Bret Stephens is a bigot and climate-science denier. He has a Constitutional right to share his attacks on Muslims, women, climate scientists. However, he doesn't deserve the payment and prestige of the New York Times. Stephens' first column, "Climate of Complete Certainty," was riddled with misleading statements and factual missteps. Stephens' work is in service of a campaign of deceit devised by ExxonMobil and other members of the fossil-fuel industry—which has been well reported by the Times. For years, the Times ran misleading and false ads by ExxonMobil attacking climate science on its opinion pages. Thankfully, that past error has since been corrected. Since the election of Donald Trump, the Times has been running an ad campaign claiming the paper's leadership believes "The Truth Is More Important Than Ever." It is time for the Times to remain consistent with its professed respect for the truth, reverse its hiring error and let Bret Stephens go.

Preserve the beauty and integrity of our Historic Neighborhood. The sub station could potentially expose our community to health hazards, destroy the water supply, create noise pollution and definitely decrease the property values.

Hydro-Québec, Canada’s mega power company, wants to build the “Northern Pass” – 1,100 power towers across 180 miles of New Hampshire’s forest and farmland. These gigantic towers would cut through the heart of the White Mountain National Forest and on to power New England.

Turning a blind eye to the planned Federal destruction of wetlands, historic sites, homes, and communities in spite of the fact that there have been no environmental impact studies or public input is not acceptable. The case in point is the Branford to Guilford Quad track expansion proposed by the Federal Railroad Administration. The FRA’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) has no environmental studies specific to the new track planned between Branford and Guilford. Equally outrageous is the fact that the FRA failed to inform the “at risk” communities of their intentions. In addition, there is no benefit to the people of New Haven, Branford, or Guilford (or anyone else in Connecticut for that matter). In the entire thousand plus page report, only twenty-nine words were devoted to this 150 to 300 foot wide eight mile long easement. None of those words referenced an environmental study specific to the new track proposed. Furthermore, the exact location of the new track was not provided. This is just another example of a government “Bridge to Nowhere.” This portion needs to be removed from the FRA’s plans.

The moratorium on fracking in the Delaware River Basin may be at risk! We know that the Delaware River Basin Commission has been discussing fracking regulations that, if approved, would lift the moratorium on fracking in the Basin. We're not about to let the DRBC expose the communities and natural resources in the Delaware River Basin to fracking's devastation, nor will we allow the Commission to put at risk the drinking water supply of 17 million people! Your signature will send a message to the DRBC commissioners and executive staff that it's time to ban fracking outright!

>Human activity is fueling accelerating global warming: Global temperature rise is already causing dangerous shifts in weather and climate, in the form of more frequent and severe heat waves, droughts, storms, heavier precipitation, river flooding, sea level rise, accelerated species extinction and loss of land available for growing food. Scientist’s agree that the only way to leave a habitable planet to our children and grandchildren is to dramatically curb our emissions by KEEPING THE MAJORITY OF THE REMAINING FOSSIL FUELS IN THE GROUND. >The impacts of climate change are already local: San Leandro is already experiencing the impact of global warming. The long-awaited Marina Development Plan is once again delayed, this time due to changes that must be made in order to protect the buildings against anticipated sea level rise. This will have major financial impacts. This past winter’s storms and heavy rains wrecked havoc on our city’s roads and storm water drain system. In nearby Pleasanton, heavy rains caused torrential flows on the Arroyo De La Laguna Creek and eroded 30 feet of three families' backyards . Their homes are now just a few feet away from falling into the creek. San Jose’s reservoir overflowed into the creek that runs through town, flooding 36,000 homes and requiring emergency evacuations by boat of thousands of residents. San Jose officials state the damage total $73 million. How prepared is our city for similar impacts? >Local governments must drive solutions to protect their communities: The impacts of climate change are felt at the local level. With expected damage on the rise everywhere, it is unlikely we would be able to depend on future financial assistance from our state or federal government. Collectively, local governments are driving solutions to protect their communities with comprehensive emissions reduction and adaptation strategies. San Leandro has already invested significant resources toward our goal of “reducing our carbon emissions by 25% below 2005 levels by the year 2020.” (San Leandro’s 2009 Climate Action Plan). But for San Leandro’s Climate Action Plan to ultimately be successful, our city’s carbon reduction strategies must address ALL of our city's contributions to carbon emissions. Arguably, the significant financial holdings we have in banking institutions that finance pipeline development may negate the achievements we make toward our current Climate Action Plan goals. This is why our strategy must ALSO include defunding and divesting our city’s financial investments in institutions bankrolling ongoing fossil fuel extraction. Future generations of San Leandrans are depending on you. The following banks providing the bulk of the financing for the multiple oil and gas pipelines currently under construction in the US. We ask our city to avoid future financial relationships with any of these institutions: Wells Fargo Comerica Bank Bank of America U.S. Bank PNC Bank Barclays JP Morgan Chase UBS Goldman Sachs Deutsche Bank Compass Bank Morgan Stanley Origin Bank (formerly Community Trust) HSBC Bank Citibank (Citigroup) TD Securities BNP Paribas DNB Capital BBVA Securities SunTrust Sumitomo Mitsui Bank Credit Agricole ABN Amro Capital Intesa SanPaolo ING Bank Natixis BayernLB ICBC London Societe General Scotiabank Citizens Bank Credit Suisse DNB Capital/ASA Royal Bank of Canada The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Mizuho Bank Sources: https://www.epa.gov/climatechange https://climate.nasa.gov/ http://www.sanleandro.org/depts/pw/climate_action_plan.asp http://www.citylab.com/tech/2017/01/in-the-trump-era-all-climate-progress-will-be-local/513947/

I am a resident of Pawtucket and I want to see all sorts of conditions IMPROVED for the city I and my neighbors live in, not degraded by this high impact asphalt plant. There is no reason to place such a plant in this or any such urban area near residents. The plant would threaten the health and safety of all people, both nearby and those in the path of winds blowing fumes.

Climate Change is the Biggest issue of our times. It underlies and exacerbates issues of food insecurity and health, and is tossed around as if it's just politics as usual. We cannot continue to let the issue be normalized to a normal debate. It's time we do something to hold media accountable.

It has been weeks, if not months, since I have seen or heard anything about the water sin Flint. We must not allow our state government, Governor and legislature, to forget that the situation still exists.

Ron Johnson uses the logic that "most of our air pollution comes from Chicago so why should Wisconsin businesses be penalized?" In other words if your neighbor throws his trash on his front lawn and it blows onto your property, the solution is that you start throwing your trash on your own front lawn as well? This is nuts!!! But unfortunately people buy into this crazy logic so we must be the keeper of sanity and denounce this as what it is: Greed at the expense of the air we all—even Republicans—breathe.

As a Texan and a mother, I am personally affected every time someone drinks poisonous water in my state. As an American, I have been appalled by the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. We are, all across the country, dealing with contamination issues with our drinking water due to the aging infrastructure our governments refuse to repair. Anti-anti-discrimination bills, bathroom policy debates, and the creation of MORE corporate wealth should be lower priorities than creating safe drinking water systems for all citizens. I am tired of Republicans wasting legislative time and tax payer dollars on distractions and want them to start making our Pipes Great Again. Deliver on SOMETHING positive that helps everyone for a change.

Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) recently investigated a Certified Humane, cage-free egg farm in Colorado that supplies eggs to Sprouts. The investigators found mass starvation, with hundreds of hens dying every week simply because they could not access food. They also found intense crowding, disease, and cannibalism. During the investigation, DxE found a hen on the brink of death, whose beak was sealed shut with feces. She had been eating feces off the floor because she couldn’t get to the food. Investigators rescued her, saved her life, and named her Annie. Sprouts sells cage-free eggs at a premium because they tell their consumers they are more humane, but the conditions on their farms are anything but humane. Demand Sprouts stop promoting cage-free eggs and other lies about how animals are treated.