Thursday, March 26, 2020

Standing Rock Tribe Wins in Court After Years of Perseverance | Earthjustice

A federal judge struck down permits for the Dakota Access Pipeline, even after COVID-19 precautions led to an unconventional day in court.
Tribes and allies gathered to defend Standing Rock Sioux territory from the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016. A federal judge struck down the pipeline's permits on March 25, 2020, after years of litigation.Tribes and allies gathered to defend Standing Rock
Tribes and allies gathered to defend Standing Rock Sioux territory from the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016. After years of litigation, a court struck down the pipeline's water permits on March 25, 2020.

Continue reading at: Standing Rock Tribe Wins in Court After Years of Perseverance | Earthjustice

Monday, March 23, 2020

Corona Virus Rap: Flatten the Curve: Mach die Kurve flach | MaximNoise - YouTube

Now with embedded subtitles...

Flatten the Curve

Today, stay home under your own roof
Flatten the curve
Between your four walls, whether day or night
Flatten the curve
Don't just think about yourself - pay attention to others. Flatten the curve
Together we're strong; alone we're weak. Flatten the curve.

The sun's shining outside, but I'm staying in today
'Cause I think about others, too, and I'm not egotistic
Because even though I'm healthy, it sadly makes no sense
For me to make things hard for Grandma and Grandpa
So much is unknown about the virus
But it spreads aimlessly across the land, and at the same time, causes fear
So I don't cough on you or reach for your hand
We want to break these chains and slow the whole thing down
Sure, we all had other plans
But we still won't make a scene today
We're getting into quarantine
'Cause we can all meet up when it's over
So why not consider others and save a few lives on the way?
Isolation's no easy situation
But we've got to get through it, so long as viruses threaten us
We want to protect doctors and hospitals;
That's why, today, we're staying right where we live

Come and sing with me:
Today, stay home under your own roof
Flatten the curve
Between your four walls, whether day or night
Flatten the curve
Don't just think about yourself - pay attention to others
Flatten the curve
Together we're strong; alone we're weak
Flatten the curve

I flatten the curve like the paper in my toilet
And if I have no more, I wash my poop off with a rag
It'll be washed well, then hung up to dry
There'll be no trouble started here over a pack of toilet paper
Ay, I flatten the curve like my belly at my morning workout
Full energy; it makes me fit and calms my worries
I drink water, and pay attention to nutrition while I'm at it
And when this whole horrible mess is over, I'll be fit as a fiddle
I flatten the curve, flat at jokes no one laughs at
And finally we come to the things you don't1 have time for
We can learn foreign languages or read a book for once
We can play Playstation and have a good time
I flatten the curve for everyone who wouldn't make it otherwise
For everyone who's too weak, and who the curve would steal forever
'Cause this curve can be the world to someone
Just stay home and you can be a hero

Come and sing with me:
Today, stay home under your own roof
Flatten the curve
Between your four walls, whether day or night
Flatten the curve
Don't just think about yourself - pay attention to others
Flatten the curve
Together we're strong; alone we're weak
Flatten the curve

It's all just so crazy.
But one day we'll be back, stronger than ever
Avoid contact and keep your distance
Today we keep the curve flat, man, yeah

It's all just so crazy.
But one day we'll be back, stronger than ever
Avoid contact and keep your distance
Today we keep the curve flat, man, yeah

Come and sing with me:
Today, stay home under your own roof
Flatten the curve
Between your four walls, whether day or night
Flatten the curve
Don't just think about yourself - pay attention to others
Flatten the curve
Together we're strong; alone we're weak
Flatten the curve

Thursday, March 19, 2020

9th Environmental Documentary Series Scheduled

DUE TO PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO REDUCE THE CHANCES OF CONTRACTING THE CORONA VIRUS, WE HAD TO CANCEL THE 9TH SERIES. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO CLICK ON THE LINKS ON THE NAMES OF THE FILMS, MANY ARE AVAILABLE FOR PAY-PER-VIEW AT MODERATE COSTS.

All films will start Wednesdays 7:00 PM on the Adrian Campus in the Science Building, Room SCI 131 and are free and open for everybody. This faculty-led program and any related discussion is for educational benefit only. A campus map can be found at:
sienaheights.edu/About/Campus-Map-Parking

The tentative schedule can be found at:
http://sustainability.sienaheights.edu/environmental-documentaries.html


Come and bring a friend – the more the merrier – feel free to forward widely.

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Coronavirus: 4 Lessons We Can Learn About Responding to a Global Health Crisis

From vaccine alliances to social safety nets, there's a lot we can learn for the future.


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  1. The need to protect workers who are sick
  2. The need for global cooperation
  3. The importance of trusted information
  4. The need for community spirit during social distancing
Read more at: Coronavirus: 4 Lessons We Can Learn About Responding to a Global Health Crisis

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Bernie Sanders: What I just told the press about our campaign



A short while ago, I gave a brief statement to the press about our campaign, and where we go from here. I want to share some of those thoughts with you today, and to ask you, once again, for your financial support.

If you can do that now, please use this link to contribute $27:

Let me start by saying that last night was not a good night for our campaign from a delegate point of view.
We lost the largest state of the night, Michigan, but we won in North Dakota and currently lead in the state of Washington, the second largest state of the evening.
But what has become more and more apparent, with each passing primary, is that while we are currently trailing in the delegate count, we are strongly winning the debate about the future of our country.
In poll after poll after poll, including exit polls, a strong majority of the American people support our progressive agenda.
The American people are deeply concerned about the grotesque levels of income and wealth inequality in this country.
The American people believe it is time for the wealthy and profitable corporations to be paying their fair share.
The American people understand that the federal minimum wage is a starvation wage and that it is time to raise it to a living wage of $15 an hour – nothing less.
The American people understand that if our kids are going to make it into the middle class, we must make public colleges, universities and trade schools tuition free.
The American people understand that we cannot continue a cruel and dysfunctional health care system where we are spending twice as much per capita as any other nation, yet 87 million of our neighbors remain uninsured and underinsured.
And that last point is becoming more and more obvious to the American people as we face the challenge of the coronavirus. Imagine a pandemic where 87 million people have a difficult time going to a doctor.
The American people understand that climate change is an existential threat to our planet and we need to transform our energy system away from fossil fuels.
The American people understand that we need to transform our broken and racist criminal justice and immigration system that locks up four times as many people as communist China and leaves millions here at home living in fear.
But it is not just the ideological debate we are winning.
We are winning the generational debate as well.
While Joe Biden does well with older Americans, especially those over 65 years old, our campaign continues to win a vast majority of younger people in this country.
But while we are winning — very clearly — the ideological debate, we are losing, right now, the electability debate.
I cannot tell you how many people I and our campaign have spoken to that tell me that they like what our campaign stands for but they are going to vote for Joe Biden because they believe he is the best candidate to beat Trump.
Needless to say, I strongly disagree.
So, on Sunday, I very much look forward to debating Joe Biden about these issues in Arizona. This will be the first 1-on-1 debate of this campaign, and I am eager for the American people to see which candidate — which agenda — is best positioned to defeat Donald Trump, the most dangerous president in modern American history.
Thank you for reading, but before you go, I must ask:
Thank you again for everything you have done to support our campaign so far. Let’s go forward together.
In solidarity,
Bernie Sanders


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9th Environmental Documentary Series. Tonight: Microplastic Madness

9th Environmental Documentary Series. Tonight: Microplastic Madness: http://www.cafeteriaculture.org/microplastic-madness.html
Tonight 7:00 pm SHU, Science Building room 131

Thursday, March 5, 2020

Dirty streaming: The internet's big secret

Dirty streaming: The internet's big secret

With the launch of streaming services from Disney and Apple, the rollout of 5G and the growth in cryptocurrencies, experts are warning about the impact this huge rise in data use could have on the environment.

There are now hundreds of thousands of data centres around the world, storing everything from viral videos to doctors' notes and even bank account details. Many of them run on electricity generated by burning fossil fuels.

Dirty streaming: The internet's big secret

Film and TV writer Beth Webb went in search of the internet and discovered that 'the cloud' is actually a vast network of energy-guzzling data centres and undersea cables.

Dirty streaming: The internet's big secret

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

To Be a Scientist in the Era of Trump

This short excerpt of the excellent Sky miniseries Chernobyl provides the essence of science vs. denial and repression. So contemporary in the age of Trump.