Pope Francis has bravely spoken the truth about climate change, and he deserves our strong support. However, he has yet to take a position against the Keystone XL pipeline, and our petition urges him to do so, which would be totally consistent with his encyclical.

There is a large piece of land contaminated in my community that could not be used for over 30 years. Fines and excuses do not stop the problem from reoccuring. New consequences must push for a higher standard operating procedure.

These two electric companies, Dominion VA Power and Appalachian Power, are using their power and influence in the VA state legislature to keep VA in the dark ages regarding renewable energy, preventing hundreds of new jobs and the expansion of solar and other renewables at a time when our neighboring states MD and NC are soaring. See http://chesapeakeclimate.org/virginia/solar/. According to one national renewable energy expert, VA has an F rating for solar friendly policies, and one large solar company Solar City will not do business in VA because of this, even while they are currently undergoing a massive expansion, hiring 1200 people. Let's help make VA the leaders of change for renewable energies, for our children and our planet.

Black Oak Bayou has been mismanaged for 2 decades. We now have a manager who wants to put in the time and effort to restore it to what it once was. A place for all wildlife, not just fish. There are a few who have made their way into the spot light with misinformation and scare tactics to try and stop this. They are claiming it will hurt the eagles, the pelicans and yes even "the children". They are also falsely claiming it is being done for the benefit of duck hunters, NO it is for the benefit of all wild life, including migrating waterfowl and shore birds. Truth be told, duck hunters loose 2 more openings for hunting here. What has been proposed is based off of sound conservation practices. They are not spraying chemicals that will kill off the wildlife or fish which is another of their claims. They will be using the same chemicals that are currently being used at other Fish and Wild Life areas with ZERO impact to fish or other wildlife. Please sign in support of bringing what was once a great place in the Grand Kankakee Marsh back to it's original place of beauty.

No one is looking at the truth. Bottling water is wasteful and drains our most precious resource, and the corporations don't care as long as they make money. Our fish are dying and our crops are in trouble. It's time to regulate the bottled water industry.

I, along with thousands of other residents, live less than 3 miles from Norfolk Southern’s Lamberts Point Coal Pier, the largest in North America. That facility annually emits over 90,000 lbs of fugitive coal dust from its terminal operations and 200,000 coal cars. It rains down on the people and property in the surrounding neighborhoods and miles beyond. Along with the nuisance factor of frequent cleanings, remember coal dust contains arsenic, mercury, lead and other heavy metals. It has been linked to asthma attacks, neuro-developmental delays in children, bronchitis, lung cancer, pneumonia, emphysema, heart disease and premature death. Taking the reasonable measures of covering the dumpers (recommended by its own consultant in 1973), the conveyors and chute loading operations and the coal cars would significantly reduce the volume of coal dust released into the air, the soil, the river water and inhaled into people's lungs. Over the past 50 years, the estimated cumulative amount of coal dust released comes to 2 million lbs. Taking the requested mitigation measures would serve to help protect public and environmental health at a onetime estimated cost to the company of 1% of its $11.6 billion in annual revenue. If NS could afford to pay its CEO $13.5 million in 2014 ($6,500/hour or $260,000/week), it can easily take measures to STOP THE COAL DUST.

The application of 31 Paddington LLC for a permit to divert a watercourse, pursuant to Chapter 302 of the Village Code, by covering a portion of South Fox Meadow Brook which flows through this property located in a flood plain at 31 Paddington Road, identified on the Village tax map as Sec. 4, Blk. 3, Lot 923, poses numerous risks to the residents of the neighborhood. Together we ask the planning board to weigh heavily the safety and interests of residents over the application of the builder which is to be considered on Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at 8:00PM in Rutherford Hall in Village Hall.

The Senate is going to take up Fast Track, TPA, this coming Tuesday. Fast Track will grease the skids for the TPP and other coming global secret corporate designed deals. They have very little to do with trade and more to do with de-regulation of the global economy. The intense corporate lobbying of our representatives is upwards of $200Million, yet the people have made it clear we do not want these deals to be fast-tracked. We want open review and access to the texts. 2000 organizations, all labor unions, the Sierra Club along with most environmental groups, and many faith groups have come out strongly against a push that would destroy the global economy, trash the environment and protected waterways, exacerbate human rights abuses, human trafficking and slavery. We are asking Senator Nelson to leave a lasting legacy for Florida and the planet. Vote NO on Fast Track

Under Massachusetts General Law Chapter 111 Sections 31 & 143, we are petitioning for an independent, thorough, and transparent health and safety evaluation of the threat posed by the WRLP segment of AIM to the health, well-being, and property of the residents of West Roxbury, Dedham, Westwood, and the surrounding areas. An explosion of this 750psi pipeline would cause certain devastation to an area as large as a 30 city block radius. Leaked fracked gas passing through this pipeline has toxic components like PCBs, arsenic, radon, and methane. The risk of leaks is increased by live blasting in the immediate area of a planned Metering & Regulating station opposite an active quarry. The imminent construction of this station and a 750 psi pipeline in a densely populated area that includes three schools and a nursing home is an intolerable risk that requires an urgent halt for a thorough and independent review of the health and safety effects of frequent blasting in the immediate region of a high-pressure pipeline.

I've been a Costco member since 1987 and applaud its move toward organics. However, I'm troubled to see Monsanto's Roundup in proximity to organic products and don't feel that Costco should be selling something that is quite possibly a human carcinogen.

I live in the Santa Clarita Valley and the we do not need our neighborhoods destroyed by this ill-conceived project. We need water. Our lakes, rivers and reservoirs are drying up with each passing day. The farmers use 80% of the water and the remaining 20% is for consumer usage. We are told to conserve, which the majority of us are doing, but how wrong is it to have our taxpayer dollars wasted on the vanity project of our out of touch governor when his constituents are suffering. Please sign to let him know how we all really feel. Thank you.

We humans are mistreating each other and wrecking the planet—creation, the environment, our life support system. Our leaders need motivation and encouragement to stand up and join Pope Francis' clarion call for humanity to FIX the critical problems created by our misbehavior. Our leaders must actually LEAD us to SOLVE these problems, and not deny they exist or site excuses.