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The Conference of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers is an organization led by the government chief executives from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec and Wisconsin. Through the Conference, they seek to grow the region’s economy and protect the Great Lakes. The Conference began in the 1980s as the Council of Great Lakes Governors to encourage and facilitate environmentally responsible economic development. The Council now serves as secretariat to the Governors’ Compact Council and the Governor and Premiers’ Regional Body, the Conference of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers. ==History== The Conference of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers is an organization of the chief executives from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec and Wisconsin, and was created on June 12, 2015.〔(Resolution creating Conference of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers )〕〔("Leaders Launch new Regional Collaboration" )〕〔("Quebec becomes a regular partner of the Council of Great Lakes Governors" (Article in French) )〕〔(Council of Great Lakes Industries Report on Creation of Conference )〕 Through the Conference, the Governors and Premiers seek to expand the regional $5 trillion economy and protect the world’s largest system of surface fresh water.〔("Great Lakes, Amazing Connections: The Power of Cooperation in Policymaking" )〕 The Conference builds upon over 30 years of work by the Council of Great Lakes Governors to encourage and facilitate environmentally responsible economic development. The Governors of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin created the Council of Great Lakes Governors in 1983. The original goal was to create a non-partisan forum to promote regional agreements on issues of concern for the states of the Great Lakes region. In 1989, the Governors of New York and Pennsylvania joined the council. In more recent years, the Premiers of Ontario and Quebec joined with the Governors as associate members, and in 2015, the organization launched the "Conference of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers," to signify the increasing binational cooperation. Since its inception, the Conference has led regional efforts to protect the environment and accelerate the region's economy. The initial focus of the organization was biomass energy. The Conference administered the regional biomass energy program in coordination with the United States Department of Energy from 1983-2009. They received over $13 million in federal funding which was then provided as grants to the states geared toward biomass energy promotion. In the following years, the Governors and Premiers entered into a number of agreements developed through the Conference. In 1985, the Governors and Premiers signed the Great Lakes Charter, a regional water management agreement. In 1986, the Governors signed the Toxic Substances Control Agreement, ultimately resulting in the establishment of the Great Lakes Protection Fund in 1989, the first multi-state publically seeded foundation and trust fund dedicated to the environment.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Leaders - Innovators - Collaborators - Great Lakes Protection Fund )〕 The TSCA also helped launch the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative in the 1990s. In 1988, the Governors signed the Economic Development Agreement, and with the Premiers in 1989, created Great Lakes of North America (now Great Lakes USA), a tourist promotional arm of the organization. In 1990, they opened their first international trade office in Canada. The organization has since opened trade offices in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, South Africa, Australia, India, the United Kingdom, Germany and China.〔("History" ), CGLSLGP, Retrieved July 28, 2015.〕 In 2003, the Conference identified nine priorities to restore and protect the Great Lakes. These priorities served as the basis for the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Great Lakes Regional Collaboration - Home Page )〕 which was launched following a Presidential Executive Order. In 2009, President Barack Obama launched the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative which has already provided over $2 billion in federal funding to help achieve the priorities. In 2005, the Conference completed the creation of a binding, regional framework to manage and protect the water supply of the Great Lakes—St. Lawrence River Basin. The Governors and Premiers signed the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement and the Governors endorsed the companion Great Lakes Compact. This Compact was enacted into United States law in 2008 following approval by the state legislatures and the United States Congress. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Conference of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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