lakes region

Data and Findings from the Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup’s 2024 Season Point to it Being the Most Impactful Yet

April 7, 2025

New technologies provide rich insights on plastic pollution and strengthen efforts to protect the Great Lakes.  The Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup (GLPC), a joint initiative of Pollution Probe and the…

Final Report of the IJC Great Lakes Science Advisory Board Work Group on Microplastics

March 12, 2025

Monitoring, Ecological Risk Assessment, and Management of Microplastics in the  Laurentian Great Lakes Plastics are a diverse and ubiquitous group of materials that have seen a surge in production in…

Environmental Attitudes and Regional Concerns

January 29, 2025

“Water Quality, Microplastics Top Environmental Concerns for Great Lakes Residents” The Great Lakes make up 20% of the earth’s fresh surface water and is the source of drinking water for…

Green Stormwater Infrastructure Case Study: Davidson Park 

January 22, 2025

Davidson Park is a signature Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) project developed through the Fresh Coast Protection Partnership (FCPP), a community-based partnership between CIS and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD). …

Global Foresight on Planetary Health and Human Wellbeing

October 23, 2024

The below is taken from the Executive Summary of the 2024 Global Insights report “Navigating New Horizons: A global foresight report on planetary health and human wellbeing”. As the leading…