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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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Topic: Thermal Networks and Nuclear Energy – a pathway to decarbonizing building heating Speaker: Dr. Robert Walker Time: 24 July 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: In Canada, about as much energy is used to heat buildings as is delivered as electricity for all purposes. Current plans for achieving net-zero buildings include retrofitting the millions of existing buildings and converting …
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You are invited to a CACOR Live presentation Speaker: Ruben Nelson Topic: Permacrisis, Polycrisis, Metacrisis: An attempt to Clarify the Human Problematique – Just what are we in for? Time: Jul 31, 2024 01:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join CACOR Live Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82252471664?pwd=Z86qtd3tCnXVVeeaggz11utKWpbegz.1 Meeting ID: 822 5247 1664 Passcode: 012736 Summary: Confused and inadequate conceptualizations lead to wrong-headed understandings. …
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The truth is the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it. Sir David Attenborough, b. 1926 British broadcaster, biologist, natural historian, and writer.
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Categories: Articles, What are you doing
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Why is growth in your city exploding? Most Canadians have probably never heard of the Century Initiative. It operates behind the scenes and has received a measure of public scrutiny only in the past few years when the impact of Canada’s population explosion became too evident to ignore. Founded in 2011, it obtained charitable status in 2014, which it managed to retain …
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Categories: Articles, Climate
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The shift towards a renewable energy future powered by solar and wind is progressing, primarily driven by economic factors rather than government policies. Despite this growth, fossil fuels still account for over 80% of global energy, making it challenging to meet greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. The transition is expected to face challenges, but technological advancements are leading to a rapid increase in renewable energy production.
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Categories: Articles, Solutions
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The triple planetary crisis: Global Foresight Report reveals global shifts UN Photo/Mark Garten The iconic blue whale looms over the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life at the American Museum of Natural History. 15 July 2024 Climate and Environment Eight critical global shifts are accelerating a triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature loss, pollution and waste, according to the new Global Foresight Report produced …
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Categories: Articles, Trending
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The Problems of Knowing What Is Not So. 1997 Series 1 Number 23 Page 21 This was a comment by Bruce Buchanan on Dr. Németh’s paper (The Human Predicament: Walking Backwards into the Future) in the CACOR Proceedings of June 1997. Mr. Buchanan thought Dr. Németh presented a provocative view of the human plate that helped clarify facts and assumptions. …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Proceedings, CACOR Writers
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Trudeau's exuberance and confidence, his princely certainty of the importance of his ideas, have often led him to make comments he has later had to disavow. It is part and parcel of the certainty that led him to speak forcefully about his support for gay marriage in a mosque - an admirable belief in presenting his views forthrightly and bravely. …
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Categories: Articles, Quotes
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A pair of B-52 strategic bombers that came in over Finland from Norwegian air space made a first-ever flight in the skies above Lapland near the Lake Inari Sunday morning. The two strategic bombers crossed the border into Finland from Norway’s northern region. Over Lapland, they were met by three U.S. Air Force tankers and Finnish fighter jets. “Today, Finland has …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Groups
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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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posted in the National Observer By Sibi Arasu | News | July 24th 2024 The setting sun illuminates the clouds over the Rocky Mountains after a third straight day of record-breaking heat on Sunday, July 14, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Listen to article Monday was recorded as the hottest day ever globally, beating a record set the day …
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Falling Biodiversity. The situation as of now...
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We’ve had the distinct privilege the last two days of hosting 25 NAVY SEALS for an exclusive Polyface Intensive Discovery Seminar (PIDS), our signature on-farm two-day, six-meal behind-the-curtains education platform. We normally do three a summer, usually in late July. This is the first one filled by a single group and certainly the first one completely devoted to Navy Seals. About 6 …
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Receding into ‘post-human epistemology’ THE COUNTER-INTUITIVE 🐿️ JUL 24, 2024 Human beings have forever grappled with questions of sorrow and happiness, in an eternal quest to understand the human condition, often reckoning with the limits of existence vis-a-vis the host planet. We are temporary residents on the planet and never before have we known so much about the Earth and …
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Green buildings First off, what is a green building? The WEF suggests that as choices such as design and construction materials will set the baseline of a completed building’s impact on nature for decades, a comprehensive approach to the green transition must consider the entire life cycle of buildings, from planning through construction to use and end of life. Thus …
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The IESO, with support from Natural Resources Canada, is undertaking a demonstration in York Region to explore market-based approaches to secure energy and capacity services from distributed energy resources (DERs) for local needs, while coordinating across the electricity system. A key objective of the IESO York Region Non Wires Alternatives Demonstration Project is to better understand the potential of using …
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When gold was discovered in California in 1848, more than 300,000 people moved west, one of the largest mass migrations in US history. Those miners of the 19th century have little in common with the workers of today, except, perhaps, for a desire to follow opportunity -- and get rich quick along the way. If you're wondering whether today's AI …
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Big Oil should pay for Toronto’s billion-dollar flood. Here’s how By Johanna Lewis | Opinion | July 23rd 2024 Drivers are stranded due to flood waters blocking the Don Valley Parkway following heavy rain in Toronto, on Tuesday, July 16 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdor Like countless others, I got caught in the chaos created by the extreme rainfall that …
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The amount of residential solar paired with a battery energy storage system (BESS) in California has increased notably under the state’s new net energy metering 3.0 (NEM 3.0) scheme. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has published data showing that around 9% of all residential solar systems eligible for NEM 3.0 in California are now paired with a BESS. Between …
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Emissions cap concerns among top environment issues in federal lobbying for six months of 2024 'There's a real sense of urgency on the part of the government to get [environment policy measures] finished,' says Tim Gray, executive director of Environmental Defence. Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said all sectors of Canada's economy need to reduce carbon Emissiona cap that includes oil …
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