The risk of frackquakes is well known and proven. The scientists know less about frackquakes in the active earthquake zones - many of them have recommended that active seismic zones be placed off limits to fracking and disposal of waste water. Springfield is not listening but maybe Gov. Quinn, as he exits the office, will be moved to act. Injection-Induced Earthquakes, William L. Ellsworth Earthquakes with magnitude (M) ≥ 3 in the U.S. midcontinent, 1967–2012. After decades of a steady earthquake rate (average of 21 events/year), activity increased starting in 2001 and peaked at 188 earthquakes in 2011. Human-induced earthquakes are suspected to be partially responsible for the increase. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6142/1225942.short These small central U.S. quakes have been occurring near sites of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. http://mrges.com/news/ESNews/scinews/files/fracking-waste-and-quakes.pdf Fracking Industrialization And Induced Earthquakes, Brent Ritzel http://fullerfuture.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/frackingindustrializationandinducedearthquakes-12-2-13.pdf

When our state representatives meet again in January, they'll have a chance to expand the amount of clean energy that powers our homes and businesses. That would mean cleaner air and water, more good jobs, significant capital invested in Minnesota, and less of the carbon pollution that is causing climate impacts like flooding, extreme weather and shrinking forests. Producing more clean, homegrown energy right here in Minnesota would also reduce the $13 billion we spend every year to import fossil fuels like coal and oil into our state. While about 15% of Minnesota’s electricity is currently generated from renewable sources like solar and wind, a new report shows that Minnesota utilities have the capacity to more than double it, getting to at least 40% clean power by 2030. (1) That’s why scores of businesses and organizations are calling on Minnesota legislators to increase the Renewable Energy Standard, the percentage of power utilities are required to generate from clean sources, to at least 40% in the next fifteen years. But fossil fuel interests are determined to stop Minnesota’s move toward more clean energy. They’d keep us reliant on imported fuels that import pollution and export our dollars. We need to let our legislators that we expect them to resist pressure from special interests and support stronger clean energy standards for the health of our kids, communities, economy and climate. Please join me in telling state legislators to support clean energy for Minnesota by strengthening the Renewable Energy Standard to 40% or higher by 2030. Thank you for taking action! Sincerely, Dan Rustowicz Father, Founder of RedWind Consulting, and Climate Parents member. (1) Report on capacity of Minnesota utilities to generate 40% of power from clean energy sources: http://mn.gov/commerce/energy/images/FINAL-MRITS-Report14.pdf

Our environment is being poisoned with aluminum and other heavy metals. If this is not stopped, there will be health consequences to us and our children.

At a time when impacts of climate change and the clean energy economy are both growing, Florida just voted to….gut energy efficiency goals and terminate a solar program! The backward decision by the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC), the agency charged with regulating utilities, was done at the behest of big, fossil-fuel dependent utilities like Duke Energy that succeeded in pressuring the PSC to do its bidding. This decision sets up our kids to live with dirty power plants that pollute our air and climate many decades in the future. Florida is importing pollution, and exporting dollars. This despite the fact that the Sunshine State has enough solar power potential to meet all of the state’s energy needs many times over. As Florida confronts climate impacts like sea level rise and extreme storms, we need to support every pathway to cut carbon pollution--not create more of it. That’s why we’re demanding that the Public Service Commission reconsider and reverse its vote at one of its first meetings in 2015. If enough ratepayers tell the Public Service Commission that supporting clean, healthy, homegrown energy and energy efficiency is more important than lining the pockets of utilities and fossil fuel corporations, they will have to listen. Please join me in telling the Florida Public Service Commission to restore energy efficiency and solar programs! Thank you for taking action.

The oil industry is saddling firefighters with the threat of oil train fires and explosions that few, if any, fire departments can contain. Even after a record year of disasters, the US Department of Transportation has yet to take action to stop these bomb trains. It's time to take the next step and demand that President Obama protect our nation's firefighters and the 25 million Americans who live in the oil train blast zone.

Republican leaders have already promised to bring the Keystone Pipeline back up for a vote in January. We need to prevent lighting the fuse on a carbon bomb that could blow up our climate. Tell Sen Markey and Warren to pledge to filibuster the KXL pipeline bill when it comes up for a vote in January.

All development plans for Rio Santiago have failed, and there are no current plans to develop anything there. The owners of the property, Milan Capital, confirm the current plan is to expand concrete crushing and stockpiling activities indefinitely. My neighbors and I are directly affected by these operations because we can hear the crushing, rumbling and beeping of trucks and dozers all day. The dust covers our homes and yards, and the piles of gravel impair views across the valley and are unsightly. This dump in the middle of a beautiful rural residential area of East Orange is a visual eyesore. It is time to address the current use directly, by shutting down the dump in East Orange.

HC&S ignores the requirement not to allow their smoke to drop to ground level, and Dept of Health doesn't do their job. On Dec 2, their smoke was a choking blanket on Kihei Elementary school. On Dec 3, they burned wet cane and smoked out Kahului and Wailuku. Their permit needs to be suspended for the rest of the year since weather conditions will continue to cause smoke to be at ground level.

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a safety alert on Jan. 2, 2014, regarding the volatility of Bakken crude oil. According to PHMSA data, pipeline operators reported 1,880 crude oil pipeline incidents nationwide between 2003 and 2013 resulting in over 44,265,438 gallons of oil being spilled, fowling groundwater, surface water bodies, farmland and woodland, and resulting in over $2.5 billion in property damage. The majority of these spills were the result of corrosion, equipment failure, incorrect operation or material and weld failures. Only 5% of all cases were spills detected by leak detection equipment. This pipeline will not replace rail and barge transport of crude oil in New York. Instead, it will increase the flow of crude oil in the State to refineries in New Jersey for production and export of refined petroleum products. Supporting long-term investment in fossil fuel infrastructure directly conflicts with New York State’s goal of reducing carbon emissions by 80% by 2050 to reduce the threat of the climate crisis to present and future generations. The pipeline threatens the public interest of the citizens of New York, it's land and water resources including the Hudson River - which the Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Council has identified as vital to regional economic development and prosperity, and should be strongly rejected.

Climate denial financiers like David Koch spend millions of dollars to lie to the public about climate change, and for their own profit. But still PBS affiliates put Koch in positions of power—Koch currently sits on the board of Boston's PBS member station, WGBH, and used to sit on the board of New York's WNET. Tell WNET to adopt a policy against putting denial financiers like Koch in positions of power.

Climate denial financiers like David Koch spend millions of dollars to lie to the public about climate change, and for their own profit. But still PBS affiliates put Koch in positions of power—Koch currently sits on the board of Boston's PBS member station, WGBH. It's time to tell PBS: Stop putting climate denial financiers in positions of leadership.

San Onofre is not a safe place to store dangerous spent fuel as it is situated in a recognized tsunami, earthquake, and firestorm zone and is vulnerable to climate change and terrorist attack in a densely populated area. Laguna Beach is within the 20 mile “Dead Zone”. We may escape with our lives, but we will never be able to return to our property.