Asia Pacific Resources International (APRIL) is Asia Pulp and Paper (APP)'s main competitor, APP has recently committed to end deforestation while APRIL still hasn't. It is important for both our future climate and endangered species of animals that we get APRIL to commit to a zero deforestation, zero peatland, zero human exploitation policy.

Last year, under pressure from the oil industry, the California Legislature failed to pass a moratorium on fracking. Since then, fracking has continued to expand in California, putting our communities, our water supply and the environment at risk. Californians have another chance to pass a fracking moratorium bill. Senators Holly Mitchell and Mark Leno introduced SB 1132, a strong moratorium bill that, if passed, will protect California from fracking and other dangerous well stimulation techniques. We have a real opportunity to pass a moratorium this year. The oil industry will spend huge amounts of money and political capital fighting this bill, so we need your help. The first State Senate committee hearing is on April 8. We need a yes vote to move SB 1132 forward. Sign the petition to urge our California elected officials to vote yes on SB 1132 for a fracking moratorium now.

little seems to be done to avoid our coastal waters becoming contaminated w/mercury. There is no separate refuse collection for these items, the only way to safely dispose of them is to drive to the city recycling plant - I believe most people are just tossing them in their garbage where the mercury contaminates the soil and ultimately enters our waterways to the detriment of fish & bird life and us when we consume the fish. I suspect many do not know that these bulbs contain mercury or the damage that it will cause.

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled in Citizens Opposing Pollution v. Exxon that citizens cannot sue for substantive violations of the coal mining statute. IDNR gives illegal permits and we need to sue over permanent site conditions like Exxon's 422 acres of illegally impounded hazardous slurry that has poisoned water formerly used for drinking by everyone in the Albers - Germantown, Illinois area.

I live minutes away from the draft-permitted drilling site. Fracking will use carcinogenic products benzene and methane to move the water into the earth and deliver oil and gas. The bond posted by the drilling company is inadequate in case of emergencies, and the safety details are nonexistent per a report delivered here last week March 11. Dick Armey (Former House Majority Leader and former Chairman of FreedomWorks) and Rex Tillerson (CEO of Exxon) are plaintiffs in Texas about the same sort of water-well and potential drilling near their homes that will "decrease property values, increase noise and air pollution from fracking water trucks, disturb personal health, safety [wording from the lawsuit]" and more. Our water levels are deteriorating and this new site will lead to further depletion plus storage of millions of barrels of contaminated water with no science to clean it.

SEVERAL CITIZENS OF HOLLY SPRINGS, MS WOULD LIKE TO PETITION AGAINST THE HIGH COSTS OF UTILITY BILLS THAT ARE UNPREDICTABLE MONTH TO MONTH REGARDLESS OF USAGE. IN A LOW-INCOME PAYING CITY WITH A POPULATION OF AN ESTIMATED 7,699 CITIZENS, THE AVERAGE UTILITIES (LIGHT/WATER/GAS) BILL IS $450 USD AND HIGHER IN THE CITY OF HOLLY SPRINGS. SEVERAL CUSTOMERS' UTILITIES COST MORE THAN THEIR MORTGAGE PAYMENTS, HOUSE NOTES AND/OR RENT. THE CITIZENS AND THE HSUD NEED TO FIND A COMMON GROUND TO CONSERVE ENERGY AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. SIGN THIS PETITION AND SUPPORT A GOOD CAUSE.

Both parties just made themselves complicit in turning the rest of American politics over to Walmart and Monsanto. Don't let our president finish the job!

The Worcester National Grid Smart Meter Pilot program exposes the community to unprecedented risks in violation of local democracy.

We are asking the NC Utilities Commission and Duke Power to improve our delivery of electric power to modernize the electric power grid for the 21st century.

Oppose legislation granting an exemption to state law, which will allow the development of residential properties in Kaka’ako Makai. Kaka’ako Makai is the last public oceanfront land in urban Honolulu and should be preserved for all the People of Hawaii to enjoy. Public policy was established in 2006 by the Power of the People with the enactment of a law prohibiting residential development in Kaka’ako Makai. This law stands today to protect this land from becoming another Waikiki. In April of 2012 Gov Abercrombie signed into law a land settlement deal that transferred 25 acres of prime real estate into the custody of Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA). OHA and their allies in the Legislature continue to seek an exemption from current laws prohibiting residential development in Kaka’ako Makai. If passed, this exemption to current State law will allow the development of residential property on 3 lots in Kaka'ako Makai. OHA knew of the residential restrictions when they accepted the Kaka’ako Makai property as settlement but now wants to change the law in order to develop residential properties. This action will also set a bad precedent for further residential development by giving other entities the opportunity to also ask for exceptions in the Kaka'ako Makai area. These developments will restrict open access to shoreline fishing, diving, water sports, as well as a waterfront promenade, picnic areas, and significantly impact panoramic views. Once you build residential, the land becomes private and only the residents can use the land. In 2006, when legislators passed the law prohibiting residential development in Kaka’ako Makai, only one lawmaker in each chamber opposed the law. In 2012 OHA's attempts to pass similar bills asking for exemptions failed to pass the legislative session. It is clear that the people have spoken. Keep public land for all the People of Hawaii.

Subsidizing fossil fuels only maintains the illusion that fossil fuels are "cheap". Fossil fuels are cheap at the pump and when we open our energy bills, but we make up the remainder of their true costs thru our tax and healthcare payments. What's worse, when you factor in the long-term ecological and health costs, we're deferring large payments to future generations. By keeping fossil fuels "cheap": 1. we decrease awareness of our consumption--and the desire for change; 2. we increase global warming, climate instability--and the recovery costs of more frequent and more sever climatic events; 3. we're decreasing the economic viability and the adoption rate of renewable alternative 4. we're missing a tremendous opportunity to revitalize our national economy Let’s all work together, set a wise energy policy, use taxes to support the right renewable energy options—and we’ll put the brakes on climate change and enjoy a clean, sustainable future!

This statute allows "engineers, surveyors and other employees of such (oil and gas)...corporation(s) shall have the right to enter upon the lands and property of the state and of private persons....for the purpose of making necessary surveys and examinations for selecting and locating suitable routes for such pipelines,(etc.)..." In other words your land is NOT really your land and pipeline workers are not trespassing, ever!