Coal-powered electricity-generating plants are the biggest contributors of CO2 emissions. We have already exceeded the tipping point with CO2 emissions, and we cannot allow corporations to continue to pollute our air with fossil fuels.

We applaud the producers of Years of Living Dangerously for tackling the climate crisis head-on, and we hope the show gets the massive viewership it deserves. But it turns out that Arnold Schwarzenegger, a producer and star of the show, is part-owner and a major client of Dimensional Fund Advisors, a money manager with nearly a billion dollars in logging and palm oil companies -- the very same ones that are burning and bulldozing the orangutan-populated forests of Southeast Asia. Take action to tell Schwarzenegger to terminate his ties with deforestation.

Antibiotics are meant to be prescribed by medical professionals, in controlled doses. But right now, eighty percent of antibiotics are used on farms, and the bulk of that on healthy animals, administered through the animals’ feed. It’s done to promote growth and prevent illness, allowing animals to be kept in confined spaces that fall short on cleanliness. This overuse and misuse of antibiotics contributes to the growing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria, making it harder and harder to treat infections and save lives. Every year, 23,000 people die from infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Public Health Association, the Infectious Diseases Society of America and other leading medical groups all warn that the routine use of antibiotics in food animals presents a serious and growing threat to human health. President Obama’s administration can take action to ban the overuse and misuse of antibiotics on factory farms. But to convince them to act, we need to raise the voices of medical professionals all across the country.

Our petition is about the use of pesticide that are fatal to bees. We are starting this petition due to the loss of bees since World War II. We have not been personally affected by this issue, but we realize how much damage this can cause to the U.S .

We all share one global climate -- but David Cameron has suggested banning all new onshore wind power in the U.K.! Solar and offshore wind are important, but more is needed.

Big Oil wants to explore the Atlantic Ocean using seismic airguns. This activity could kill over 100,000 helpless dolphins and whales -- including some of the last North Atlantic right whales, "the American bison of the sea"! These airguns would blast for 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Matthew Huelsenbeck, a marine scientist at Oceana, puts that in perspective: "Imagine dynamite going off in your living room or in your backyard every ten seconds for days to weeks at a time." It's up to folks like you to raise your voice and shut down Big Oil's threat to dolphins and whales once and for all!

Illinois Senate Bill 1666 which would require GMO labeling in Illinois was heard in committee this session but was not brought for a vote. GMO labeling supporter Senate President John Cullerton can still allow a vote this year. Big Ag has been spreading false propaganda that GMO labeling would increase the price of food so high that people would no longer be able to buy food. We know that these claims are absurd, but not everyone is well educated on this issue. IL Senator William Delgado actually reversed his position in support (co-sponsorship, even) of the bill after receiving industry misinformation. We need our leaders in the Illinois Senate to stand for common sense and what is right, NOT be cowed by bogus claims from Big Ag. Sign this petition to Illinois Senate President John Cullerton asking him to allow a vote on Illinois GMO labeling bill S.B.1666 and show the Agriculture industry that they will not succeed by spreading lies about our food.

With Governor Martin O’Malley at the helm, Maryland has become a national leader in fighting climate change and promoting clean energy. Governor O’Malley has championed bills for cleaner cars, greater energy efficiency, and—most recently—offshore wind power. This is the kind of leadership America urgently needs, especially as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that we need to switch to clean energy much more rapidly over the next 15 years to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Unfortunately, the Maryland state legislature recently passed a harmful and unnecessary anti-clean energy bill that would significantly undermine Maryland’s progress towards a clean energy economy, while setting a damaging national precedent that could stymie land-based wind power development across the country for years to come. The bill, HB 1168, would establish a moratorium on land-based wind energy in over 40 percent of the state and nearly 90 percent of Maryland’s most viable wind development areas. The bill was ostensibly written to address concerns about interference with military radar facilities in southern Maryland. But those concerns have already been addressed in an agreement negotiated between the U.S. Navy and developers of the most mature wind farm set to begin construction on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. In solidarity with Maryland’s major environmental groups, Governor O’Malley vigorously opposed this anti-wind power bill during the state legislative session. The governor explicitly urged state lawmakers not to undermine wind power development. But with ferocious lobbying from special interests and their political allies, the bill passed anyway. Now Governor O’Malley—whose 8-year stint as Maryland’s governor ends this year—can leave office with perhaps his most heroic action yet on climate change: vetoing a harmful bill for the sake of clean energy in Maryland and across the country.

According to the National Resources Defense Council, an average of 100 billion plastic shopping bags are consumed—and eventually trashed—annually in the US. These bags require over 12 million barrels of oil to produce (Wall Street Journal), and are only used once or twice, while they pollute our rivers and oceans, clog our storm drains and persist in our landfills forever. In 2009, Washington, D.C. implemented a $0.05 fee on disposable plastic bags, and, five years later, continues to reap great rewards from that bill—including money awarded to community-based organizations and private firms seeking to clean and protect DC’s waterways, as well as continued outreach and environmental education. According to the District Department of the Environment, these efforts have resulted in over 75% of DC residents using fewer single-use bags than before the disposable bag fee. The team at Reuseit.com believes a plastic bag fee would likewise help raise awareness of the costs of producing and cleaning up after these plastic bags in Charlottesville (and across Virginia), as well as encourage shoppers to examine their own throwaway habits, make the switch to reusable shopping bags and engage in a culture of reuse overall. Starting with our backyard in Charlottesville, Virginia, we’re encouraging our neighbors and local city council to change the way we think, act and make purchases. Sign this petition to express your support for the City Council's vision of making Charlottesville a leader in innovation and environmental sustainability by instating a 5-cent single-use bag fee. Let's reduce disposable plastic waste and protect our environment.

As college students of SUNY Fredonia we are personally contributing to the waste created by plastic cups from local bars. Help us convince the village of Fredonia to recycle.

Duke Energy continues to violate clean water rules and to pollute our state's groundwater and rivers. The resulting coal ash disaster has been mismanaged, showing fundamental flaws in Duke Energy's fiscal and institutional integrity. The Nathan Cummings Foundation and 20 other major investors have called on Duke Energy's board to conduct a prompt internal investigation of the coal ash disaster. The second recent breakthrough was a call to action from both CalPERS, (the California state pension fund), and the New York City Retirement Systems to dismiss the members of Duke Energy’s Regulatory Policy and Oversight Committee. The four board members of this committee have responsibility for environmental compliance, yet they do not have expertise in that field. Moreover, they have failed to live up to their public responsibilities.

Governor Corbett has allowed his friends in the fracking industry free reign to pollute our water and air, mislead the public about its practices and lobby for unconstitutional legislation. For the next governor to truly fix the problems that Corbett created, we need a statewide halt on fracking. However, the current candidates vying for the Democratic nomination to challenge Corbett have yet to take the right position on fracking. That's why Food & Water Watch Fund has authored a Pledge to Halt Fracking, a commitment to halt any new fracking until this dangerous process is proven safe. We need to pressure the Democratic candidates for governor — Tom Wolf, Allyson Schwartz, Rob McCord and Katie McGinty — as well as the candidates for lieutenant governor to support the only policy that will truly protect Pennsylvanians from fracking. We need a halt to fracking.