Dr. Nicole Morgan, CACOR member, writes on Cold Hatred. On the eve of the 2012 US election, while I was still professor at the Royal Military College of Canada, I published in Paris : Haine Froide (Cold Hatred, What is the American right thinking?) (1) The timing was pure coincidence. This book was not aimed […]
Energy and emissions: New approach, new tools needed
Dr. John Hollins, past Chair and Robert Hoffman, past Chair, analyse energy systems. This briefing note has been adapted by John Hollins from a paper by Robert Hoffman on the assessment of computational tools for analysis of energy systems My maternal grandfather was a cabinetmaker. He insisted on using the right tool for the job. […]
Letter to a federal politician
By Past CACOR Chair, John Hollins 2019 January 4 Dear Fred, During the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC in Katowice in December, a team of 80 scientists led by Corinne Le Quere, Director of the Tyndall Centre of Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia, UK anticipated that global emissions of carbon […]
Spotlight: 6 key issues driving the utility sector today
Change — that’s the operative word in the electric utility sector today. The industry is undergoing a fundamental transition as it moves away from a centralized, baseload-focused past to a more distributed, renewable future. But how did we get here and where is this all going? Utility Dive takes an in-depth look at six key […]
Canada is losing the fight against climate calamity
Susan Tanner, CACOR member, is also the Chair of the recent G78 Conference on “Meeting the Climate Challenge: Accelerating the Transition to a Zero-Carbon Economy and Roy Culpeper is Chair of the Group of 78. Three things are conspicuously weak in Canada’s strategy to combat climate change: We have insufficient resolve to reduce the supply and consumption […]