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October 19, 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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Tom Dougherty and David Harries | Inaugural CACOR Live Debate

Tom Dougherty and David Harries | Inaugural CACOR Live Debate

Topic: Inaugural CACOR Live Debate Time: Oct 16, 2024 Summary: This will be an experiment with a different format for CACOR Live.  Two members will debate the pros and cons of the chosen topic.  David will argue AGAINST and Tom will argue FOR the proposal that "Canada is ready for the 21st Century" Biographies: Dr. David Harries is a nuclear …

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Ralph Torrie | Old Fashioned Trade War Trumps Climate Change |  23 Oct 2024 13:30 ET | CACOR Live

Ralph Torrie | Old Fashioned Trade War Trumps Climate Change | 23 Oct 2024 13:30 ET | CACOR Live

You are invited to a scheduled CACOR Live meeting. Topic: Old Fashioned Trade War Trumps Climate Change Speaker:   Ralph Torrie Time: Oct 23, 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84584585547?pwd=Z3lkOG41c1NEczJPbFRwbnFaUXpnQT09 Meeting ID: 845 8458 5547 Passcode: 890254 Summary: Climate change considerations have been trumped in the decision by Canada to align with punitive American tariffs on …

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Latest Articles

What do Football, St. Parascheva and our Climate Disaster have in Common?

What do Football, St. Parascheva and our Climate Disaster have in Common? Football isn’t a game, nor a sport; it’s a religion - Diego Maradona Now, as all of you will have had reason aplenty to discover for yourselves, there are new gods growing in America, clinging to knots of belief: gods of credit card and freeway, of Internet and …

Categories: Articles, What are you doing

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What do Football, St. Parascheva and our Climate Disaster have in Common?

Be yourself

Be yourself
To be nobody but myself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting. E.E. Cummings, poet (1894-1962)

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Michael Dowd (two months before he died): Being the Calm in the Storm (30-min) Dowd, 2023 on YouTube

This "post-doom, no gloom" sermon by Rev. Michael Dowd was delivered at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Flint, Michigan on August 13, 2023. Connie Barlow, Michael Dowd's wife, mission partner, and video editor, thinks it is one of his best. Also see separate 30-minute Q&A video:    • Q&A after "Being the Calm in the Stor...   and Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-doom UPDATE March 2024: Dear friends and colleagues - This …

Categories: Articles, CACOR Groups, Videos

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Michael Dowd (two months before he died): Being the Calm in the Storm (30-min) Dowd, 2023 on YouTube

Environment: Optimistic predictions for the energy transition

Windmill
Peter Sainsbury discusses the contrasting perspectives on energy transition, emphasizing optimism from organizations like RMI, which highlights the exponential growth of renewables and the decline of fossil fuels. While data shows significant progress in renewable energy, he also warns of serious ecological challenges, including biodiversity loss and climate change, that require urgent action.

Categories: Articles, Climate

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Solar Panels, Heat Pumps, EV Chargers: The Home Energy Nerds Have Arrived

Homeowners investing in solar panels and other energy-efficient technologies are becoming increasingly engaged in optimizing their energy use, leading to the emergence of a new class of consumers dubbed "energy nerds." These individuals actively track electricity usage, adjust their habits, and utilize smart technologies to save costs and reduce carbon emissions. This shift reflects a broader trend towards interactive relationships between utilities and consumers, where both parties benefit from efficient energy management.

Categories: Articles, Solutions

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Young woman controlling kitchen appliances with a digital tablet on the wall with launched smart home application.

Common Misconceptions Regarding Currency and Commodity Markets Including Environmental Effects.—From CACOR Archives.

CACOR Writers Quill Pens
Common Misconceptions Regarding Currency and Commodity Markets Including Environmental Effects. 1998  Series 1  Number 25  Page 7 This article was a two-page summary of a talk given to CACOR in Ottawa by Steven Kurtz.  He pointed out that activists had long been using the currency and commodity markets as whipping boys when analyzing the causes the global problematic.  It was …

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Biodiversity Hotspots - Why they Count

Home > Our Work > Explore the Biodiversity Hotspots Explore the Biodiversity Hotspots CEPF grantees work in developing and transitional countries in the world's biodiversity hotspots—some of Earth's most biologically diverse yet threatened terrestrial areas. Since 2001, CEPF has funded conservation in 25 of the 36 hotspots. Cape May warbler (Setophaga tigrina) in Parque Nacional Sierre de Bahoruco, Dominican Republic. © Jorge …

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Biodiversity Hotspots - Why they Count

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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Breaking News

Living Planet Report - 75% decline in wild populations since 1970

“There has been a catastrophic 73% decline in the average size of monitored wildlife populations* in just 50 years (1970-2020), according to World Wildlife Fund‘s (WWF) Living Planet Report 2024. The report warns that parts of our planet are approaching dangerous tipping points driven by the combination of nature loss and climate change which pose grave threats to humanity.” Habitat …

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Ice Energy Announces Key Milestones of Its Southern California Virtual Power Plant Thermal Energy Storage Program

COSTA MESA, Calif., October 17, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ice Energy ("the Company"), a leader in thermal energy storage and grid-scale solutions for permanent peak load-shifting, today announced several key milestones of its Southern California Virtual Power Plant ("VPP") Thermal Storage Project. Ice Energy is pleased to share that it has surpassed five years of successful operations of its 25.6 MWh utility-scale program with …

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Overshoot: Is Overpopulation Really the Issue? An open discussion by Sarah Conner

Overshoot: Is Overpopulation Really the Issue? An open discussion by Sarah Conner

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Energy Storage Liquid Air Batteries. Literally energy from thin air. Seriously. Literally!

JUST HAVE A THINK Energy storage from thin air sounds a bit too good to be true, but the beauty of this potentially transformational technology is the simplicity of a design that utilises tried and tested components that have been reimagined and re-engineered to perform a vital function for electricity grids, now and in the future.

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York – Battery Energy Storage System

Home / Operations / York – Battery Energy Storage System In August 2024, Capital Power began construction of a battery energy storage system (BESS) installation of up to 120 megawatts (MW) of power storage, with electrical energy output for up to four-hours. Commercial operation of the York BESS is anticipated in August 2025. The project will be located on a parcel of land which …

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Electricity Demand in Ontario to Grow by 75 per cent by 2050

TORONTO, Oct. 16, 2024 /CNW/ - According to a new annual forecast from the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), electricity demand in Ontario is anticipated to grow 75 per cent by 2050, higher than previously forecast, with annual consumption rising from 151 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2025 to 263 TWh in 2050. The accelerated pace of demand growth in this year's forecast is primarily attributed …

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‘Customers just want hot showers and cold beer’: The challenges and opportunities of virtual power plants

“I think the biggest thing is that customers don’t care about virtual power plants,” he offers with a laugh. “There’s an old saying that they spend six minutes total each year worrying about their electricity. Customers just want hot showers and cold beer.” And if they can support a more reliable grid and make a couple of bucks at the …

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‘Tamper with nature, and everyone suffers’: Q&A with ecologist Enric Sala

‘Tamper with nature, and everyone suffers’: Q&A with ecologist Enric Sala

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California’s Demand Side Grid Support Program Grows to 500 Megawatts of Capacity

SACRAMENTO – The California Energy Commission’s (CEC) Demand Side Grid Support (DSGS) program has successfully enrolled 515 megawatts (MW) of capacity, with over 265,000 participants contributing to the state's efforts to maintain a clean, reliable energy grid during extreme climate-driven events. Launched in August 2022, the DSGS program is part of California’s Strategic Reliability Reserve of backup energy resources that serve as an insurance policy when …

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EDF-led consortium grows in pitch to roll out hundreds of V2G charging stations

Seven partners have joined an EDF-led consortium for the EVVE project, to expedite the rollout of vehicle to grid (V2G) charging stations in Europe. Launched in 2021 under the leadership of the EDF Group, the EVVE (Environmental Valorisation of Virtual Energy storage) project aims to deploy 800 European V2G charging stations. Altra (IVECO group), BNP Paribas Mobility, represented by Arval …

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