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View this in your browser. Live differently–it’s your choice! The road ahead is uncertain, not smooth or straight, and has limited visibility. August 23, 2025 Welcome to Stay Informed, CACOR's weekly newsletter. The latest website updates, announcements and upcoming events. Please share our Stay Informed link on your personal networks. That's also the place to catch up on previous newsletters if you missed them. The latest 'CACOR LIVE' schedule is HERE. CACOR Live - A convergence of voices⚡🕒⚡ CACOR Live Snapshots Share on your personal networks / social media📱 ⏫ "Rights Of Nature. Rights of a river?" ✅ What is direct action? By Max Wilbert. ✅ Why we need a "Life Based Science" 📣"Going Local (A Progressive Move)" 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. How the Grid Was Won: Three Scenarios for the Distributed Grid in 2030 Constitution of the World.—From CACOR Archives. Understanding Climate in Paris: Not a Lonely Planet Guide Last week CACOR Live! Dr. Jack Alpert | Civilization's Predicament and Its Unwinding Behavior |20 Aug 2025 | CACOR Live Topic: Civilization's Predicament and Its Unwinding Behavior. Speaker:  Dr. Jack Alpert Time: Aug 20, 2025 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary:  Energy and mass flows describe the unfolding of civilization. Over the last 200 years those flows increased. Each year they supported an ever-larger global population with ever grander lifestyles. Unfortunately, this century these flows, due to the earth's … Watch Recording Up Next on CACOR Live! Jason W. Moore | Climate History, Climate Crises, Climate Revolts: A Ridiculously Brief History. | Aug 27, 2025  13:30 | CACOR Live You are invited to a scheduled CACOR Live meeting. 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In the last 10 years, that population has nearly doubled, with 31 million refugees recorded in the organisation’s 2025 report. Displacement at large has also continued to soar, with over 122 million … Categories: Articles, Trending Read more Exploding Energy Myths.—From CACOR Archives. Exploding Energy Myths. 1999  Series 2  Number 2  Page 32 Mike Nickerson (in 2025, still a CACOR member) wrote this commentary on the myths of abundant energy and the need to energy from fossil fuels for everything we do.  He advocated a return to use of the metabolic energy that used to be most prominent before the Industrial Revolution.  … Categories: Articles, CACOR Proceedings, CACOR Writers Read more The Sub-$21,500 BYD Seagull Is Coming For Europe While the U.S. keeps Chinese automakers at arm's length with newly announced tariffs to protect its century-old domestic auto industry, Europe is already seeing an influx of affordable EVs from that country. 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Our antibodies … Categories: Articles, Quotes Read more Job One For Humanity: Climate Trends May Push Americans Into Canada Posted by Barry Gander 26sc on August 18, 2025 Insurance companies will help pack their bags. Within the coming two or three decades, Americans could be pushed by a punishing climate to migrate across the border and become Canadians. The insurance industry would hustle them along. The study casts its vision ahead by the same number of years that has … Categories: Articles, CACOR Groups Read more 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. Read more Breaking News THE LIMITS TO INFLUENCE THE CLUB OF ROME AND CANADA, 1968 TO 1988 THE LIMITS TO INFLUENCE: THE CLUB OF ROME AND CANADA, 1968 TO 1988 by JASON LEMOINE CHURCHILL A thesis presented to the University of Waterloo in fulfilment of the thesis requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2006 © Jason Lemoine Churchill, 2006 Learn More Climate Change Crisis Super Cycle Climate Change Crisis Super Cycle: Can Canada Create The Fourth Industrial Revolution, The New Green Economy,  and PDQ in Order to Survive? Is Canada Ready? Will Canada Survive? Or Will Canadians Die Painful Deaths? Philippe Roy, CMC. September 1, 2025. Head Note. The Current Climate Change Crisis Super Cycle threatens the existence of Canada and the world:  diverse species, … Learn More Ford says it will roll out a cheaper electric pickup truck $30,000 Ford is making a multibillion-dollar bet on electric vehicles. 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