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Live differently–it’s your choice!
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The road ahead is uncertain, not smooth or straight, and has limited visibility.
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Welcome to Stay Informed, CACOR's weekly newsletter. It contains all the latest updates to the CACOR Website. Please share our Stay Informed link on your personal networks. That's also the place to catch up on previous newsletters if you missed them.
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The latest CACOR Zoom Schedule is found here.
CACOR will be active on substack.com shortly. Stay Tuned 💚🌎
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Archived Articles Revisited:
This is your weekly personal list of three random articles extracted from our website archives. These links are unique to you and are more than one year old. The intention is to deliver a sense of what was considered a priority on that date compared with today's latest articles and presentations. You are encouraged to share these links with your social media and other networks.
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Speaker: Dr. Kent Peacock Topic: 2C: Guardrail or Guide Rail to Disaster? Time: Thursday Jan 25, 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: The idea that 2C is a safe guardrail for global heating was a guesstimate by an economist almost fifty years ago, and it had a sketchy scientific basis even at that time. The 2023 State of the Cryosphere report …
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You are invited to a scheduled CACOR Zoom meeting. Speaker: John Meyer Topic: The Real Economy Doesn't Need Growth. Time: Jan 31, 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: All commercial groups would like the growth of the commercial economy to continue but few actually need it to. The few that are absolutely dependent on growth are the very players that …
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Federal Government opens the door to projects that help keep Canadian fresh water clean and healthy From: Environment and Climate Change Canada News release January 22, 2024 – Winnipeg, Manitoba Fresh water is a vital resource that is facing pressing challenges. To ensure that fresh water in Canada is clean and healthy, the Government of Canada is taking unprecedented action by …
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Categories: Articles, Trending
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The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists, who are dedicated to justice, peace, and brotherhood. The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific, and religious freedom have always been nonconformists. In any cause that concerns the progress of mankind, put your faith in the nonconformist! . Martin Luther King, Jr., civil-rights leader (1929-1968)
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Categories: Articles, Quotes
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"DAKAR, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A record 49.5 million people are expected to go hungry in West and Central Africa next year due to a combination of conflict, climate change and high food prices, the United Nations said on Tuesday. "The figure is 4% higher than in 2023. In coastal countries, the number of people facing acute hunger is expected …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Groups
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Why do we Love Disaster Movies? Premise: We are living in a REAL Disaster movie and either are unable to face that reality or we leave ourselves off the hook by thinking “whatever I do wont’ change anything”. Both attitudes are not realistic or useful. Perhaps the popularity of Disaster movies can tell us something useful about our behaviours? There …
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Categories: Articles, What are you doing
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High-voltage power lines in the US will soon be monitored by "magic balls" from Norway, increasing capacity by 30% and helping grid operators maximize line capacity for renewable power, according to Heimdall Power. The sphere-shaped sensors measure line temperature, current, and other key metrics, and are installed by drones in under two minutes. Combined with cloud software, this technology offers unrivaled quality at scale, allowing for wide area monitoring.
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Categories: Articles, Solutions
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1997 Series 1 Number 22 Page 14 The Club of Rome--Agenda for the End of the Century. This was a brief (1 page) excerpt from Aurelio Peccei’s last paper, on which he was working at the time of his death on 14 March 1984. In 1997, it was still relevant. Aurelio concluded that matters might become cataclysmic if we are …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Proceedings, CACOR Writers
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Key indicators of how humans are changing the Earth: Sea level, species, carbon dioxide, sea ice, population, daily temperature extremes, annual climate change performance by country, air pollution, temperature records, climate change indicators, top ten emitters, historic emissions, electric vehicles.
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Whenever I cover wind turbines many of you ask about what’s available for home applications. At the moment, I’ve got both good news and bad news. The bad news is that the current market for residential wind is…less than great. The good news? We have a lot of new innovations that look to improve it. The team behind the U.S.-based …
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Alberta's oilsands operations produce far more potentially harmful air pollutants than are officially reported, with the daily output on par with those from gridlocked megacities like Los Angeles, new research suggests. The study, published today in the academic journal Science, measured concentrations of organic carbon emissions in the air by flying overhead and taking samples. Those numbers were compared to estimated amounts, …
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by Jeff Goodell (Author) 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,053 ratings INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! NATIONAL BESTSELLER Most Anticipated Book by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times A Next Big Idea Book Club Selection The New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Jeff Goodell's "masterful, bracing" (David Wallace-Wells) investigation exposes "through stellar reporting, artful storytelling and fascinating scientific explanations" (Naomi Klein) an explosive new …
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WattEV will work with local government partners to build two depots along the I-5 corridor in California’s Central Valley and another in the city of Blythe on the California–Arizona border, with a combined total of 258 charging points. All three depots will include megawatts of solar panels and battery storage to provide clean power and reduce their hefty draw on power grids. The depots will …
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It’s not in FEMA’s purview to do anything about private insurance. But if the underlying problem — an underinsured populace — remains unsolved, it can only lead to more taxpayer subsidies. FEMA estimates the new reforms will add at at least another half billion dollars a year to the federal tab. Fugate doubts the country will fix this feedback loop anytime soon. “We’ve been underpricing risk in …
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TC Energy Corporation has affirmed its commitment to advance the Ontario pumped storage project in collaboration with the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. The company will engage with the Ministry of Energy and the Ontario Energy Board to establish a potential long-term revenue framework for the project. TC Energy and Saugeen Ojibway Nation will also actively contribute to the Ministry's assessment of …
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Robert Costanza, the new head of Portland State University's Institute for Sustainable Solutions and Josh Farley, professor of Ecological Economics at the Gund Institute from the University of Vermont are guests. Topics include a discussion of the idea that most indicators of growth is pinned to Gross Domestic Product. What GDP was designed to do and why it's not being …
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CACOR discusses all these other environmental concerns. Unlike some environmental groups, CACOR DOES NOT have tunnel vision on carbon emissions alone. For example, in addition to GHG emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, etc.) from burning fossil fuels, you also release air pollutants (CO, NO2, SO2), then you are basically covering all those other concerns. Despite arguments to the contrary (e.g., the …
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Question: What if everyone in the world just worked to satisfy their basic needs? ChatGPT: “If everyone in the world focused on satisfying their basic needs, it would likely have several implications across various aspects of society. Here are some potential outcomes: 1. **Reduced Economic Disparities:** If individuals prioritize meeting their basic needs, there might be a reduction in …
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Just Have a Think Sodium-Ion battery technology promised a lot when it first hit our headlines more than two years ago. But has it delivered? Well, let's find out...
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