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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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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. Brian Czech Subject: GDP as a Proxy for Ecological Footprint Time: 14 Feb 2024 13:30 Eastern Standard Time (US and Canada) Summary: GDP is recognized far and wide as a poor indicator of social wellbeing, even among conventional economists. Some, therefore, would dismiss GDP altogether as a “meaningless” indicator. However, GDP is an excellent measure of the size …
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You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Speaker: Dr. Michael Gilbertson Subject: Human Health Impacts of Toxic Chemicals in the Air and Water around Us. Time: Feb 21, 2024 at 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87812064989?pwd=eXpOYmlqSDIvQ3RCamo4Mld6WUM0Zz09 Meeting ID: 878 1206 4989 Passcode: 491796 Summary: During the past eighty years, human populations have become progressively exposed …
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Alexey Navalny: "Listen, I've got something very obvious to tell you. You're not allowed to give up. If they decide to kill me, it means that we are incredibly strong. We need to utilize this power, to not give up, to remember we are a huge power that is being oppressed by these bad dudes. We don't realize how strong …
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Categories: Articles, Quotes
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Huda Akil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0623-1056 [email protected] and Eric J. Nestler https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7905-2000Authors Info & Affiliations November 27, 2023 "The Second Pandemic "Over the past few years, the perceived level of psychological stress has risen dramatically across the globe due to a combination of events including the long-lasting Covid-19 pandemic, civil unrest, escalation of political instability across the globe, and climate change that has triggered major environmental and economic perturbations. The consequences …
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Categories: Articles, What are you doing
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"As consumers, policy makers, and partners push for action on carbon reduction, businesses in all sectors need to plan how they’ll pivot their operations. "Estimates on the capital needed to achieve Net Zero goals, when the amount of carbon emitted into the atmosphere equals the amount carbon removed, range from $100 trillion at the low end, to more than $275 …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Groups
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1992 Series 1 Number 2 Page 10 Tough Decisions At the time, Buzz Nixon was the Chairperson of CACOR. He headed a comprehensive policy analysis group in the Privy Council Office during the late 1960s and 1970s, and for several years was Deputy Minister of National Defence. In this essay, Buzz described triage at a civilian mass casualty incident. Next, …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Proceedings, CACOR Writers
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A groundbreaking academic paper led by a conservationist from New Zealand has revealed a pressing issue: human behaviour is causing ecological overshoot. The paper, published on September 20, 2023, by a team of scientists and academics, explains how our current behaviour is depleting natural resources faster than they can be replenished and generating excessive waste. This crisis, called the "Human …
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Categories: Articles, Climate
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Over 100,000 residents of Ontario have signed up for the Save on Energy Peak Perks program, an initiative by the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) aimed at reducing peak demand on the electricity grid during hot summer days and ensuring its reliability. Participants in Peak Perks contribute to the grid by using their smart thermostats to make temporary adjustments of …
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Categories: Articles, Solutions
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War on the Environment The climate costs of war and militaries can no longer be ignored Doug Weir, The Guardian More than 5% of global emissions are linked to conflict or militaries but countries continue to hide the true scale Emissions from Israel’s war in Gaza have ‘immense’ effect on climate catastrophe Tue 9 Jan 2024 08.30 GMT In early …
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Categories: Articles, Trending
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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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Not A Tesla App spotted the release notes of the new 2024.2.6. Tesla wrote: Your estimated battery range now incorporates additional characteristics related to battery aging over time. It’s possible that Tesla has made new findings about how battery aging can affect range in certain conditions. The new software update also adds another feature that could help a bit with range: …
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They agreed that "we should not give up on the future but give up on the future as a projection in the way we have been doing things".
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Just Have A Think Battery energy storage is already shaking up the automotive industry. But developers are constantly looking for ways to increase energy density, decrease battery pack weight, and add range to their vehicles. It's not just car makers though. The aviation industry is watching progress on battery technology very closely indeed. Now sulphur (or sulfur in the US) …
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Sabine Hossenfelder Sabine Hossenfelder In this video I explain what climate sensitivity is and why it is important. Climate sensitivity is a number that roughly speaking tells us how fast climate change will get worse. A few years ago, after various software improvements, a bunch of climate models began having a much higher climate sensitivity than previously. Climate scientists have …
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Governments and industry players alike are furiously investing billions in cleaning up the production of hydrogen gas to create an alternative to fossil fuels. But startup Koloma is taking a different path: searching for underground reservoirs of naturally occurring hydrogen that have been largely ignored or lain undetected until now. It’s called geologic (or “white”) hydrogen, and Koloma just raised an eye-popping, gobsmacking $245 million round …
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The American Southwest is about to get a lot more clean energy. California-based developer Pattern Energy just closed on $11 billion of non-recourse financing to construct a massive wind and transmission project across New Mexico and Arizona, as Electrek reported. The project, called SunZia, is divided into two parts: wind and electricity transmission. The wind part, named SunZia Wind, will reportedly be the …
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This video looks at a very important topic in solar installation design - solar array oversizing (sometimes called inverter oversizing). Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:47 The benefits of oversizing 4:42 Higher inverter efficiency 5:32 East and West Arrays 6:12 DC coupled batteries 7 :15 Quick and easy install 8:40 Less export opportunity 9:29 Lower power output 1 0:25 How much can …
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A big pain point for electric vehicle owners could soon sting less, thanks to an announcement from the Jeep-, Ram-, and Chrysler-maker Stellantis—one of Detroit’s Big Three automakers. This week, the company said that it would add the Tesla-designed charging connection system, called the North American Charging Standard, or NACS, to its electric vehicles by 2025. In most cases, the new …
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The upcoming facility, positioned off I-5 near Lost Hills, is part of a new microgrid project and is expected to feature 164 charging stalls. The development plan includes 16 pull-through chargers, ensuring accessibility for all types of electric vehicles. Additionally, the station will be equipped with solar canopies over each parking stall, highlighting Tesla’s commitment to sustainability (and also providing …
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Bird Species Decimated: Humans Responsible for 1,400 Extinctions, Double Previous Estimates Scientists report that the loss of species is twice the current estimate, with 1 in 9 species having been lost. A new study reveals that human activities have led to the extinction of approximately 1,400 bird species, a figure that is double the earlier estimates. This has significant consequences for …
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