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March 09, 2024
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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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Dr. John Pomeroy | The Status and Future of Freshwater Supply in Canada | 2024-03-06

Dr. John Pomeroy | The Status and Future of Freshwater Supply in Canada | 2024-03-06

Speaker:  Dr. John Pomeroy Subject: The Status and Future of Freshwater Supply in Canada Time: Mar 6, 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: Climate change, land cover change and changing water management are altering the supply of freshwater in Canada such that it is no longer reliable in some regions of the country.  This talk will review the …

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Rob Samulack | The Climate Crisis is a Health Crisis | 2024-03-13 | CACOR Zoom

Rob Samulack | The Climate Crisis is a Health Crisis | 2024-03-13 | CACOR Zoom

You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Speaker:  Rob Samulack Subject: The Climate Crisis is a Health Crisis Time: Mar 13, 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87671681291?pwd=cEQvQTdTNDdoZXNXTDJlcVFlaUZvUT09 Meeting ID: 876 7168 1291 Passcode: 260865 Summary: Rob Samulack will discuss how the climate crisis is a health crisis - from describing the root causes of …

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Latest Articles

Toronto wants buildings to tap into its sewage for heating

Toronto's groundbreaking initiative at the Western Hospital, dubbed the "world's largest raw wastewater energy project," is set to meet 90% of the hospital's heating and cooling needs.

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Toronto Western Hospital seen from the CN Tower.

Real Costs of Climate Damage

Real Costs of Climate Damage
The Real Cost of Climate Damage CLIMATE CHANGE Climate change is costing the world $16 million per hour: study Oct 12, 2023 This article is published in collaboration withEcoWatch The global cost of climate change damage is estimated to be between $1.7 trillion and $3.1 trillion per year by 2050. Image: Pexels/Kelly   Paige Bennett  Writer, EcoWatch OUR IMPACT What's the World …

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No-cost solution? Really?

It is a wonder how not being out of pocket for the carbon tax is considered cleaning up the climate mess and loving our families. I wonder how many other global messes we can clean up with no-cost solutions. I suppose another would be if the entire planet only had one child per family. At some point we would get …

Categories: Articles, Quotes

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No-cost solution? Really?

Yale Climate Connections: January 2024 was the planet’s eighth consecutive warmest month on record, according to NOAA

Yale Climate Connections: January 2024 was the planet’s eighth consecutive warmest month on record, according to NOAA
EYE ON THE STORM Last month was the world’s warmest January on record by JEFF MASTERS FEBRUARY 14, 2024  "January 2024 was Earth’s warmest January since global record-keeping began in 1850 and was also the planet’s second-wettest January on record, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, or NCEI, reported Feb. 14. NASA also rated January 2024 as the warmest January on record, 1.44 …

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Using math and data to reveal why societies collapse—and clues about the future

Explore the intersection of history and science with a focus on understanding past crises and patterns. Learn how data analysis sheds light on historical processes.

Categories: Articles, Climate

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Domino - symbol of instability

A Response and a Reflection on the Concept Paper "The Whole Economy."—From CACOR Archives.

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1997  Series 1  Number 22  Page 23 A Response and a Reflection on the Concept Paper “The Whole Economy.” Diana Smith, Catherine Starrs, and Gail Stewart had recently had an article of theirs published in the CACOR Proceedings (“The Whole Economy: A Concept Paper) in 1996.  Mr. John McRuer wrote “The Whole Economy”: A Response.  Dr. Tom de Fayer, …

Categories: Articles, CACOR Proceedings, CACOR Writers

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Our greatest weakness is our misunderstanding of exponential growth

The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function. Albert Allen Bartlett, mathematician Our complex society needs complex thinking to survive and we now know how non-linear the world really is.

Categories: Articles, Quotes, What are you doing

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Our greatest weakness is our misunderstanding of exponential growth

How well are we doing?

How well are we doing?
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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Tesla's Semi is changing the rules of the road

Tesla's Semi truck can travel up to about 500 miles on a single charge. view the video

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American Nuclear Energy Expansion: Updating Policies for Efficient, Predictable Licensing and Deployment

Thanks to decades of nuclear medicine and long term epidemiological studies of subjects exposed to radiation at Hiroshima, Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, nuclear test sites, uranium mines, and nuclear power stations, radiological health is the most widely studied and well understood environmental health exposure in the field of public health. What we know today is that exposure to low doses …

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Embracing Solar Power Across America’s Farmlands

A big change is happening across the central part of the United States. Farmers from Idaho to California are beginning to use solar panels on their land. They’re changing the old ways of farming to become more sustainable and have a better financial future. The Growth of Agrivoltaics At the center of these changes is a new method called agrivoltaics, …

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Financing US Building Decarbonization

Key report findings: 1. Building operations generate 23% of US annual carbon emissions. 2. Existing buildings represent the majority of US building emissions. The annual rate of addition or renovation to the existing building stock is less than 1%. 3. Single-family homes contribute 58% of US building emissions. 4. Commercial buildings contribute 37% of US building emissions. Over half of …

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Natural Resources Canada provides up to $16.7 million to help the IESO unlock the potential of energy storage, hybrid facilities and small-scale electricity resources

TORONTO, March 6, 2024 /CNW/ - With funding support from the federal government, Ontario's grid operator is expanding its efforts to take advantage of the rapid growth of energy storage, hybrid generation/storage facilities and small-scale electricity resources to help meet Ontario's future electricity needs. Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) announced today that it is providing up to $16.7 million to the Independent Electricity System Operator's (IESO) Enabling Resources Program. …

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Progress in Perovskite Solar Cells

Perovskite solar cells are quickly becoming a shining light in the renewable energy sector. Their latest improvements have demonstrated remarkable effectiveness and potential to outdo the limits set by older silicon solar panels. Groundbreaking Development in WaterBased Perovskite Cells A groundbreaking study by Peng Zhai’s team has marked a new chapter for perovskite solar cells by reaching an alltime high …

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Qatar’s Gas Boost Will Bring Energy Dominance — and Lots of Cash

(Bloomberg) -- With a two-phase mega-expansion already underway and an enormous new buildout now on the horizon, the small Gulf nation of Qatar is setting itself up to control about a quarter of all liquefied natural gas by the end of the decade — and with it, a growing share of the world’s influence and wealth.

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