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Stay Informed
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CACOR's weekly newsletter
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Welcome to Stay Informed, CACOR's weekly newsletter. it contains all the latest updates to the CACOR Website. It is anticipated that this "newsletter" will improve over the coming weeks.
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To CACOR Members: In the New Year, we have four (4) speakers in our Zoom series that need a CACOR sponsor and Master of Ceremonies. We seek someone who has not done this in the past and is willing to become involved. Contact Art at your earliest convenience. We can help you get involved.
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Upcoming Events
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Dr. Burton will give a brief synopsis of his involvement in the recent Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. He will then open the floor to questions and discussion.
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Dr. Ian Burton is an Independent Scholar and Emeritus Professor at the University of Toronto where he was formerly the Director of the Institute for Environmental Studies and a Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning. He has also been a Senior Policy Advisor at Environment Canada (with Liz Dowdeswell), and was the first Director of the Adaptation Research Branch/Group. Its mandate was subsequently transferred to Natural Resources Canada.
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Ian has served on Canadian delegations to the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and as a Lead Author on three IPCC Assessments. His research has focused on human adjustment to natural hazards, and environmental risks and disasters. He plans to attend COP 26 in Glasgow in November to promote the adaptation agenda.
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Pacific Ocean garbage patch is immense plastic habitat By Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Original article - https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59521211?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA December 2021 IMAGE SOURCE,OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE The researchers collaborated with the Ocean Voyages Institute to collect ocean debris Scientists have discovered marine animals living on plastic debris in an area of the open ocean dubbed "the Great Pacific Garbage Patch". …
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Categories: Articles, Trending
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Human Extinction? Extinction occurs when species are diminished because of environmental forces (natural disaster, overexploitation of resources) or because of evolutionary changes in their members (genetic inbreeding, poor reproduction). Given the definition above, British paleontologist Henry Gee, thinks that we qualify for being on the road to extinction. As an evolutionary biologist and editor at Nature his opinion is worthy …
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Categories: Articles, What are you doing
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A team of students from the Netherlands are due to complete a 1,800-mile (3,000km) road trip across western Europe in a solar-powered camper van that they designed and built themselves. The Stella Vita is designed for two passengers and has a kitchen, sitting area, bed, shower and toilet. Using solar energy alone, the vehicle can cover up to 450 miles on a …
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Categories: Articles, Solutions
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Letter to the Editor published in the Globe and Mail, 2018 December 3 Lead was used in plumbing from the time of the Romans until the middle of the 20th Century. When the neurological effects were understood, governments acted. • No, they did not tax lead in plumbing. Tetraethyl lead was used in gasoline to retard ignition in the first half …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Writers
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People around the world are demanding clean air -- and cities are starting to respond, says electrification advocate Monica Araya. She takes us on a world tour of urban areas that are working to fully electrify their transportation systems over the next decade, shifting to emission-free motorcycles, cars, buses, ferries and beyond. See what a future without the internal combustion …
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Categories: Articles, Climate
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This is a book review provided by T. David Dougherty, a member of the Canadian Association for the Club of Rome, in December 2021. Recommendation I think everyone, including climate scientists, technology entrepreneurs, politicians, and ordinary citizens could benefit from reading this book. If enough of us did so, it would help create the common purpose that will be needed …
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Categories: Articles, Book Reviews, CACOR Groups
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