US Census: Mobility among young adults at 50-year low - World Socialist Web Site
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US Census: Mobility among young adults at 50-year low
By Bryan Dyne
19 November 2013
According to new 2013 figures from the US Census Bureau, the mobility for adults aged 25-29 is at a 50-year low. This is largely a result of the Great Recession of 2007-2009 and the ongoing economic slump.
Detroit emergency manager terminates union contracts, transfers city lighting to DTE - World Socialist Web Site
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Detroit, l’agonie sans fin, suite.
Detroit emergency manager terminates union contracts, transfers city lighting to DTE
By Bryan Dyne
29 June 2013
As part of the opening moves in his plans to restructure Detroit, the city’s unelected emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, has decided to terminate the contracts of three of the city’s unions—the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1023, the Detroit Fire Fighters Association (DFFA) and the Detroit Police Lieutenants and Sergeants Association (LSA). As a result, the collective bargaining agreements for ASFCME Local 1023 and the LSA will expire on July 6 and the contract for the DFFA will end July 1. No new terms have been announced.
Détroit, l’agonie qui n’en finit pas : voilà le truc auquel on avait pas pensé : vendre la collection d’art pour régler les dettes de la ville. ça ressemble à la fin de l’humanité.
Emergency financial manager considers selling off Detroit Institute of Arts collection
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Emergency financial manager considers selling off Detroit Institute of Arts collection
By Bryan Dyne
25 May 2013
The Woodward Avenue façade of the Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit’s unelected emergency financial manager, Kevyn Orr, has asked for an appraisal of the collection held by the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) to determine whether the city could sell off the art works to help pay off Detroit’s $15 billion in long-term debt.
Two planetary systems with potentially Earth-like conditions - World Socialist Web Site
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Two planetary systems with potentially Earth-like conditions
By Bryan Dyne
22 April 2013
Astronomers studying planets outside the Solar System using NASA’s Kepler mission have found two planetary systems that include a total of three super-Earth sized planets that receive a similar amount of stellar radiation as the Earth, placing them in the “habitable zone” of their respective systems. The discoveries are another step towards finding a similar world to Earth around a similar star to the Sun.
Détroit, l’agonie permanente
Detroit Mayor Bing proposes $300 million cut in city budget - World Socialist Web Site
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Detroit Mayor Bing proposes $300 million cut in city budget
By Bryan Dyne
15 April 2013
Detroit’s Mayor David Bing presented a $1 billion budget for the city’s fiscal year 2013-2014, $300 million less than the previous year. While it is Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr who has ultimate authority over all spending, Bing’s proposal will set the tone for subsequent financial decisions.
BP civil trial opens - World Socialist Web Site
A propos de l’ouverture du procès BP.
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BP civil trial opens
By Bryan Dyne
27 February 2013
Nearly three years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, which killed 11 workers and leaked more than 4 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the federal civil trial of oil giant BP began Monday. The total amount that will be paid out under the Clean Water Act could amount to $17.6 billion.
This trial comes after BP settled last November for $4.5 billion toward all criminal charges relating to the 2010 spill, where it plead guilty to 11 counts of manslaughter, one count of obstruction of Congress and two other misdemeanors. Settlement discussions for the civil charges are ongoing.
Over four billion people worldwide lack adequate sanitation - World Socialist Web Site
4 milliards d’êtres humains sans chiottes dignes de ce nom
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Over four billion people worldwide lack adequate sanitation
By Bryan Dyne
26 February 2013
One aspect of the global social crisis was revealed in a recent study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. Using 2010 sewerage connection data available from 167 countries and sewerage treatment data from 77 of those countries, the study found that 4.1 billion people in the world to not have access to basic sanitation, double the previous estimate. This includes a lack of flush toilets and exposure to untreated sewage.
The growing impact and dangers of global warming
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By Bryan Dyne
27 November 2012
The growing impact and dangers of global warming
Climate change, and a clear understanding of its impact on all aspects of life, has taken on acute importance in the past several months. The extreme weather events—the historic drought conditions over large parts of the world, the flash melting of Greenland’s surface ice and the intensity of Hurricane Sand—are examples of the changes to global weather patterns that can be expected from an overall rise in Earth’s surface temperature.
This temperature is determined by the incoming solar energy—how much sunlight is reflected into space by the atmosphere, the energy of light that is re-radiated from the surface, and how much of the re-radiated light is captured by the atmosphere.
Elderly couple dies in Detroit fire
By Lawrence Porter and Bryan Dyne
21 November 2012
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Firefighter says budget cuts are “killing people.”
A fire on in northwest Detroit early Sunday morning resulted in the deaths of an elderly couple in their 70s, Kyle and Theresa Bozeman. The fire destroyed much of the house at 20200 Rutherford.
House on Rutherford St. in northwest Detroit. Back porch where fire started
The Detroit Fire Department fights an average of thirty fires a day. The department has been hit hard by a series of budget cuts, including one recently that reduced the number of companies on duty from 59 per day to 40-46. Salaries for firefighters were also cut by 10 percent.