Duke Energy will stop at nothing to protect its profits. Right now, it’s attacking a solar project that benefits a church! Here’s what’s happening: Duke has asked state regulators in North Carolina to fine a small nonprofit up to $1,000 a day (now more than $180,000). Why? Because the nonprofit is selling solar power to Faith Community Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. Duke has long been fighting to prevent anyone besides monopoly utility giants from selling solar power. Meanwhile, it has virtually no plans to offer solar itself. That means Duke is effectively making it impossible for North Carolinians to power their communities with clean energy if they can’t afford the up-front costs. We need your help to fight back! Tell the North Carolina Utilities Commission: Stop Duke Energy from bullying our communities out of using solar power!

PNM is trying to cut us out of the argument that they don't represent the best interests of their consumers. This is because we have stood strong against PNM's burning of coal and nuclear when renewables are available today at less cost. PNM is afraid that we will continue to expose its investment in toxic assets, evasion of the laws meant to protect us and errors that would cost more than a billion dollars of OUR money. Help us hold PNM accountable for refusing to provide clean energy at a reasonable cost.

The United States Republican controlled House of Representatives pushed really hard a few months ago to force Keystone Pipeline approval. Had that pipeline been approved it would have been considered an 'act of war' against the Rosebud and Oglala Sioux tribes and a violation of Tribal Sovereignty and Treaties of 1861 and 1868. Republicans were so eager to receive their Christmas bonus from wealthy backers of Keystone they willingly accepted War. President Obama, in an act of great courage vetoed the entire thing. Governor Dayton you are now faced with violation of Tribal Sovereignty and violation of the Treaties of 1837,1855 and 1867 if you accept these proposals. Minnesota will be declaring War on a Sovereign Nation and will also be in violation of the 2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that was adopted by the General Assembly. And Minnesota has no legal authority to Declare War or Commit an Act of War against a Sovereign Nation. Minnesota Republicans have no issue with Declaring War on the Ojibwa so they can receive their Christmas bonus from the Wealthy Backers of both Polymet and Sandpiper. Gaawin Geyaabi: No More! Sandpiper pipeline and the Polymet proposal share many evils in common. Building of a pipeline through White Earth’s wild rice stands could have severe effects on tribal members’ ability to harvest — a right guaranteed under the 1837 treaty and upheld by the Supreme Court. The thing about treaties is that they’re the “supreme law of the land.” At least that’s what Article VI of the Constitution says, and without compensation for those rights, White Earth says, the Sandpiper is violating the treaty. Polymet' sulfide mining has never been done in Minnesota. While iron mines have significant environmental challenges of their own, the sulfuric acid that is produced with sulfide mining makes it particularly difficult to avoid polluting nearby lakes, streams and ground water. And Rice Beds. The sulfide mining industry also has a long track record of financial irresponsibility. Many companies go bankrupt or fail to provide enough “financial assurance” – a damage deposit up front – to cover the costs of dealing with pollution. This has left some states and their taxpayers with hundreds of millions of dollars in liability. Governor Dayton, do not go down in disgrace in Minnesota history as Minnesota’s previous Governor Ramsey's administration did. Former Governor Ramsey called for the “Extermination or Removal” of the Dakota People. From an order issued by the state's Adjutant General, Oscar Malmros, on July 4, 1863, calling for a $200.00 bounty per head on all Dakota People. The Tribe fled Keoxa; Homeland; and the Winona Area. This had been their home for up to 12,000 years. They swore never to return until this Bounty was dropped. A few did not make it across the Minnesota border. In State vs Gut, Mr. Gut murdered an innocent Native. He was tried for murder and appealed his conviction to the Minnesota Supreme Court. In 1868 the Minnesota Supreme Court rejected his appeal and declared the $200.00 bounty as Unconstitutional. He further appealed in 1870 to the U.S. Supreme Court, which also rejected his appeal and affirmed the Minnesota Supreme Court decision declaring as Unconstitutional, the bounty on the Dakota. Minnesota neglected to inform the Dakota that the bounty was dropped. To this very day they believe this bounty exists. It has been gone for 153 years! Governor Dayton, do not go down in history as the Minnesota Governor who engaged in an Illegal War against Native Americans.

This isn't your typical petition with the option to add a message. This is all about the message, your message to President Obama. I'll be heading to Paris for COP 21 in a few days. I'd like to take with me your messages to President Obama on fracking and climate change. I can't promise that I'll be able to use them all in actions while I'm there, but I'll do my best and will definitely make sure that they are delivered electronically to him and to PA Governor Wolf.

This isn't your typical petition with the option to add a message. This is all about the message, your message to President Obama. I'll be heading to Paris for COP 21 in a few days. I'd like to take with me your messages to President Obama on fracking and climate change. I can't promise that I'll be able to use them all in actions while I'm there, but I'll do my best and will definitely make sure that they are delivered electronically to him and to PA Governor Wolf.

Limit animal-agribusiness, the leading cause of climate-change.

The Keystone XL Pipeline struggle has not ended! Unknown to most environmentalists, the San Francisco Bay Area, once a major World War II industrial hub, is soon to be on the receiving end of "the other" Keystone XL pipeline, by rail or by ship, if several of the five area refineries get their way. We petition BAAQMD (the "Air District"): Suspend refinery permits until greenhouse gas emission cap regulations are in place! Air pollution kills hundreds, if not thousands of people in the Bay Area each year and threatens to destroy our global climate and way of life. Refining the worlds dirtiest crude oils, such as tar sands, is a very carbon-intensive industrial process, producing vast amounts of climate-changing greenhouse gasses. Refining the dirtiest crudes also creates more deadly particulate matter, while emitting toxic heavy metals and cancer-causing airborne benzene. Stronger refinery emissions rules from the Air District are our best chance for controlling refinery pollution, which is set to increase if recently permitted dirty oil refinery infrastructure is built. The recently released, but grossly incomplete, refinery emissions rules (“Rules 12-15 and 12-16”) are too-little-too-late. These rules would fail to create a healthy breathing environment and would perpetuate the environmental injustice of exposing frontline communities to yet more refinery pollution. The draft rules raise many questions: Why were greenhouse gases exempted from regulation? Why is there no proposal for enforceable, facility-wide numeric emissions caps or limits? How can you promise our air is not going to get worse without numeric caps, should these already approved dirty oil projects proceed? Why is the Air District ignoring Ultramar v. South Coast AQMD, which says an air district has the authority to require preemptive action on pollution: • even if it requires phasing out the use of a chemical entirely • even if it is done to prevent future episodes of air pollution • even if emissions are not one of the EPA’s six 'criteria' pollutants, like greenhouse gases (See historic greenhouse gas petition on Wikipedia page: Criteria_air_contaminants). I am writing to ask that you prevent refinery-emission increases by suspending all permitting for refinery projects and establishing a numeric cap on refinery pollution—including for greenhouse gases—at today's levels.

I work in a market where we promote the usage of reusable bags; however we still continue to waste. Other stores also waste thousands upon thousands of paper and plastic bags. Reusable bags are available everywhere and are not expensive, they can be made, we should join other communities in the country and take part in a small change that can have a great impact.

The rapid development of fossil fuel resources in the western U.S. and Canada has resulted in numerous proposed fossil fuel infrastructure projects up and down the West Coast. These fossil fuel infrastructure projects pose significant risks to the health and safety of people and their environment, and threaten the livability of their communities. Coal, oil and gas exports proposed for west coast ports would carry as much carbon annually as five Keystone XL pipelines. Given the urgency of the threat posed to the people of Vancouver by fossil fuel infrastructure and to our global environment by climate change, we urge you to act on this issue now by pledging to build no new fossil fuel infrastructure.

The rapid development of fossil fuel resources in the western U.S. and Canada has resulted in numerous proposed fossil fuel infrastructure projects up and down the West Coast. These fossil fuel infrastructure projects pose significant risks to the health and safety of people and their environment, and threaten the livability of their communities. Coal, oil and gas carried out of west coast ports would carry as much carbon annually as five Keystone XL pipelines. Given the urgency of the threat posed to the people of The Dalles and the Columbia Gorge and to our global environment, we urge you to act on this issue now by pledging to build no new fossil fuel infrastructure in your jurisdiction.

The rapid development of fossil fuel resources in the western U.S. and Canada has resulted in numerous proposed fossil fuel infrastructure projects up and down the West Coast. These fossil fuel infrastructure projects pose significant risks to the health and safety of people and their environment, and threaten the livability of their communities. Coal, oil and gas carried out of west coast ports would carry as much carbon annually as five Keystone XL pipelines. Given the urgency of the threat posed to the people of Oakland by fossil fuels being shipped via rail, we urge you to act on this issue now by pledging to build no new fossil fuel infrastructure in the City of Oakland.

The rapid development of fossil fuel resources in the western U.S. and Canada has resulted in numerous proposed fossil fuel infrastructure projects up and down the West Coast. These fossil fuel infrastructure projects pose significant risks to the health and safety of people and their environment, and threaten the livability of their communities. Coal, oil and gas carried out of west coast ports would carry as much carbon annually as five Keystone XL pipelines. Given the urgency of the threat posed to the people of Ashland and to our global environment by fossil fuels, we urge you to act on this issue now by pledging to build no new fossil fuel infrastructure.