Trump: You make America Small!

Call climate change what it is: violence | Rebecca Solnit | Opinion |The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/07/climate-change-violence-occupy-earth

Announcement of the 3rd Session of the Environmental Documentary Series on Thursday 3/30/2017

Announcement of the 3rd Session of the Environmental Documentary Series on Thursday 3/30/2017

1. The Breakthrough in Renewable Energy (47)
2. Won't Pipe Down (23)
Total time: 70 minutes Topic: Energy
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• The Breakthrough in Renewable Energy: Clean energy is becoming less exotic and more practical than ever before thanks to the efforts of a few key countries. Collectively, they're greasing the wheels for a worldwide revolution. The Breakthrough in Renewable Energy, a new documentary produced by the acclaimed VPRO Backlight series, takes us inside the corporate offices and production lines where this groundbreaking work is being done, and examines what it could mean for the future of energy consumption on Earth.
• “Won’t Pipe Down” is a short documentary presenting the definitive David versus Goliath battle between the residents of Nelson County, Virginia and the Dominion Power company. This inside look at the community and their fight against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline raises questions about environmental justice, property rights, and individual rights.

All events will take place on Thursday evenings between 7-9 pm in St. Joseph Hall / SJH 109 Lecture Hall and are open and free to anybody. This faculty-led program and any related discussion is for educational benefit only.

Bill McKibben: #NoKXL

From: "Bill McKibben - 350.org" <350@350.org>
Date: March 24, 2017 at 13:37:51 EDT
To: "Tom Wassmer"
Subject: #NoKXL
Reply-To: 350@350.org

Join live strategy session to hear from movement leaders who've defeated Keystone once, and are ready to do it again.

Dear Friends,
Today, nearly six years after the fight over the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline moved into high gear, Donald Trump approved the federal permit for the pipeline -- but this fight is far from over.
It's not a surprise, but it still feels like a punch in the gut. A punch that should get us good and angry, not knock the wind out of our sails. Seizing this moment will require more of the things that carried us through to this point: passionate organizing, committed actions, and courage on all of our parts.
Here's how I've been thinking about things today, as we prepare to mobilize again:

1) The approval doesn't mean it's a done deal. There's no permitted route through Nebraska; native tribes are hard at work in South Dakota; and a team of lawyers are gearing up to play their role as I write.

2) We've already won an awful lot. Six years times 800,000 barrels of oil a day equals a lot of carbon emissions saved. Not to mention that six years of delay has cost Transcanada a small fortune.

3) Every new pipeline, frack well and coal port is being fought and fought hard. You've heard of some of these fights, like the Dakota Access pipeline, but there are now hundreds of them across the world. Keystone jumpstarted a whole new phase of the movement to keep fossil fuels in the ground.

There are many, many people who've been working to stop Keystone since the beginning, and they're gearing up for this next round of the fight.
Join a live strategy session on Monday, March 27th at 8:00 PM EST to hear from movement leaders who've defeated Keystone once, and are ready to do it again.
I'll be one of the presenters on the webinar together with brilliant organizers, Jane Kleeb with Bold Alliance, Wayne Frederick, Rosebud Sioux Tribe Council, Michael Brune from Sierra Club, Lindsey Allen from the Rainforest Action Network and Eriel Deranger from Indigenous Climate Action. We'll talk about how we can fight this pipeline with every available tool in our toolbox.
I wish there was a silver bullet — there's just more of the hard work we've been doing for years. We organize, we build big movements, we fight.
We've got each other, and together we do good things. The next step we'll take together is in DC on April 29 for the Peoples Climate March. You'll see some familiar pipeline fighters there, along with tens of thousands of others, standing together against this industry's endless greed.
Sign up now to join the live strategy session and we'll send you a link to watch the live stream. During the webinar, you'll be able to share your thoughts and submit questions.
See you there and in many places after that,
Bill

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Second Film of the 3rd Environmental Documentaries Series Tonight

Second Film of the 3rd Environmental Documentaries Series Tonight

3/23/2017
1. The Goose with the Golden Eggs: Tourism on Costa Rica's Pacific Coast (34)
2. How bad for the environment are cruise ships? (2)
3. Thule – Tuvalu (55)
Total time: 91
Topics: Tourism and Climate Change

Synopsis:
1. The Goose with the Golden Eggs: This educational documentary examines the impacts of large-scale resort and vacation home developments along Costa Rica's Pacific Coast, as well as cruise ship arrivals in the port city of Puntarenas.
2. How bad for the environment are cruise ships? - Title says it all
3. Thule - Tuvalu: When the ice melts in Thule, Tuvalu drowns in the ocean. A touching portrait of people whose joint fates are intimately linked though they live at two completely distant corners of the world.

When and where? 7-9 pm in St. Joseph Hall / SJH 109 Lecture Hall, Siena Heights University

Map:

St. Joseph Hall (Circled) - Parking across the street to the right of the Nursing Building

The Tip of Ignorance that Threatens Millions of Lives

The Trump administration should be charged with Crimes Against Humanity. These policies will cost the lives of more people than any genocide previously tried at Den Haag (The Hague).

TOP "PUBLIC LANDS ENEMIES" IN CONGRESS

Fifteen Federal Lawmakers From Eight Western States Plotting to Seize, Dismantle, Destroy and Privatize America's Public Lands

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/public_lands_enemies/index.html