Few people know about the 62-year old twin pipelines, known as Line 5, that carries crude oil and natural gas under the Straits of Mackinac putting our Great Lakes at risk of a disastrous oil spill every day! A 2014 University of Michigan study declared that the Straits of Mackinac is the "worst possible place" in the Great Lakes for an oil spill. The strong currents in the Straits would quickly move oil from a spill, putting our economy, public health, environment and Great Lakes quality of life in jeopardy. The Michigan Petroleum Pipeline Task Force is currently evaluating Line 5 and will make a decision about what to do with the aging pipeline this spring.

We cannot afford to lose our fresh water. Without water we will perish. This has the potential to threaten our health and the very essence of our beings. This is mindless greed. There is nothing but potential harm coming out of this proposal. Won't you please save the only Everglades the world has to offer?

The reason this petition is being started is so that a public-private partnership can begin between the consumers and major pharmaceutical and major chains such as Walmart and CVS to join with us in properly disposing of unused or outdated pharmaceuticals which more commonly get flushed down our toilets or thrown out in our trash and eventually will end up harming our already fragile ecosystem and overall natural environmental habitat for plants, animals, and man. Please Copy & Paste this link into your browser for an even better understanding of why and how this needs to be done: http://blog.savesfbay.org/2015/06/bay-area-demands-pharmaceutical-take-back/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Act-On+Software&utm_content=email&utm_campaign=Pollution%20update%2C%20%27%20big%20steps%20forward&utm_term=Read%20more%20on%20our%20blog.&cm_mmc=Act-On%20Software-_-email-_-Pollution%20update%2C%20%27%20big%20steps%20forward-_-Read%20more%20on%20our%20blog. Let us come together for a more positive result and stasis. Thank you...

Large CAFO operations are increasing their presence throughout the state. These farms produce an enormous amount of waste, which has been shown to contain antibiotic resistant bacteria that leaves genetic material behind. The distribution of the animal waste has been shown to have a negative impact on local watersheds, and this has a potential to affect all of the Great Lakes. Action is needed. These operations should have more stringent regulations, similar to any other industry, and should be classified as an industry, not as a farming operation.

California is in a severe drought and every drop of water is needed to sustain the residents, wildlife, fisheries and farms in our state. As a California resident, I am outraged that a for-profit company plans to extract and sell this precious resource. It is corporate irresponsibility at it's worst extreme.

This pipeline will carry gas produced in the Marcellus Shale through fracking, contributing to major pollution and climate change impacts. The Pinelands is a truly unique and ecologically important region and protecting it is critical not only for our water supply, but for biodiversity as well. This pipeline is going to promote water pollution from fracking and cooling towers, as well as air pollution from power plants, while creating irreversible harm to wetlands, streams, and damaging important open spaces. I know firsthand how pollution can impact our health, because one of my family members contracted a rare blood cancer from chemical exposure.

So many bills in Congress now target wolves; our senators and representatives need to be asked to keep up their good work in supporting the Endangered Species Act and other important legislation! Connecticut has no wolves, but America's national parks and forests belong to all of us, and it's up to the rest of the country to control the activities of local special-interest groups (mostly ranchers and sport hunters). If you sign this petition, I want you to imagine howling back to the wolves at the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, NY, or having one of their wolf ambassadors look into your eyes. You'll be able to look back into that golden gaze, knowing you did what you could to save their kind from the jagged teeth of a leg-hold trap or the cross-hairs of a rifle like the one that killed Echo, the first wolf to make it back to the Grand Canyon.

As a leading manufacturer of neonics, Bayer has contributed to countless bee deaths around the world, putting our very food supply at risk. We need bees to pollinate 2/3 of the food crops we eat every day -- healthy fruits and vegetables matter far more than Bayer's extra profits! So now we need to show Bayer’s CEO that his toxic chemicals are tarnishing the Bayer brand and harming its business.

I love salmon, a living icon of the Northwest. I hate that politicians and utilities are letting these iconic fish become extinct to support 4 old dams that only supply 4% of power (which could more than be made up for with wind and solar) and only supply water for 13 farms, which could still be irrigated with a simple movement of their pumps. Taxpayers also pay millions for the barge system and yearly dredging to keep their channels open. But shippers prefer to use the rail system that parallel the river, so the barge system LOST money in 2011. Meanwhile, biologists agree that just breaching these obsolete dams would bring Sockeyes back over 900 miles to Idaho's beautiful "Redfish Lake," named for the masses of sockeyes that onced spawned there!

The Western Environmental Law Center is a nonprofit, public interest environmental law firm. In 1998 we won our first victory for Mexican gray wolves, by securing the federal government's release of 11 captive-bred wolves in order to reestablish wild populations. In 1998 there were no wild Mexican gray wolves left in the US, and by 2014 there were 109. Today we need your help to ensure this rare and population is protected!

The renewable energy standard (REPS) has been integral in growing North Carolina's renewable energy industries, but we still depend on dirty fuels like coal to generate 99% of the state's energy. If we want the clean air, energy security, and sustainable economic growth that renewable energy can offer, REPS must be protected. H332 would freeze REPS and halt all growth in the state's renewable energy sector before it is able to provide the full range of its environmental, economic, and social benefits. Tell our legislators to defeat H332 because we want renewable energy to keep growing in North Carolina.

Fluoridation of the public drinking water is unethical, ineffective and harmful. The Harvard School of Public Health and other recent studies have found fluoride to be linked to lower IQ in children. You cannot control the dose- Erin Brockovich explained it best- “Bottomline folks, the dose cannot be controlled. Once fluoride is put in the water it is impossible to control the dose each individual receives because people drink different amounts of water. Being able to control the dose a patient receives is critical." Water fluoridation doesn’t even work- both the CDC and the World Health Organization (WHO) have noted that there is no discernible difference in tooth decay between developed countries that fluoridate their water and those that do not. Many cities across the United States and countries abroad have voted to have this known neurotoxin removed from their drinking supply and have succeeded. Let’s be next!