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!

Using inhabited islands for live-fire (bombing) training is in itself a violation of human decency. To approve lip service only to protecting all forms of wildlife on or around those islands is grossly negligent and should be considered criminal - NOT acceptable. But what the US military wants NOAA approves. Our islands are special, all of our species of wildlife and coral are special, some are endangered now. ALL will be endangered by the US Military if they are allowed to proceed with such an outrageous plan. We only have until Aug 4, 2015 to make our opinions known.

There is no need for a 7th-12th grade charter school in the 40th ward. Charter schools were intended to supplement services in communities where the public schools were lacking or over crowded. The 40th ward schools are experiencing a period of positive growth through community involvement. Instrinsic is an experimental, unproven education system of online learning and we say NO to this corporate privatization of our public money. Rosehill Cemetery is an old and valued community treasure. We want this ubran sanctuary to stay in tact for the sake of all who live in the area, the wild life and migratory birds that have used this space for generations and to honor the burial place of our friends, family members and those honorably killed in military action.

We have been experiencing record low snow falls, drought conditions, record temperatures, wild fires and flooding in different parts of the state which continue to escalate in severity year by year. It is time to stop using annual funding and independent climate studies and guidelines to respond to these disasters. We must now create a long-range strategic plan with permanent funding for the construction of new infrastructure, conservation incentive programs and regulations that will allow us to deal with these issues proactively.

As stewards of the environment and human beings, we deserve clean water and safe food for our health, longevity, and future.

Fairness. Currently, people are required to do extensive and expensive testing prior to a well being drilled and fracked and then follow up with testing afterwards to prove that the problem did not exist prior to fracking beginning. If a company is at fault - and tracer chemicals can easily show if the driller was responsible, then it will be easy to prove or disprove responsibility.