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CMOS ZOOM Coping with Extreme Weather
Public On-Line Forum/Panel Discussion 8 October 2020, noon to 2 PM Coping with Extreme Weather Marking the 2nd anniversary of the Ottawa/Gatineau Tornadoes Moderator: Jim Abraham, Vice-President CMOS, Broadcast Meteorologist Extreme weather events, including tornadoes, floods, ice storms, hurricanes, droughts and blizzards, are a major risk to life, property and the economy in Canada. The risks are changing as climate changes. […]
Weather: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
David Dougherty’s Youtube of the week. It’s almost like capitalism doesn’t care about the well being of humans that aren’t rich. YouTube Link….
Keeping the Lights on
Dr. John Hollins, past Chair CACOR Board of Directors, considers “Microgrids: renewables and resilience” Reduce emissions while keeping the lights on – always For millennia the renewable sources of wind and water have been used to provide intermittently useful energy in small quantities; they still are in the less developed world. For more than a […]
Bailout doubt – PG&E faces bankruptcy amid California’s ‘first climate change-caused emergency’
first climate change-caused emergency PG&E’s controversial history of safety violations and the rapidly rising costs from the past two years of wildfires seem to make bankruptcy difficult to avoid, stakeholders told Utility Dive. But it is unlikely to greatly benefit any of the involved parties. Bankruptcy makes victims’ claims subordinate to other utility obligations and is a […]