Tag: Great Lakes

Businesses Becoming Great Lakes WISE

April 12, 2023

Anyone who pays attention to water knows the vital importance of the Great Lakes. It’s one of the world’s largest freshwater systems, holding 21 percent of the world’s surface freshwater…

Mackinac Island Ferry will go Electric with Support from EGLE Grant

March 28, 2023

Funds also will help install electric shore power at Sault Ste. Marie international dock. A $3.06 million award from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) Fuel…

Climate Change Preparedness of Great Lakes Communities: Regulatory Permits & Community Planning are Based on Outdated Precipitation Data

March 15, 2023

The below is taken from the Executive Summary of the report “Climate Change Preparedness of Great Lakes Communities”, an evaluation of whether regulatory permits and community planning efforts are current…

How can Canada Deploy an Equitable and Reliable EV Charging Network?

February 28, 2023

Transportation accounts for 24% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Canada – the most significant source after the oil and gas sector.(1) Decarbonization of the transportation sector will be…

Contextualizing ESG for the Great Lakes Region

February 22, 2023

What is ESG? How does it differ from CSR?  Many organizations are familiar with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) dating back to the early 1980s when the notion of being a…