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Stay Informed
CACOR's weekly newsletter
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Welcome to Stay Informed, CACOR's weekly newsletter.
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It contains all the latest updates to the CACOR Website. Signup and previous weekly newsletters are available here.
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The latest CACOR Zoom Schedule is found here.
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To CACOR Members:
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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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Speaker: Paul Beckwith Topic: Updates on Abrupt Climate System Change: The Science and Consequences Time: Jul 5, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: I chat about the latest cutting-edge science, observations, and consequences in our rapidly accelerating climate system. This is basically a status report on our present grim situation and an analysis of what we can expect in the next 5 …
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You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Speaker: Mike Fletcher Topic: City of Ottawa: Emissions Reduction Inventory and Community Energy Planning. Time: Jul 12, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87193111273?pwd=eGIvQzA4ZWtucVVnQWFIWWo1VUVKQT09 Meeting ID: 871 9311 1273 Passcode: 356824 Summary: The key to making progress on many problems is to do the math. Ottawa’s climate strategy does …
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By GEIR MOULSON and FRANK JORDANS - May 24, 2023 "BERLIN (AP) — German police raided 15 properties linked to the Last Generation climate activist group Wednesday, seizing assets as part of an investigation into its finances in a sign of growing impatience with disruptive protest tactics also seen in other European countries. "Members of the group have repeatedly blocked …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Groups
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" it is inherently impossible to design new technologies that are guaranteed to never have negative effects of any kind. " Take the Huesemann Argument! "Hint - this story will not resonate nicely with people who worship technology. "Every time you acquire a new gadget, new software or new technology, does it make you happy? I know it makes me …
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Categories: Articles, Climate
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Climate change: World's hottest day since records began Published 30 minutes ago COP28 IMAGE SOURCE,STR Image caption, People feel the stress in China amid an ongoing heatwave By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent The world's average temperature reached a new high on Monday 3 July, topping 17 degrees Celsius for the first time. US researchers said the new record was the …
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Categories: Articles, Trending
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Interviews with Champions for Mother Earth: An Introduction I have been writing for this posting “What are you doing?” for over one year now and a blinding flash of the obvious struck me: I have not focussed on the YOU part of the question. So, here is where this posting will be headed for at least the next year: I …
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Categories: Articles, What are you doing
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These are the conclusions in a recent paper by Dr Nicole Morgan, CACOR member. She said to other members that “ clearly (I hope) why I have for decades studied the heating up of the political planet, within the context of climate change which we (the inner group to which I have had the privilege to belong) have known for some …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Writers
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The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence. Charles Bukowski, 1920-1994 Henry Charles Bukowski was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer.
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Categories: Articles, Quotes
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Canada needs a new trans-disciplinary Institute on Environments, Health and Well-being to research links between environmental change, human behaviour, societal organization and health. The institute must engender innovative, evidence-informed actions that not only reduce harm but improve the natural and built environment by addressing the drivers of environmental change. OPINION: BY TREVOR HANCOCK, RICHARD VAN DER JAGT, CHRIS BUSE, AND MEG SEARS Dr. Trevor Hancock is a retired …
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Categories: Articles, Solutions
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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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Acclaimed writer Amitav Ghosh finds the origins of our contemporary climate crisis in Western colonialism’s violent exploitation of human life and the natural environment. A powerful work of history, essay, testimony, and polemic, Amitav Ghosh’s new book traces our contemporary planetary crisis back to the discovery of the New World and the sea routes to the Indian Ocean. The Nutmeg’s …
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That great ideas (or visions) that proffer to serve humanity, can also be captured and subverted, by the 1% (ruling order) and by the old structures of oppression which have held the majority of humans down, always at the receiving end for eons. In his book ‘The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality (2017)’ Walter Schiedel explains the …
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Department of Physics at IIT-Madras has developed a technology prototype to produce green hydrogen (GH2) from seawater in a simple and cost-effective manner. In a report on the approach, published in the journal ACS Applied Energy Materials, the researchers propose that the technology could support India in meeting its green hydrogen target. They emphasized on these technologies, with least pressure …
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Extreme heat — summertime temperatures and humidity that exceed the historical average — is being made more frequent and intense by climate change. In the first two weeks of June, a late-spring hot spell prompted schools in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Great Lakes areas to close or send students home early. A heat wave broke temperature records in Puerto Rico — the heat index, …
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Protecting Ourselves from Wildfire Smoke Pollution Author: David Hutton, July 3rd 2023 It's fairly obvious that, due to global warming, the extensive wildfires in the Canadian north are not a one-off event, but are likely to recur in future years, perhaps even more widely. With wildfire smoke sweeping over our city, I set out to protect our household from the most damaging …
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Exploring the Potential of LENR Technology: Revolutionizing the Future of Energy Production The energy industry is constantly seeking innovative solutions to meet the ever-growing global demand for power. One such solution that has the potential to revolutionize the future of energy production is Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR) technology. LENR, also known as cold fusion, is a process that generates …
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Just Have a Think Energy storage is a key element of grid decarbonisation. Developers all over the world are looking for ways to supplement the hard work currently being shouldered predominantly by lithium-ion technology. Now a team of researchers in Vienna has shown us how we can reliably move electrons using oxygen as the main source.
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