We are all affected by mining in our residential areas. It destroys the land make it unuseable for years to come. Increased truck traffic damages our roadways and increases our expenses. With no local benefit this project has no value to the citizenry.

After dining at my local Target, I realized the amount of unnecessary waste not being recycled. I saw that every bit of trash I had in front of me was recyclable—paper cups, napkins, cardboard boxes, and utensils. The introduction of recycling bins to this area would be a simple, low-cost, high-impact step towards making a major national retailer one of the greenest in the world.

The monarch butterfly is in serious trouble. The spread of GMO crops and accompanying pesticides have been wiping out the young monarch's key food source, milkweed. But you can help! Add your name to our petition calling on the EPA and USDA to stop approving pesticide-resistant genetically engineered crops and to instead promote non-toxic pest and weed management to the benefit of farmers, our health, our ecosystems and the precious monarch butterfly.

Indianapolis Power and Light’s ("IPL") Harding Street Power Plant is POLLUTING OUR AIR, THREATENING OUR WATER, COAL POLLUTION THREATENS OUR HEALTH. INDIANAPOLIS CAN AND MUST MOVE BEYOND COAL!

For decades the crematorium at the Santa Cruz Memorial Park on Ocean St. Extension has been emitting toxic waste into the air, including high levels of mercury. We believe that the city of Santa Cruz is trying to rush a decision to relocate the crematorium at the Santa Cruz Memorial Park on Ocean St. Extension. We believe that the city is trying to avoid the necessary environmental review before anyone notices. Please let them know that you support a full environmental review of the health risks to the citizens of Santa Cruz and our environment before any crematory relocation is allowed.

The Food and Drug Administration does not require safety testing of new genetically modified foods (“GMOs”), instead relying on corporations' profits from the sale of such foods to ensure their safety for us. Contrary to industry claims, GMO foods have not been proven safe, and a growing body of independent, peer-reviewed studies have linked the consumption of GMO foods to allergies, infertility, immune problems, gastrointestinal disruption, cancer, and a host of other diseases. GMO crops can easily contaminate non-GMO crops, threatening organic agriculture, and their use is linked to increases in toxic pesticide use and the emergence of “superweeds.” Further, the absence of labeling of GMO foods and seeds prohibits those with specific ethical or religious practices from making informed food choices. More than 60 other countries around the world inform their citizens if their food is genetically engineered, and national polls consistently show that more than 90% of Americans want to share this same basic human right. GMO labeling legislation has been introduced in over 25 states, and on June 3, 2013, Connecticut passed a GMO labeling law - the first in the nation. But, it requires at least four other states to adopt similar legislation before it goes into effect. One state must border Connecticut. Massachusetts now has the opportunity to help protect the transparency, integrity, and democracy of our food supply for all Americans.

While more research needs to be done on the full impact of GMOs, they are not without risk and consumers have a right to know what is in the food we buy. HB 1396 in the Missouri House of Representatives would require that "all food and food products... sold in this state that are or contain genetically modified products shall be labeled indicating that they are or contain genetically modified products." Sign this petition to your state representative asking them to support our right to know by co-sponsoring HB 1396.

Home Depot is the World's largest home improvement retailer, operating more than 2,200 stores throughout the United States (including the territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands), Canada, China and Mexico. Home Depot is the fourth largest retailer in the U.S., and the fifth largest retailer in the world. Yet, Home Depot is not and does not have plans to install solar panels on their rooftops. I received the following e-mail response from Home Depot on 12/26/13: Good Afternoon, I contacted our Building Services department and they stated that there are currently no plans to install solar panels on the roof of our stores. If you need any further assistance or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at the number below or reply to this email. Have a great day! Sincerely, Warren A. Ray The Home Depot Resolution Expeditor- Email Resolution Team 2455 Paces Ferry Road / B-3 Atlanta, GA 30339 Yet, other Big Box retailers are installing rooftop solar panels: Walmart is the largest retailer in the U.S. and in the world by revenue, with 4,423 U.S. stores and over 10,000 stores worldwide. Walmart has 200 solar installations across the USA, Walmart plans to have 1,000 solar installations by 2020. Walmart’s goal is to eventually supply 100% of its energy needs with renewable energy. Costco is the fifth largest U.S. retailer and seventh largest in the world, with 425 stores in the U.S. Costco has installed solar panels in approximately 60 stores, with an average size of 500 kW per store. Solar power supplies about 22% of each store’s energy needs. Kohl’s is the 20th largest retailer in the U.S. and the 44th largest retailer in the world, with 1,127 U.S. stores. Kohl’s has solar panels installed at 139 of its stores, and will have solar panels at 200 stores by 2015. IKEA only has 38 U.S. stores, but its buildings can accommodate larger solar installations. By 2020, the company plans to meet 100% of its energy needs with renewable energy. So, why is Home Depot not installing rooftop Solar panels???????

I am hoping to protect our Great Lakes from a tragic environmental disaster . When Enbridge oil crossed our Great Lakes 67 years ago they were transporting regular crude that floats. Tar sands oil sinks. The largest fresh body of water in the world needs to be protected from transport of tar sands. I am requesting a full environmental study and the halt of transport under this body of water that supplies fresh water to over 40,000,000 people . A spill into our Great Lakes would prove fatal! On July 26th 2010 the largest inland oil spill in our country was from Enbridge oil company into the Kalamazoo River just a 1/2 mile from where I live. Line 6b is apart of a large pipeline that extends from Alberta Canada. When it ruptured sending over 1,000,000 gallons of tar sands 26 miles down the Kalamazoo River into Marrow lake it changed everything I never knew about oil companies Enbridge knew of over 250 sites needing repair on the pipeline that criss crosses many waterways in Michigan and had just asked for another extension when the pipe ruptured. Enbridge attempted to cover up the oil (see on u tube Jon Bolenbaugh videos Kalamazoo River oil spill and cover-up) It has been 3 1/2 years and 1 billion dollars and they still have not recaptured all the tar sands from the river bottom. The current pipeline that goes under the Straights of Mackinac should of been replaced 34years ago. This aging pipe that lays under the largest fresh body of water in the world, our Great Lakes, was granted permission to transport regular crude. Tar sands oil is much different than regular oil Enbridge has already proved they cannot clean a tar sands oil spill once it has entered the waterway. I believe there needs to be an halt to the transport of tar sand oil under the Great Lakes. Enbridge oil company needs to find another route for this tars sands oil!

What are your priorities? Stop private profiteers from commercializing our clean drinking water reservoirs. Stop rewarding those linked to blatant dumping and disregard environmental law with Marina permits. Take private corporate marinas and gasoline storage out of our, by deed, no-commercial neighborhoods and off of our central Texas drinking water reservoirs where they do not belong. PROTECT WATERS OF THE USA. Do not let ALEC right-wing superPAC, in their Jan. 2016 resolution to Congress, undermine the EPA, Clean Water ACT and Army Corps of Engineers on a state by state basis in order to deregulate water protections! Water knows no boundary. Protect ALL waters of the USA under the ground and above the ground Federally as CLEAN WATER IS A HUMAN RIGHT! Please, protect the legacy we leave our children and protect all waters of the USA because clean water is a human right!

The properties of Massillon, Ohio resident and Viet Nam veteran Jim Huebner and 14 of his neighbors were mandatory pooled into a drilling unit in November, 2013. Everflow Eastern Partners, LLC requested a pooling order from the Ohio Department of Natural Resource’s (ODNR) Technical Advisory Council (TAC). Everflow’s Leasing Manager, Les Dunics, told TAC that he had Massillon City property leased when in fact the city had not yet signed a lease for 8.10 acres of city-owned roadway within the drilling unit. The chief of the ODNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management approved the pooling order on December 10, 2013. On the same day Everflow was issued a permit to drill, though they did not have the necessary acreage under lease and had knowingly given false testimony to the TAC. The fact that TAC nor The Chief took the time to review the evidence provided illustrates the way in which the ODNR merely serves as a rubber stamp for the oil and gas industry to do as they please. To further demonstrate the way in which ODNR acts as a rubber stamp for oil and gas: by law (ORC 1509.38) the TAC must have eight members, six of which represent oil and gas producers, one to represent landowner royalty interest, and one member to represent the public. Effectively, seven of the eight council members represent the oil and gas industry. The public representative’s seat has not been filled for several years because the Governor of Ohio has not appointed anyone to that position. What the Stark Summit Coalition want to know is: Why didn’t the TAC or the Chief review Everflow’s leases before issuing the mandatory pooling order and permit? And why are the legal proceedings weighted so heavily in favor of oil and gas? Had the TAC and the Chief reviewed the leases, an order would have never been issued and neither would the permit. Had there been a balanced process and representation, evidence would likely be reviewed. Mr. Huebner had thirty days to file an appeal with the Ohio Oil and Gas Commission and he did. Since Everflow had the permit, they could technically drill if they wanted to. Mr. Huebner also had to file a request for a Stay of Execution of the Mandatory Pooling Order to attempt to prevent any drilling from occurring while he was going through the appeal process. As the primary basis of his appeal and request for a Stay of Execution, Mr. Huebner alleged that Everflow provided the TAC, and consequently the Chief, false information regarding their lease agreements with the City of Massillon, as Massillon’s City Council had not approved the lease agreement, and backed up the allegation with documentation. As a result, the Chief revoked the drilling permit and the pooling order. Mr. Huebner is still working on his Stay of Execution and appeal because Everflow Eastern now has 30 days to appeal the revocation order. MANDATORY POOLING HAS TO STOP: 1. A Mandatory Pooling Hearing takes place in front of a biased and pro-drilling panel; the TAC. This procedure is not consistent with due process rights and undermines the judicial practice that is meant to ensure justice in a free society. The Ohio and U.S. constitutions protect due process rights, which brings the constitutionality of this law into question. 2. Pooled person(s) do not have representation on the TAC when the request is made to pool. It is unjust to force a person into a drilling unit without fair and equal representation with independent, knowledgeable council members who have no ties to the oil and gas industry. 3. Being forced to surrender an asset violates a person’s right to form or decline a contract. 4. Current oil and gas law does little to protect Ohioans from impacts that emerge over a long period of time or affect their health in ways that are difficult to prove with the high standard of certainty required for legal proceedings. The law is unclear about the liability the mandatory pooled person(s) have in the event of an accident that occurs as a result of the presence of a drilling operation or well and the associated activities when they have been forced to participate. “Owners” of the well may be liable for future problems. Those currently forced into “ownership” should not be held liable for any damages that occur. Furthermore, the company should have to remediate damages incurred on the property fully and promptly.

Our pollinators are facing a bleak future without some intervention in present practices. They have lost both sanctuary areas and food sources as every acre of private land is now tilled and planted with commodity crops. The pesticides and herbicides used in modern farming are threatening that very industry as the numbers of pollinators have dropped drastically over the last few decades. I don't advocate legislation that takes away anyone's right to utilize their privately owned land as they see fit, but I believe that the state should not contribute to this coming calamity on ground it owns or controls. We have farmed for thousands of years without chemicals and close cutting vegetation in areas not used for crops, but we have never farmed without pollinators.