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 […]
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, […]
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.
Ambassadors Doer and Heyman Added as Keynotes
The Great Lakes Economic Forum has added Canadian Ambassador to the United States Gary Doer and United States Ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman as keynote speakers to their lineup. The Great Lakes Economic Forum has revealed two additional Keynote speakers for the 2015 event. The Honorable Gary Doer, Canadian Ambassador to the United States, and The […]
Chicago to Host First Ever Great Lakes Economic Forum
CHICAGO – 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. The event will engage over 300 leaders from business, government, academia, the non-profit communities and civil society in creating a transformational bi-national, economic […]
Great Lakes WISE
Accelerating Water Technology and Stewardship Together A Meaningful Partnership The binational Great Lakes region, North America’s economic engine, is the guardian of the largest surface freshwater system on the planet as well as vast supplies of water in underground reservoirs. To ensure this precious resource is used wisely and is protected for future generations, the […]