Mountaintop Removal is a destructive and unsustainable practice that only benefits big, greedy corporations at the expense of the health of our communities and the environment. While traditional coal mining extracts coal from underground, mountaintop removal mining blasts away chunks of mountains at the surface to get at the coal beneath. Explosives are used to remove up to 400 vertical feet of a mountain to expose underlying coal seams. Excess rock and soil laden with toxic mining byproducts are then dumped into nearby valleys and waterways. But our water isn’t the only thing being poisoned by these chemicals; mountaintop removal has also polluted thousands of pristine streams, and there are dozens of toxic slurry dams across West Virginia. Mountaintop Removal mining has contributed to placing a slew of wildlife on the federal endangered species list, and threatens some of the highest biodiversity in North America. Numerous studies demonstrate that mountaintop mining has serious environmental impacts, including loss of biodiversity and toxification of watersheds, which mitigation practices cannot successfully address. There are also adverse human health impacts which result from contact with affected streams or exposure to airborne toxins and dust. We must tell President Obama and Director John Pizarchik of The US Dept of Interior - Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) to enforce the Stream Protection Rule, and stop mountain top removal to protect human health and our environment.

This pipeline will directly affect my community! We all know that fracking is dangerous and environmentally destructive. We also hear about how pipelines are not inspected as much as they should be, so they leak. Just the building of these pipelines alone is damaging to ecologically sensitive areas (and, yes, this pipeline will affect such areas). It's time to tell our politicians to stop taking Big Oil's money and to invest in solar/wind energy and overall energy efficiency! We can't take anymore fossil fuel destruction! UPDATE!!! HERE'S A NEW LINK TO CHECK OUT (THE PREVIOUS ONE IS DEFUNCT): http://www.sierraclub.org/new-jersey/pilgrim-pipeline

Japan's dolphin slaughter killing 23,000 dolphins and whales per year, exposed in the 2009 documentary "The Cove", is set to continue September 1st 2014 until April 2015. Blackfish is showing us currently how global support can cripple unjust action - It's time to Blackfish the Cove and end this tragedy for good.

A growing number of major grocery store chains have made commitments to not sell GMO salmon. Even if the FDA approves this risky fish, by ensuring that the world's largest retailers refuse to sell it, we can send a strong message that there is no market for it. Unfortunately, despite the fact that more than 35,000 people have written to Costco's CEO asking him to commit to keep GMO fish off store shelves, this retail giant is still lagging behind its competition. So now we need to turn up the heat and flood Costco's customer service inbox. Tell Costco to join its competitors and just say no to GMO salmon!

All over the country, states are spending hundreds of thousands of tax dollars on killing deer in hopes of cutting back the herd, only later to realize(even after 20 years) that it didn't even work. One study reports only a 75% accuracy rate and a recovery rate of 82% in bow hunters. This means the deer will likely be injured, not killed, then run off and not be found for hours or even days - if at all - all this time suffering a slow, painful death. With these 1,000 signatures, we ask the DWR (Department of Wildlife Resources) of Utah to put a stop to this senseless killing!!!!

Shark fishing, particularly for sport, is morally unacceptable, as is NBC's profiting from its broadcast and glorification. http://youtu.be/Hwyr79kRqck

To keep the monarchs from becoming extinct.

Save the elephants. Stop the selling of Ivory in Alaska. The elephant poaching crisis reached its peak last year with about 30,000 of these amazing species slaughtered for their tusks. Seizure data collected for 2014 so far shows that this year could be even worse.­­ With an estimated 96 elephants dying for their tusks every day, taking all ivory off the market may be our last shot at stopping the killings. Poachers killed 35,000 elephants in 2012 alone, representing the highest rate of poaching since the 1989 ban. The importation, selling and buying of this ivory is not allowed internationally. But it is legal to buy, sell, or ship within the boundaries of the U.S. and there are no permits or registration requirements in most states! A complete ban on the commercial sale of ivory is the best way to help ensure that U.S. markets do not contribute to the further decline of African elephants in the wild. National Audubon Society and WWF on the trade of elephant ivory products in Alaska yield the fact that approximately one-third of the ivory for sale in gift shops was white ivory, which is either from elephant or new walrus sources, and that 60-80% of the white ivory is elephant ivory. The illegal ivory is hidden a lot of times in plain sight, with dealers claiming it’s legal ivory. The fact that pre-ban and antique ivory is legally sold, generally without certification, presents a serious problem for the endangerment of African elephants. We must enforce a complete ban on the commercial sale of African elephant ivory in Alaska.

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.

In the interest of Sonoma County and the area surrounding the Sonoma County Central Landfill, stop further pollution of Stemple Creek. The goals are to safeguard the aquifer that is a source of water for the community; assist our neighbors with air, noise, odor, and water pollution caused by the Central Landfill Composting operation; and protect the rights of the ranchers, farmers, public, and wildlife that all use Stemple, Washoe, and Gossage Creeks and their estuaries. Sonoma County Waste Management Agency made the decision to continue to dump millions of gallons of waste into Stemple Creek over the next few years knowing it is a violation of federal and state law. and they have been cited and threatened with fines to no avail. Its time this serious violation of State and Federal standards is stopped.

There are no long term safety studies that prove systemic pesticides are safe for humans and feed animals. Certain studies done in other countries have shown harm from these chemicals to animals, however, we in the US do no independent studies outside of those done by the companies with vested financial interests in the products. Such use/practices call for the Precautionary Principle to stop such use until studies and peer review of the studies can take place.

The dirtiest, most polluting oil in the world comes from the Canadian tar sands. The hydrocarbons in tar sands have to go through extreme processing to be turned into oil. Extracting and refining a barrel of oil from tar sands produces up to three times more carbon pollution than producing a barrel of conventional oil. So what does this have to do with PepsiCo? PepsiCo is the largest food and beverage company in the U.S., and as such, possesses one of the nation’s largest private truck fleets. Tens of thousands of trucks are required to move its diverse array of household brands--including Pepsi, Frito-Lay, Quaker Oats, Tropicana, Aquafina, Naked Juice, Gatorade and more. And PepsiCo is increasingly relying on tar sands to fuel its fleet. Nineteen big companies, including Walgreens, Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods, have committed to not use tar sands oil, and we’d like PepsiCo to do the same. Companies that are major oil consumers should ensure that their truck fleets are rapidly moving toward the use of alternative fuels and electrification, not creating economic incentives for the extraction of tar sands! U.S. companies with large truck fleets can send a strong market signal to oil refiners by refusing to purchase the most dangerous and polluting sources of oil. While trucks make up only 7% of the vehicles on the road, they consume 35% of the nation’s fuel. If the nation’s largest truck fleets refrain from using tar sands oil, it will help reduce the demand for it. Giant, highly profitable companies like PepsiCo---that rely on kids and families to purchase their products--should chose to transport their products with trucks powered by the cleanest fuels available. PepsiCo should not be running one of America's largest private truck fleets with the world's most climate and air polluting oil. Thank you for taking action!