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December 21, 2024

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CACOR Live | Dr. Melissa Kenney | US Climate Adaptation with Equitable and Just Action: Insights from the 5th US National Climate Assessment

CACOR Live | Dr. Melissa Kenney | US Climate Adaptation with Equitable and Just Action: Insights from the 5th US National Climate Assessment

Speaker:  Dr. Melissa Kenney Subject:  US Climate Adaptation: Insights from the 5th US National Climate Assessment Time: 18 December 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada)  Summary: Climate change is the warming of the Earth that occurs as a result of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO2) accumulating in the atmosphere and trapping heat. In all regions of the U.S., climate …

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Are the Chemical Toxins that are destroying our Health Simply Nature’s Negative Feedback Loop?

Are the Chemical Toxins that are destroying our Health Simply Nature’s Negative Feedback Loop? All life tries to reproduce and take over the world. Fortunately any positive feedback loops that support this exponential growth in population and consumption ALWAYS creates some unintended negative feedback loops which prevent this take over from happening. Until now. Until humans came along. Or so …

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Are the Chemical Toxins that are destroying our Health Simply Nature’s Negative Feedback Loop?

40 Years Ago: Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change.

40 Years Ago: Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change.
40 Years Ago: Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change. DECEMBER 10, 1985 “Witnesses testified on how the greenhouse effect will change the global climate system and possible solutions.” Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saganism/?h... Twitter: https://twitter.com/saganism_?s=21 https://carlsagan.com Dr. Sagan made it clear enough that even a high school graduate (perhaps even younger persons) could grasp the problem facing humanity …

Categories: Articles, Climate

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Authoritarianism: A Growing Threat

Will authoritarianism derail the shift to a postmaterialist civilization? 11 December 2024 – A new scientific study published in the journal Foresight concludes that human civilisation is on the brink of the next ‘giant leap’ in evolution. However, progress could be thwarted by centralized far-right political projects such as the incoming Donald Trump administration.  “Industrial civilisation is facing “inevitable” decline as it is replaced …

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NY Times: A third of trees at risk of extinction

NY Times: A third of trees at risk of extinction
How Are the World’s Trees Doing? A New Assessment Has Answers. By Catrin Einhorn Reporting from the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Cali, Colombia   Oct. 28, 2024 More than a third of the world’s tree species are threatened with extinction, according to the first comprehensive assessment of trees by the world’s leading scientific authority on the status of species. The …

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Love of power

No, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed, and love of power. P.J. O'Rourke, writer (b. 1947)

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EV chargers attract customers to nearby businesses

African American woman in hijab charging electric car while shopping.
A study from MIT published in Nature Communications reveals that electric vehicle (EV) charging stations can significantly benefit local businesses. By analyzing data from California, researchers found that businesses near EV chargers experienced increased sales compared to those without them. Despite the high costs of installing these chargers, the potential for increased business revenue provides strong incentives for both businesses and governments to invest in EV infrastructure.

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The Process of Sustainable Development.—From CACOR Archives.

The Process of Sustainable Development: Change in Emphasis from Egocentric Values to Envirocentric Values. 1998  Series 1  Number 27  Page 1 John Frederick Maskell wrote his doctoral thesis (U Waterloo) in 1998.  It analyzed 'sustainable development.' He relied heavily on the Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (also known as the Brundtland Report), entitled Our Common Future, …

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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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Scientists issue urgent warning after discovering alarming impact of IV treatments: 'Significant public and scientific concern

Scientists issue urgent warning after discovering alarming impact of IV treatments: 'Significant public and scientific concern With microplastics and nanoplastics pervasive in the environment, researchers sought to further understand particle exposure due to the "significant public and scientific concern," according to analysis in the Journal of Hazardous Materials made available by ScienceDirect. They found that "exposure during IV therapy mainly …

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The Lancet: Health threats of climate change reach record-breaking levels, as experts call for trillions of dollars spent on fossil fuels to be redirected towards protecting people’s health, lives and livelihoods.

The Lancet: Health threats of climate change reach record-breaking levels, as experts call for trillions of dollars spent on fossil fuels to be redirected towards protecting people’s health, lives and livelihoods. Health threats of climate change reach record-breaking levels, as experts call for trillions of dollars spent on fossil fuels to be redirected towards protecting people’s health, lives and livelihoods. …

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Catherine McKenna on the Oilsands.

Catherine McKenna on the Oilsands. Ms. Catherine McKenna was the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change for the Government of Canada from 2015 to 2019. In this essay, she reveals what she has come to understand about the fossil fuel industry, and the so-called oilsands sector in particular, since leaving government.  It was originally published in The Toronto Star. …

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Everything electric - Positive end of year "Electrify Everything" news.

Cut through the FF propaganda and feel good about progress in electrify everything. Join Robert for December's Almost Breaking News! In this latest episode, we cover some of the latest hot topics in the clean energy space, including massive wind farms in Australia, the rise of electric van sales and the new Jaguar advert. Plus Robert goes out into the …

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Earth’s desertification emergency: Around 78% land became permanently drier between 1990 and 2020.

Earth’s desertification emergency: Around 78% land became permanently drier between 1990 and 2020. Down to Earth,, 09 Dec 2024 About 4.3 million square kilometres of previously humid landscapes transitioned into drylands, compared to 1961-1990, reveals UNCCD report. Scientists have raised alarms over the widespread increase in dry areas across the globe, warning that 77.6 per cent of the Earth’s land …

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The On-going Saga of the Mount Polley Disaster: Mining company charged 10 years after spilling toxic waste into BC waters.

The On-going Saga of the Mount Polley Disaster: Mining company charged 10 years after spilling toxic waste into BC waters. CBC, Dec 10, 2024 The collapse of Mount Polley tailings dam considered one of the worst environmental disasters in Canadian history. More than a decade after spilling millions of litres of toxic wastewater into rivers in the BC Interior, Imperial …

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Frank Interview by former Environment Minister Catherine McKenna

The full article is available on the link below.  It is a "must read" article.

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Climate Apartheid

By Grace Blakeley When the wealthy are able to insulate themselves from the worst effects of climate breakdown, the poor are forced to bear the costs of a crisis they did not cause. In December 2023, Ndileka Mandela, the granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, condemned the rich world for supporting a global system of “climate apartheid.” Speaking at the COP28 summit …

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40 Years Ago: Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change.

40 Years Ago: Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change. DECEMBER 10, 1985 “Witnesses testified on how the greenhouse effect will change the global climate system and possible solutions.” Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saganism/?h... Twitter: https://twitter.com/saganism_?s=21 https://carlsagan.com Dr. Sagan made it clear enough that even a high school graduate (perhaps even younger persons) could grasp the problem facing humanity …

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Norway Brakes Deep-Sea Mining in the Arctic — for now.

Norway Brakes Deep-Sea Mining in the Arctic — for now.

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