The Indigenous People of this land have been subjected to genocide and dehumanization for 500 years. That must stop. Please stop the violence. Protect the People, not those who have been, and still are, violating human and constitutional rights at Standing Rock, North Dakota.

Remember the environmental disasters caused by DDT, Exxon Valdez, and hexavalent chromium uncovered by Erin Brokovich? American businesses have shown us time and again the low priority they place on the environment and public health. We need regulations to protect us and the businesses from themselves, but Scott Pruitt, President-elect Trump's appointee to lead the EPA, and Myron Ebell, leader of the EPA transition team, are not the men for this job. They have made their careers denying the legitimacy of environmental concerns, fighting so that business tycoons can fatten their wallets while the public is left to breathe polluted air and drink contaminated water. Republican or Democrat, conservative or liberal, we must all stand together and refuse to watch silently as our health is jeopardized and our environment is destroyed.

If President-elect Trump carries out his campaign promises, then one of the most crucial policies in the nation is also one of the most endangered: our climate change agenda. Much of President Obama's achievements on this front were achieved by executive orders, meaning President Trump will have the power to gut (or at least not fully enforce) many of these programs. We have one opportunity to exert leverage: the proposed infrastructure bill. Jonathan Chait brilliantly lays out that whiles this bill is mightily tempting Democratic leadership, it is not in their best interest. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/11/schumer-and-pelosi-have-a-plan-to-make-trump-popular.html Given the deficit busting aspect of this plan, it will likely not pass without Democratic support. So, we are asking Democratic leaders to use this legislation to protect our progress on climate change - a battle that is crucial for preventing illness, protecting the environment, combatting income inequality and avoiding a humanitarian crisis. We are asking Senator Charles Schumer and other Democratic leaders to demand that a pre-requisite for any infrastructure bill is that it requires that any approved project to reduce that sector's carbon emissions to 2005 levels. So a highway expansion that will lead to increased car traffic must offset that traffic and reduce carbon to 2005 levels - possibly by including a mass transit or green energy component or some other off-set. Infrastructure is inextricably linked to climate change. According to the EPA, 26% of greenhouse gases come from transportation. So it would be irresponsible to address infrastructure while ignoring the long-term consequences.

Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) recently investigated Jaindl Turkey Farms, the famed supplier of Thanksgiving turkey to the White House for the past 50 years. While Jaindl has been rated in the top 98th percentile for animal welfare, investigators found thousands of baby birds in cramped and filthy conditions, taken away from their mothers, and with their beaks seared off. Many turkeys were unable to walk due to broken limbs. In the course of the investigation, DxE rescued a turkey and named her Avery (PresidentsTurkey.com). President Obama, a self-proclaimed animal lover, has the opportunity to take a strong stance against violence this Thanksgiving. Sign the petition and ask President Obama to pardon all the turkeys presented to the White House and cut ties with Jaindl and other animal abusing corporations.

Cherry Point, or Xwe’chi’eXen, is considered sacred to the Lummi Nation and protected by the Treaty of Point Elliott of 1855. In May, the Army Corps of Engineers recognized this treaty and denied permits for a coal shipping terminal at Cherry Point. Now, we are requesting that the state Department of Natural Resources follow the Corps' lead and protect Cherry Point for all future Lummi Nation people by adding the sacred 45 acres of land to the Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve. The deadline for commentary is November 18.

I am a California citizen who voted for Kamala Harris in the 2016 elections. One of the main reasons I supported her was her fierce stance on protecting the environment. On her website it states "For too long, Congress has refused to pass any legislation to fight climate change and global warming." However we have not heard her stance on the Dakota Access Pipeline, which is now gathering national and worldwide attention. As a supporter, I would like to know her stance on this issue.

Rocky Mountain Power is trying to dramatically increase the cost of electricity for Utahns who want to power their homes with solar energy. It has proposed new charges on consumers who choose to install solar that: - Would be bad for business and will kill thousands of solar jobs in Utah. - Unfairly punishes consumers who are trying to save money by using less power - Would allow Rocky Mountain Power to take advantage of its monopoly by eliminating consumer choice, energy independence and a consumer’s ability to do what they wish on their roof tops. The proposal by Rocky Mountain Power is the most aggressive, anti-consumer, anti-competitive and anti-solar proposal ever made by a utility in the United States.

A President-elect's denial of climate change is a threat to us all. The Wharton School is the only institution of higher learning which Donald Trump attended (earning a Bachelor of Science degree in 1968). Consequently, the Wharton School should send a message to Trump that it holds its graduates accountable to accept scientific consensus on climate change.

Governor Tom Wolf recently announced the new PIPE program that takes $24 million from an alternative energy program to further incentivize construction of natural gas pipelines in the state. This program would connect schools, hospitals, municipalities, manufacturing plants, and industrial parks to natural gas distribution lines, creating even more customers for the industry that is putting our communities and our most vulnerable populations -- children, the elderly, and the infirmed -- at risk. Building more pipelines when we should be transitioning away from fossil fuels is irresponsible. Asking the very populations that are most vulnerable to the immediate health and safety impacts to contribute to their own potential undoing is completely unacceptable.

Connecticut's drinking water has been found to contain chromium-6, which is reported by the EPA as extremely toxic and a human carcinogen (cancer causing agent). Specifically, the town in which I live with my three children, Hazardville, has been found to have the highest levels in the state. The EPA currently allows for 100 ppb (parts per billion) of chromium-6, based on old research that only supposes this as a safe level. In a March 21, 2016 release by www.ctpost.com it is reported that "Connecticut has one of the highest cancer rates in America". We cannot say whether this is related to chromium-6, but neither can we deny that it may be. It is time for the EPA to act in favor of people having safe drinking water. Not merely for Hazardville, a subsection of Enfield, Connecticut, but for all of Connecticut and the country. Please help in asking the EPA and legislators for stronger regulation of chromium-6, by signing your name. Today one small town's drinking water, tomorrow every small town's.

I'm inspired by Morgan Spurlock's documentary, RATS, to ask for better trash and recycling practices to be placed on restaurants and eateries throughout the city to control the mouse and rat problem. I grew up in Brooklyn and I can't imagine living anywhere other than New York. This wonderful city is overrun with these disease-carrying pests. Everyone's health is at risk.

Climate change is real, scientific fact and is slowly but surely threatening any hope of a safe planet for future generations. By allowing a climate-change denier to take control of filling positions at the EPA, President-elect Trump is contributing to the destruction of a planet we all love and depend upon.