The Arctic is a truly special place, but it is under threat from rising temperatures, oil drilling, and industrial fishing. One person can make a difference and I believe we can stop our dependence on oil and products made with oil. For too long, we have been blinded by Big companies, who have tons of money telling us it's all okay when it's not okay. Buy more, use more be like others, but it's time we take back who we are and consume less. Live smaller, enjoy life more. Be more conscience with what we buy and why. Use more recycled products, reuse item you would recycle. Think of things you can make from it. What ever it is, try to stop buying so much and be content with what you have. We need to save our planet for our children's grandchildren and so on. Be more responsible with our resources and lets make big oil companies accountable for their actions. Do not let Shell or any other Oil Corporation, go in to the Arctic and drill for oil. Lets stand together to stop them and thanks for signing my petition! ArcticDeclaration.org

"The Arctic is an amazing place, home to whales, polar bears, and other amazing creatures. We need to act now to protect it for future generations."

Like so many places around the world that were once remote and pristine, the Arctic is now threatened by overwhelming pressure from human incursion, development and desecration. The Arctic is an amazing place, home to whales, polar bears, and other beautiful creatures. We need to act now to protect it from destruction by corporate interests seeking to enhance profits through natural resource development and expanding market access.

The Arctic is one of the very last frontiers left and we need to protect whats left of the Arctic and its animals.

The Arctic is an amazing place, home to whales, polar bears, and other amazing creatures. We need to act now to protect it for future generations.

Communities all across Illinois are already feeling the impacts of climate change. President Obama's Clean Power Plan is an important step forward on climate, but we need to make sure that this plan is implemented in our state in a way that puts people before polluters. We're urging Gov. Quinn to prioritize renewable energy and energy efficiency over fossil fuels and nuclear energy as he implements the Clean Power Plan in Illinois.

Big Oil has big plans to mine Tar Sands in North Alabama. These plans threaten our land and our people. Strip mining and fracking wells will be used to remove the Tar Sands from thousands of acres. How do we benefit? For a few temporary jobs that will last for about five years, Governor Robert Bentley will destroy our forests, contaminate our air, and poison the water we drink. It is a dumb idea and one based on an obsolete fossil fuel technology. The Alabama Oil and Gas Board is writing a new regulation for this dangerous activity, and claims they want to mine the Tar Sands in a safe manner. Tar Sands Mining is inherently dangerous and cannot be done safely, and so far Alabama has not proved capable of writing a regulation that does not favor industry. This state has long been known as pollution friendly and the state EPA, known as ADEM, would not say "boo" to big industry. They can't even police the damage already done by the developer. The Alabama Oil and Gas Board regulation, once written, must state clearly that, "TAR SANDS MINING IS NOT PERMITTED IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA!" Thirty pieces of silver in a politician's pocket is not worth the risk.

State Representative Henry Perea's oil company-backed bill, AB 69, would drive a stake in the heart of California's clean energy and clean air law, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), by excluding the pollution that comes from cars and trucks from the law's provisions. Nearly forty percent of our carbon pollution comes from cars, trucks, and other vehicles; and tailpipe emissions are contributing to the childhood asthma epidemic in regions like Los Angeles, the Bay Area and the area you represent in the Central Valley. This pollution is also fueling the climate impacts, like wildfires and drought, that are putting our kids and communities in harm's way. Parents and families supported the Global Warming Solutions Act when it passed, and voted overwhelmingly to defeat the well-funded oil company sponsored ballot initaitive, Proposition 23, that sought to repeal it in 2010. Parents care about our kids, and we want cleaner fuels and energy to power our vehicles and our homes. We expect our state representatives to protect our kids and communities, not jeopardize their health and safety.

400,000 people in the Toledo area were without water the first weekend in August, and factory farms are the culprit. Lake Erie is the source of drinking water for 11 million people. Like most areas with large factory farms that apply huge amounts of manure to farm lands, the soil in Ohio is supersaturated with nutrients. And when rains come, that excess is carried away by the water and ends up in Lake Erie. There, the nutrients feed algae, creating large algae blooms. The algae can produce powerful toxins that can cause everything from rashes, to gastroenteritis, to neurotoxicity. Clearly it’s a major problem — a public health hazard. Earlier this year, when Ohio lawmakers had the chance to fix the problem, they passed a bill that fell dangerously short of meaningful reform. In lieu of setting up clear, enforceable standards that would address the overabundance of phosphorous in the soil and rein in runoff from factory farms, the law simply creates a fertilizer certification program that exempts manure, which is a huge source of the phosphorus that is causing the algae blooms. The law also includes a voluntary, not mandatory, nutrient management plan program. We know why false solutions like this keep being offered — the corporate interests that benefit from creating large amounts of fertilizer in the form of animal manure refuse to take responsibility for the pollution that manure creates. Instead, they seek to give the appearance of action while residents bear the burden of unclean water: drinking water bans, aquatic dead zones and lakes closed to swimming. Tell Governor Kasich to pass sensible legislation to protect Ohio’s water from factory farms!

Not once, but twice in the last year, legislation aimed at removing control over non-metallic mining for the sake of “regulatory certainty” was introduced by legislators who do not live in frac sand country. This legislation was clearly written by the industry and was, in fact, so sweeping that it threatened to eliminate police powers altogether. It was a breathtaking power-grab by the State that would have left local municipalities with only zoning ordinances for any control over land use. Un-zoned townships would have lost the decision-making power that forms the basis of our democracy. Fortunately, thanks to strong push-back from engaged citizens, municipalities, and the Towns Association, Wisconsin's tradition of strong local control prevailed and neither of these disastrous bills even made it to a full vote. However, we are already hearing rumblings from Madison of plans to pass similar legislation under the radar through riders to the 2015 budget. This underhanded tactic has been successfully used before in the case of new rules that came into effect this July making it harder for local citizens to challenge the DNR’s high-capacity well permits. We have good reason to suspect that a similar maneuver will again be used to invalidate the great work being done by local governments to regulate non-metallic mining in Wisconsin. It is not the place of the state to undermine local municipalities by setting regulatory ceilings, limiting their options for deciding how best to promote the health and welfare of their constituents, economies, and ecosystems. One-size-fits-all state regulation will not work for our diverse communities in regulating this new and booming industry. We urge you to stand strong for local control and do everything in your power to oppose any measure that would reduce local municipalities' ability to regulate frac sand mining as they see fit.

We don't have to guess what happens to towns that are taken over by big oil. We know. The air is contaminated, the people get sick, earthquakes increase tenfold, and those who can't afford to move find they can't give away their homes. As a home owner in Santa Maria, I don't want to see this happen in my town.

There is no deadline. I received this large piece of junk mail today and I am outraged that it will go straight to the landfill, adding to an already serious problem with plastics.