We support the Beaucatcher Greenway. But the new trailhead construction plans will cause irreversible harm to one of the last wild spaces with old growth trees in the Asheville city limits. In addition to the 82 trees currently slated to be cut, construction will damage root structures and harm or kill even more trees. For eight months community members have suggested viable options that accomplish the same goals faster, cheaper, with less environmental damage, and with community support instead of opposition. Asheville Parks refuses to conduct any environmental impact assessment by qualified professionals. We request that City Council ask the Tree Commission and a local entity with forest ecology expertise to propose design modifications, lessen environmental damage, and make the results of this evaluation public. Ample time remains for the city to modify its plans and prevent irreversible environmental damage. Asheville is not the kind of place where dozens of trees are cut down and many more are harmed in the name of preserving a greenspace. Asheville is not the kind of place where city planners bulldoze through damaging, unpopular projects over the valid and reasonable concerns of the public. Our city is better than this.

Vermont Rail System cleared 19 acres of forest to make way for a planned rail spur and storage facility without seeking state and local approval. The proposed road salt storage facility site is a stone’s throw from the LaPlatte River and is largely surrounded by Nature Conservancy land, which the environmental organization says is home to a number of threatened plant and animal species as well as crucial floodplain forest. Residents have vowed to fight the project and help town officials hold the railroad to account.

Back in August 2013, we came to you when peach workers laboring for Gerawan were sent into a field to work after the field was sprayed with pesticides. It took 15 months for the Fresno Ag Commissioner to investigate and rule that Gerawan’s behavior was against the law. This time workers were pruning in Gerawan’s peach orchards, when a neighboring almond orchard was sprayed with pesticides. This is what 10-year Gerawan employee Aurelio Landa tells us: "On Monday, February 22, my crew and another 4 more (crews) were working on the west side in the pruning of peaches. At approximately 8:00am, some machines began to fumigate in the field west of where we were working. At 10:00am, when we went out for breakfast, a machine came out in front of our crew and fumigated us all. The foreman Jose Torres commented that it wasn’t correct and they should have notified us that they were going to fumigate. One of my coworkers, whom they call “El Chaparro”, made signs to the sprayer so that he would stop, but the sprayer ignored him and continued fumigating. Some of my coworkers had nausea, dizziness and had tears in their eyes, just like I did. At 10:30 we entered to work again, as if nothing had happened. Approximately at 1pm, all the workers in Jose Torres’ crew were taken to the office, as were the workers in Benito’s crew. There, we were attended by a gentleman who said he was a doctor. I told him that my head hurt, my eyes burned and I felt nauseous. He checked my eyes, my mouth and my pulse and soon after told me that everything was fine since the pesticide that was sprayed was organic and that it wasn’t dangerous. My coworkers and I weren’t given any type of medication. At about 4pm, we were returned to work, being that we normally get out at 4:30. I feel that the company isn’t sufficiently concerning itself for our safety, the workers. I don’t have medical insurance to cover me in case in the future I get sick due to the chemicals. This is why I demand more respect and safety in the workplace. In this case, they didn’t even do a blood test to see if they caused us any harm. I hope the county takes action." Can you help Aurelio and the Gerawan workers by signing a petition, which the workers will submit to the Fresno County Ag commissioner? Tell the Ag Commissioner that a foremen telling the workers that it isn’t right for them to be sprayed, but taking no action to move the workers to safety, is totally unacceptable. Also unacceptable is Gerawan’s action of taking some of the workers to the office to see a doctor, who did not even check their blood, even if the workers were complaining about nausea, itchy eyes and more.

Please tell the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) NOT to give the City of Port St Lucie a permit (Permit #56-03461-P) for the Crosstown Parkway six-lane highway and bridge for Route 1C to go through two Florida State Preserves. Allowing this bridge to go through two State Preserves sets a precedent that puts ALL State Parks in the United States in jeopardy of becoming paved over. The required environmental study says this route, which crosses the North Fork of the State Lucie River Aquatic Preserve and the Savannas Preserve State Park’s Halpatiokee Nature Trail, is the WORST route environmentally. The law says the least impacting alternative route must be chosen unless there is an exceptional and extraordinary circumstance, which in this case there is not. There are few natural areas left in urban settings. These two Forida state preserves have endangered, threatened and species of concern, and are essential fish habitats. This area helps to keep our Florida waters clean and is important for Eco-tourism. Please sign our petition to tell the SFWMD NOT to issue Permit #56-03461-P.

Global Warming is real. Our planet as we know it will continue to demolish if we keep investing in fossil fuel companies. We won't have a place to call home. Save our environment! Save our animals! Save our WORLD!

Bruce Poliquin’s voting record and beliefs are reckless and a threat to Maine’s environment and, by extension, its economy. Not only did he vote to dismantle efforts to tackle climate change, and to block drinking water protections for one in three Americans, he also questions the basis of global warming. He consistently votes with polluters, Wall Street, and big banks and NOT with Maine people and the environment. Emily Cain is running for Congress to represent the 2nd district because she understands that Maine’s economic health depends on the strength of her environment. Our economy’s foundation is built on a healthy environment: tourism, hunting, agriculture and fishing remain pillars of our state’s economy and our traditional way of life. Bruce Poliquin’s refusal to acknowledge our role in global warming and his votes for big polluters put our environment and good Maine jobs at risk.

The Supreme Court recently voted to stop implementation of the Clean Power Plan (cutting carbon pollution from fossil fuel power plants) until legal challenges are heard. But climate change is not taking a timeout while the courts ponder. The Arctic won’t stop melting, the oceans will not stop rising, storms will not become less intense, asthma rates won’t come down, and record temperatures won’t cool while lawyers debate. Despite the Supreme Court decision, states can--and must--continue planning for a rapid transition to clean power.  With the impacts of climate change intensifying, our kids and grandkids can’t afford any delay in moving as quickly as possible to a clean energy future. So far governors from more than a dozen states, from Washington to New Hampshire, have said they are moving forward to develop their state clean power plans. Unfortunately, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval--who is being vetted by President Obama to fill the Supreme Court vacancy--has not yet made this commitment.  Please sign the petition telling Governor Sandoval to move forward now with a strong state clean power plan to combat climate change.

I am starting this petition because I believe that Climate Change is the greatest threat that humanity has ever faced. If radical steps are not taken immediately to make the switch from fossil fuels to Renewable energy technologies like wind and solar, the undeniable and inevitable environmental consequences will produce effects unlike anything the world has ever seen. We owe it to all future generations and the world. If you agree, join or support #Greenpeace Earth Day Clean Energy Campaign and send a message to our political representatives.

We need coastal ecosystem conservation.

HB 4040 would put into law a flawed administrative decision by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission (ODFWC) to remove the gray wolf from Oregon’s endangered species list. The Department's recommendation was made without the independent scientific peer-review required under Oregon law. It’s critical that wildlife management, especially of an iconic species like the gray wolf, is based on sound science, not the election-year political threats from ranchers and farmers. This legislation is an attempt to kill a lawsuit that challenges the ODFWC delisting recommendation and sets a dangerous precedent of blocking judicial review. HB 4040 directly undermines efforts at the federal level to provide federal protection for this endangered species, and it sets back years of progress made to restore the species in Oregon.

Once our public wildlands are gone, we can not get them back. They are our heritage, our refuge, and the health-giving part of our nation. Federal protection has, in the past, saved the lands in the West from environmental destruction by the states and localities. Let's keep our public wildlands safe from them into the future.

With the 2008 passage of Proposition 2, California voters were promised a cage-free future for egg-laying hens. Yet a recent investigation (Prop2Truth.com) shows hens remain confined in cages, languishing in filthy conditions, and unable to engage in even the most basic natural behaviors, such as spreading their wings. The California Department of Agriculture (CDFA) has denied any responsibility for reporting violations of Proposition 2. Indeed, CDFA auditors have found multiple violations, yet there has yet to be a single enforcement action since the law went into effect. As nations across the world open their eyes to the violence behind closed doors, it is time for California to once again take its position as a progressive force for animals. The CDFA must end its cover-up of criminal animal abuse by reporting violations of anti-cruelty laws to relevant authorities. It’s time to show the public the truth: the only humane future for animals is one where they are not being exploited at all.