Dow and DuPont, two of the largest seed and chemical companies in the United States, have announced a plan to merge into a $130 billion company. This mega-merger is bad news for the food system. Just a handful of large chemical companies already control most of the seed supply used to grow crops like corn and soybeans, as well as the herbicides that genetically engineered seeds are designed to be grown with. As this merger consolidates the seed market into fewer hands, farmers will be left with fewer choices and higher prices for seeds. And it will make it harder for our agriculture system to get off the GMO-chemical treadmill that just keeps increasing in speed. Federal regulators should block this merger to prevent further corporate control of the agriculture industry. Sign the petition and tell the Department of Justice to make sure this merger does not go through!

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is an extreme right-wing lobbying group that helps lawmakers pass harmful bills for the benefit of their corporate buddies. ALEC is funded by fossil fuel companies and blocks climate action, causing health impacts to seniors today and endangering our grandchildren’s future. ALEC also makes life harder for seniors by protecting price-gouging drug companies, advocating against Medicaid expansion, and more. ALEC does not represent AARP's values, and AARP must take a stand by ending their support of ALEC immediately.

Justice for Lancaster county area animals! Please prosecute to the fullest extent of the law those involved in the Libre case as well as those involved in the case of the horse which had to be euthanized in Ephrata. We will not tolerate this animal abuse and neglect and expect justice for all the animals in Lancaster county that are subjected to these atrocities.

The PennEast Pipeline Company still hasn’t fully documented how much damage its pipeline would have on the environment. But the federal agency in charge of the project rushed ahead without all the information, and issued a draft Environmental Impact Statement. Talk about putting the cart before the horse! Issuing an Environmental Impact Statement without data on environmental impacts is irresponsible. Drinking water for millions of people and some of Pennsylvania’s cleanest streams is on the line. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has opened a comment period to hear from the public on their so-called findings. This is our best shot. If we can send in thousands of comments, we can force FERC to send this unacceptable Environmental Impact Statement back to the drawing board. Add your name: Tell FERC to stop PennEast’s application until it’s collected 100% of the environmental impact data.

The Atlantic Ocean is changing fast and getting busier every year, but there’s no coordination between all the agencies that have a say in the way our ocean is used. Cables are buried under the ocean floor to power high-speed internet, more wind turbines are being built, and there’s a huge demand for offshore sand to replace beaches that are destroyed during storms. All that development threatens fish and endangered wildlife. Fortunately, state and federal experts are trying to protect the Atlantic before it’s too late. They just released a brand-new plan to manage the ocean, but it definitely needs our voice to make sure it protects wildlife!

The only reference to nuclear issues is the "finger on the button." Yet we are about to spend one trillion dollars on modernizing our nuclear arsenal. The dangers of a nuclear accident, of nuclear waste, and of using nuclear weapons in a conflict are very real. The Doomesday Clock, that symbol of how close we are to that danger is now set at 3 minutes to midnight. Members of the media -- specifically those who interview or moderate the debates -- must question the candidates on nuclear issues.

We have many wonderful festivals, music, art and otherwise here in Colorado, all for the purpose of uplifting spirits, embracing a leave-no-trace policy and spreading goodness to others. Allowing the gathering of the Juggalos is a step in the wrong direction for our state and our city! We don't need empty bottles of Fargo littering our beautiful city and surrounding mountainous areas. We have a hard enough time keeping our streets clean and peaceful without inviting a crowd who can't figure out how magnets work!

I live near the lake, have a home about 6,000 feet away from it, and am the Vice President of the Kirkwood Lake Committee. I am sick of the delay, and the lies.

Both Politico and The Atlantic are hosting events during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute, one of the organizations called out by Senate Democrats earlier this month for "perpetrating a sprawling web of misdirection and disinformation to block action on climate change." The American Petroleum Institute is a notorious front group for ExxonMobil, Koch Industries, and other climate polluters. With the paid collusion of Politico and The Atlantic, they are promoting their civilization-threatening Vote4Energy "voter education project," which calls for an "all-of-the-above energy strategy " with "increased production of oil and natural gas," denying the urgent scientific warnings about increased greenhouse pollution. Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and the Democratic National Platform are all calling for a Department of Justice investigation of the fossil-fuel industry for "corporate fraud" and "misleading shareholders and the public on the scientific reality of climate change." For Democrats - including representatives of the Hillary Clinton campaign - to participate in a Big Oil propaganda event during the Democratic National Convention - is a unseemly grant of social license to this web of deception. The participants in the "Vote4Pollution" Atlantic and Politico events focused on energy policy include: * Gov. John Hickenlooper (CO) * Gov. Jay Inslee (WA) * Rep. Jerry McNerney (CA-9) * Rep. Gene Green (TX-29) * Rep. Dave Loebsack (IA-02) * Trevor Houser, Energy Advisor, Hillary Clinton campaign * Heather Zichael, former White House climate advisor Planned participants in the other "Vote4Pollution"-sponsored events during the week include: * Sen. Chris Coons (DE) * Rep. Joe Crowley (NY-14) * Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (NM-03) * Rep. Xavier Becerra (CA-34) * John Podesta, chair, Hillary Clinton campaign * Neera Tanden, President and CEO, Center for American Progress * Ruy Teixeira, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress * And other Democratic advisors and former top officials It is a troubling state of affairs that the journalists of the Atlantic and Politico are accepting payment from dangerous propagandists. It is even worse that Democrats who claim to not only recognize the serious of the climate emergency but call out fossil-fuel influence and deception are rolling in Big OIl's muck. We expect the members of the Democratic Party to stand by their professed principles and boycott these events.

No matter how careful you are about what you eat, your food could be loaded with toxic chemicals called phthalates. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering a petition, filed by Earthjustice and several partner organizations, asking the agency to withdraw its approval of all 30 phthalates currently allowed as food additives. Please tell the FDA that phthalates don’t belong in our food. Phthalates (pronounced THAL-ates) are a class of hormone-disrupting chemicals that have been linked to severe genital birth defects in baby boys and to other reproductive health problems. They’re also linked to deficits in child IQ, developmental delays, and other learning disabilities. It’s hard to avoid phthalates because they’re used in many of the materials that come into contact with our food—from the plastic gloves that food workers wear to plastic equipment used in processing food to the plastic packaging our food is sold in. Phthalates leach out of these materials and seep into our food, ending up in all of our bodies. Despite powerful scientific evidence of the harmful health effects of these chemicals, the FDA still allows the use of 30 different toxic phthalates as “food additives,” meaning that they can be used in food-handling equipment and food packaging. Please tell the FDA to keep toxic phthalates out of our food!

In the latest demonstration that he has learned nothing from the Flint Water Crisis, Gov. Snyder appointed oil industry lobbyist Heidi Grether to head the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. Grether has said publicly that her top priority is improving the department's public image - not environmental protection. Yet again, Snyder is more concerned with PR than protecting our air, water and public health. The Michigan Senate has the power to confirm or reject her nomination. Tell them to stand up for clean air, water and healthy communities today by refusing to confirm Gov. Snyder's MDEQ pick.

In the latest demonstration that he has learned nothing from the Flint Water Crisis, Gov. Snyder appointed oil industry lobbyist Heidi Grether to head the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. The Michigan Senate has the power to confirm or reject her nomination. Tell them to stand up for clean air and water today by refusing to confirm Gov. Snyder's MDEQ pick.