Thank you for 100 SIGNATURES in the first 24 HOURS!!!!! ....but we need more. PLEASE SHARE widely. Anyone can sign: - Hanover Residents - Pembroke Residents (it’s on the border with Pembroke!) - Additional North River Watershed towns: Marshfield, Scituate, Hanson, and Norwell - Anyone in the world who wants to support our cause! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPDATE August 28: Permits Denied!! At last night's North River Commission meeting, the commissioners unanimously denied permit for residence at 54 Old Shipyard Lane! The developers have a 30-day window to file an appeal. However, the current commission is unaware of any North River Commission decision that has been overturned in appeals. Many thanks to everyone who provided their support by adding their name to this petition and by sharing it with others who are concerned. You made a major difference in elevating the importance of this rare piece of land in our community. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPDATE July 26: Next NRC Meeting August 27, 7p, Norwell Town Hall New Documents Surface that Change Everything Community members had a major surprise at the July 23 North River Commission meeting. The application file for 54 Old Shipyard Lane included information proving the property had been sold to a real estate development company in December 2014. Remember; this environmentally sensitive and historically significant property can only be developed by the original owner of the land before the North River Protective Order was put in place. It cannot be developed by a new owner. The new property ownership documents are currently under review with attorneys at Massachusetts DCR. The project will come before the North River Commission again on Thursday August 27, 7pm, Norwell Town Hall. With your support, we can make a difference at this meeting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPDATE July 19: NRC Meeting July 23 Update from Board of Health & Conservation Commission We presented the petition to the Hanover Conservation Commission Wednesday night. Thanks to your concern, the site plan was adjusted to afford a better setback from the river and the driveway will be a more environmentally friendly material. The Most Important Meeting is Yet to Come: July 23, 7pm Please mark your calendars to present our petition Thursday July 23, 7p, Norwell Town Hall, 345 Main Street. This is where we can have the biggest impact. Remember: only an original owner of the property can build at 54 Old Shipyard Lane under special permit from the North River Commission. Let’s make it a big crowd! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPDATE June 23: Meetings Moved to June 30 and July 15 In order to get quorum, the Board of Health meeting has been rescheduled to 6p Tuesday June 30. The Conservation Commission meeting is currently scheduled for Wednesday July 15 at 6:30p. As currently proposed, the majority of the septic system's soil absorption area is covered by a driveway. Systems covered by driveways fail earlier as the weight of vehicles break pipes and compact soil. They are also more expensive for homeowners to maintain as they must dig up the driveway to fix them. According to MA TItle V septic regulations, you can only cover a septic system with a driveway if it's unavoidable. Please help us fight for the safest septic system uphill from our neighborhood swimming hole! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPDATE June 13: Back to Board of Health There will be a new site plan issued soon. Please put Tuesday June 23, 6p (Board of Health) and Wednesday, June 24, 6:30p (Conservation), on your calendar so we will have strong representation at the next meetings at Hanover Town Hall, 500 Hanover St. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPDATE May 19: Conservation Commission Meeting Postponed The Town of Hanover's wetlands expert has asked the development team to perform a additional river bank delineations. Hanover's Town Counsel is currently reviewing the issue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~` Dear Supporters, Thank you for joining our cause. Today a developer is seeking permits to build on a rare piece of land at 54 Old Shipyard Lane Hanover through loopholes that only apply to the current owner. By signing today, you send a message to the boards and commissions overseeing this project to review it carefully and ensure it is handled with care. As currently proposed, this project will: - affect the historic scenic views near the North River Bridge originally built in 1656 by removing trees that reveal the newly built home and the homes behind it - create crowding in a sensitive riverfront area - increase erosion by removing trees and vegetation from this steeply sloped land leading to the North River - potentially affect water quality in the North River which affects swimming and fishing by installing a stormwater management system and septic system in rock ledge in a crowded neighborhood near many other such systems - potentially damage nearby 1800’s historical homes with blasting and/or jackhammering into rock ledge during construction of septic system and basement - build on the last undeveloped historical 1700’s North River shipyard location in Hanover Many Town of Hanover residents have had to go the extra mile to satisfy our same boards and commissions just to accomplish simple home improvement projects on existing residences. This project will have a much larger impact on the environment and neighborhood, so this project deserves the same or higher level of scrutiny. As concerned citizens, let’s insist these boards and commissions work with the developer to put the best protections in place. Thank you so much for joining our cause. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All information about this project including detailed drawings and engineering information is publicly available at Hanover Town Hall. For more Information about this project, please contact: Town of Hanover Conservation Commission: http://www.hanover-ma.gov/conservation North River Commission: http://www.nsrwa.org/about-us/partners-in-conservation/north-river-commission/

The Silver Triangle neighborhood, nestled between Studio City's busy Ventura Blvd. business district, Laurel Canyon, and the Santa Monica Mountains, wants to be restored to a safe school neighborhood where residents can move about safely, walk their children to school, cycle and drive. We have an adjacent elementary school with 900 students and a smaller elementary/secondary school within the Triangle. Wilacre/Fryman Canyon hiking is next door and brings hundreds of people daily to our streets. Recently, our residents have been suffering from the intrusive and damaging effects of Google Maps, Waze, GPS and other technologies that provide drivers with alternative traffic routes, resulting in thousands of non-local drivers cutting through our neighborhood daily. Further, due to the cumulative effects of major developments past and proposed, including recent and aggressive expansion of restaurants and "chain stores" along the Ventura Blvd. corridor between Whitsett and Colfax, increased high-density housing projects and the proposed development of Sportsman's Landing, we are now and will become increasingly overrun with vehicles, well beyond our street capacity. We want the City of Los Angeles to institute meaningful and effective traffic calming measures immediately, reducing air and noise pollution and protecting residents' safety from excessive, often unlawful and unhealthful traffic, which is degrading our quality of life.

If RoundUp "probably" causes cancer, it's time to get rid of it! In light of the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer findings that glyphosate, commonly sold as RoundUp, is a "probable human carcinogen" (Group 2A), the EPA should reconsider its current Group E designation for the herbicide. Hundreds of millions of pounds of this herbicide are used on farmland across America every year, and the U.S. Geological Survey has detected glyphosate in rain, streams and air near agricultural areas. Americans are exposed to this "probable human carcinogen" in their food, air and water every day, and the EPA and FDA are not doing enough to protect us from these exposures and potential health problems. It's time for the EPA to suspend the use of glyphosate until a meaningful evaluation of the herbicide's carcinogenicity is done as a part of the EPA's ongoing registration review. The FDA should also begin monitoring and enforcing tolerance levels for glyphosate residues set by the EPA immediately.

Nestlé has been pushing for a water bottling facility in the Columbia River Gorge for over five years now. Despite widespread opposition from tens of thousands of Oregonians, the proposal is still in the works. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife recently submitted a water rights transfer application that would expedite Nestlé's water bottling scheme in the Gorge, and would throw out the public interest review. At the same time, Oregon is experiencing a drought, and it's more important than ever that we protect our water resources. We NEED leadership from Gov. Brown. Sign this petition to send a message directly to Governor Brown to protect Oregon's water and keep Nestlé out!

To move beyond the gridlock of nation-state politics, citizens of the Earth can come together through the Internet and make collective calls for actions for a sustainable future.

As "fiscal stewards" for the taxpayers of Greenville County, SC, the Greenville County School Board wants to sell a decades old park to make a quick buck. As taxpayers, WE would pay for the initial development of the infrastructure. What we would spend in the long run would be far greater than an immediate $2.5 million gain. We would spend more, have more traffic and lose precious green space. Remember, once green spaces are developed, they do not come back. Keep the green in Greenville! www.savetindalpark.com

Climate change feels real and personal in the mountains of Southern Oregon. Winter has disappeared for two years. Last summer a catastrophic forest fire burned seven square miles of forest in our neighborhood. If current trends continue, we expect even more terrible impacts. We feel that HB 3470 provides an exceptional opportunity for taking timely, effective action against greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. HB 3470 otherwise known as the Climate Stability and Justice Act, has passed the scrutiny of the Energy and Environmental Committee and is the only climate change legislation still alive in the current legislative session. Thanks to chief sponsor Rep. Phil Barnhart and Reps. Peter Buckley and Paul Holvey, who signed on early as co-sponsors, this bill has gained support among Democratic leadership and appears to have a chance to reach Governor Brown's desk. HB 3470 is modeled on California AB 32, enacted in 2006. Over the past eight years, AB 32 has capped new sources of greenhouse gas pollution, survived a referendum, and proved beneficial to California's economy. In other words, the AB 32 model has been tested and is viable. According to California EPA Secretary Matt Rodriquez, alternative energy is now the fastest growing sector of the California economy. At this point HB 3470 still has ‘legs’ in Salem. It moved out of the Energy & Environment Committee and has been referred to Rules. Rep. Val Hoyle, chair of Rules, favors 3470 and plans to send it on to Ways and Means. A cap and trade program could create jobs. The implementation of AB 32 in California has demonstrated that, once markets for renewable energy are guaranteed, venture capital flows in rapidly and creates new jobs based on alternative energy technologies. HB 3470 includes provisions that would allocate a portion of revenues generated from the sale of permits to mitigate the effects of the cap and trade program on disadvantaged communities. To learn more about HB3470, the Climate Stability and Justice Act, please go to: http://www.policyinteractive.org/HB3470_1pager.pdf or visit the OLIS website to read the full text and written testimony at: https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2015R1/Measures/Overview/HB3470

Suzanne Case had spent her time with The Nature Conservancy protecting native forest, not all forest. Wild pigs destroy native forests and cause soil erosion which in turn kills the reefs and threatens fish. Pig hunters are already given access to non-native forests, over 85% of the land, and they can hunt to their hearts desire. Many state parks have hunting days each week, and frankly, I wish the hunters would do a better job. The pigs dig up a lot of my garden! Give the lady a chance.

Massachusetts has set a goal of reducing global warming emissions by 80% and is developing a Clean Energy Standard to get there. However, the state is considering including nuclear as one of the "clean" options. Nuclear operations, including what happens in Massachusetts at Pilgrim Nuclear Power station, produce huge quantities of highly toxic, radioactive waste. This waste is expected to be highly radioactive for hundreds of thousands of years. Right now, there isn't even a plan in place to store this waste beyond the next hundred years. Does that sound clean to you? Nuclear isn't clean! We can do better.

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area wilderness is the most popular Wilderness area in America. At 1.1 million acres in size, it is the largest wilderness area east of the Rockies and north of the Everglades. The Boundary Waters offers 1,200 miles of canoe and kayak routes, 237.5 miles of overnight hiking trails and 2,000 designated campsites, and is home to iconic wildlife including lynx, wolves, moose and loons. The Boundary Waters is now jeopardized by recent proposals to bring sulfide-ore copper mining – a risky type of mining that has never before been permitted in Minnesota – to places where pollution will drain into the Wilderness itself. Byproducts of sulfide-ore copper mining include hazardous pollutants such as sulfuric acid and heavy metals, which could permanently ruin the pristine water and unspoiled forests of this place. Pollution from these mines would flow right into the Boundary Waters as well as impact Voyageurs National Park. These beloved national treasures offer unparalleled outdoor experiences to millions of people, and help drive the economy of Northeastern Minnesota, where tourism supports 18,000 jobs and brings $850 million in sales annually to the region. Please make preserving these pristine waters and unspoiled forests, and the sustainable regional economy, a priority. Toxic mining pollution would damage the rivers and lakes that flow into the Boundary Waters and Voyageurs National Park. The National Park and Wilderness Waters Protection Act safeguards America’s most popular Wilderness and Minnesota’s beloved National Park by helping prevent sulfide-ore copper mining in the Rainy River Drainage Basin. The bill emphasizes the Boundary Waters and Voyageurs National Park as national treasures, and that their protection is the responsibility of the entire country. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. This is the time to act to protect Minnesota’s National Park. Last year marked the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, which established the Boundary Waters as a federally designated Wilderness area. This bill takes an historic step in completing efforts to permanently protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area from sulfide-ore copper mining. The National Park and Wilderness Waters Protection Act is extremely important to preserving these two national treasures. We applaud Congresswoman Betty McCollum for taking bold action to ensure their protection. And we are asking you to ask your Representative and President Obama to join Rep. McCollum in preserving the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and Voyageurs National Park.

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I have lived in St. Louis Park for most of my life and have watched these developments pop up repeatedly in my neighborhood in the last couple of years, near Edina and Linden Hills. The final straw was being notified that a "vacant" lot (where four 150-year-old Bur Oak trees reside) is going to be developed into a 3700 square foot single family home that removes two of the largest trees. The city is being tarnished by all of the new development. Despite the city requiring neighbors to be notified of new construction and having a tree preservation ordinance in place, there is little that the city does to intervene in cases of new house construction (the tree preservation ordinance doesn't even apply to single family homes). There is nothing else for us to do besides take action and try to preserve what history we have left. UPDATE: Our efforts are being noticed. The City Council has responded and the media are taking an interest. We were on WCCO radio yesterday and have started a Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/saveslptrees/timeline). The developer has offered to sell us the property back so we need to take action now. Stay tuned...