Herakles Farms is a US agribusiness company who wants to plow through swaths of natural forest in Cameroon’s South west province and convert the area into a palm oil plantation. They have little regard for local laws, the local environment and - least of all - local communities, who have depended on the land for generations. The palm oil plantation be bad news for people. It also threatens the habitat of the chimpanzee. This forest is worth more to the people of Africa and future generations if it is left standing. Tell the people behind this reckless project to walk away and put their money somewhere else.

Utilities companies are pushing the California Public Utilities Commission to change the rules on an important credit for solar panel owners. Stop utility companies from making solar more expensive. When families produce electricity with solar panels on their homes, they get an important credit on energy bills. This reduces our dependence on fossil fuels by making solar energy accessible to more people. Opportunities and incentives for families to “go solar” are essential to scale up the kid-safe, climate-safe energy we need to fight climate change. The California Public Utilities Commission is reviewing the rules on net metering, the credit given to customers with solar power when they give back the extra energy their solar panels produce to the electricity grid. Utility companies want to change the rules to give people partial credit for this electricity. But, people who installed solar expected the rules to be consistent for the 30-year life of their systems. Our kids deserve a clean energy future. When my sons ask how we’re acting to protect our climate, I want to confidently tell them California is creating -- and keeping -- policies that support and increase solar power. Standing up for families who invest in clean energy is one clear way to move toward the kid-safe, climate-safe energy solutions we need. California families who invest in rooftop solar should be able to expect long-term bill savings the entire time their solar system is producing clean energy. Don’t let utility companies hurt families who invest in solar by drastically reducing this credit.

We have a right to know what’s in the food we buy so that we can make healthy, responsible and informed choices about what we’re eating. But most ingredient lists leave something out: whether a food includes genetically modified ingredients (GMOs). That’s why we’re launching a campaign to show grocery chains that their customers want this information, and persuade them to follow the lead of other grocery stores like Whole Foods by adopting GMO labeling. If we can convince Kroger to label their GMO products, not only will that immediately protect our right to know, but it will also create momentum toward a statewide labeling law. Tell Kroger to label GMOs in its store-brand products.

We are MoveOn fracking fighters in Maryland working to keep our communities and climate safe from the biggest single new gas drilling threat on the East Coast: Cove Point. A Virginia-based company called Dominion Resources is proposing a radical detour away from Maryland’s clean energy future: They want to build a massive, $3.8 billion facility on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in southern Maryland that would liquefy and export to Asia nearly one billion cubic feet of fracked natural gas every day. This proposed Cove Point export facility would help the gas industry maximize its profits by selling gas overseas at higher prices. But the impacts for our communities and climate would be disastrous. Exporting fracked gas from Maryland would dramatically increase pressure on nearby states to expand fracking operations -- and make it harder to keep Maryland’s own fracking moratorium in place. It takes so much energy to extract, process and ship “liquefied natural gas” (LNG) that this single facility would trigger more climate pollution than all seven of Maryland’s existing coal-fired power plants COMBINED. Dominion could invest its $3.8 billion in renewable energy resources and create far more jobs. Instead, they are choosing to double-down on fossil fuels by building a new power plant, new compressor stations, and additional infrastructure to expand production and shipment of natural gas from neighboring states, through Maryland, to more lucrative foreign markets! Marylanders are fighting back -- and we need Governor Martin O’Malley, a leader who cares about climate change, to stand with us. By blocking what would be the first fracked gas export terminal on the East Coast, the Free State is in a position to set a precedent and lead the way to a clean energy future. Please sign this petition to urge Governor Martin O’Malley to oppose the fracked gas export terminal at Cove Point!

Our natural resources and sacred lands are being threatened for short sighted monetary gain. When the natural gas is gone, the devastation will remain for generations. Ask yourself: "what are leaving for the next generations?"

The Marcellus shale layer is radioactive. Radon can escape every time a well is drilled. Some of the drilling and compressing chemicals are carcinogenic, toxic or neurotoxic. Thousands of industrial compounds are not tested for their risk to human health. No driller is required to reveal what chemicals they are using or when. We do not have the knowledge, testing equipment, or experience to protect our children. This highly industrial activity imposed by ACT 13 should not be allowed to put our children in harms way. No permission slips were sent home. Tell school officials, State representatives, the Governor, and the President. No Marcellus Shale risky behavior next to our schools and our children. PASS LEGISLATIVE PROTECTION NOW. NO PERMISSION GRANTED. STAY A MILE AWAY. For more information go to web site LINK Protect Our Children

Last month, Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm oil trader, made a historic commitment to cut out deforestation, peatland destruction and the exploitation of human rights from its supply chain. This development has huge potential to transform the palm oil industry and the lives of people impacted by landgrabs and forest destruction. But so far, it’s just words on paper. Wilmar’s promise only matters if the company takes rapid and responsible action. Wilmar’s crimes span continents: it has much to amend. In West Kalimantan, Indonesia, one of Wilmar’s suppliers, Bumitama Agri, stands accused of destroying thousands of acres of forest and maintaining illegal plantations inside protected forest reserves. In the Kalangala Islands of Uganda, Wilmar subsidiaries have taken thousands of acres from local communities and have destroyed natural forest to grow palm oil. In Nigeria, Wilmar has acquired land that overlaps national forest reserves and community-owned lands, and has already deforested and bulldozed thousands of acres of forest and farmland. Tell Wilmar: Your promise of No Deforestation, No Exploitation, No Peat requires urgent action. And it should start now.

The Nevada Legislature has given the task of developing the hydraulic fracturing program and regulations to the Nevada Division of Minerals and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, both which are heavily influenced by the oil and gas industry. This is a conflict of interest. The evidence against the safety of hydraulic fracturing is extensive, yet hydraulic fracturing is occurring even before the legislatively mandated program is in place. We believe this is inappropriate. We believe peer-reviewed, scientific evidence (including the impacts of fracking to air, water, soil, public health, seismic activity, radioactive materials, exclusion from federal environmental acts, and social justice issues) ought to be carefully reviewed by those tasked with developing the hydraulic fracturing program. Nevada’s natural resources and public health are too important not to review evidence carefully before allowing further fracking to occur. We believe shortsighted monetary gain is being put ahead of safety and health. Therefore, we respectfully demand the Nevada Legislature ban fracking until an unbiased third party is identified to take over the task of developing the hydraulic fracturing program in Nevada.

We love the yummy foods from General Mills like Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and Haagen-dazs ice cream. Unfortunately these products contain palm oil which come from palm trees located in the rain forrest. Actions like this can hurt animals like tigers. Because of this, tigers have nothing to eat and their habitats are destroyed. Encouraging General Mills to increase their efforts to use sustainable palm oils helps the environment, and helps animals like the tigers. Please join us!!! With your signature ,we are one step closer to sustaining palm oil and saving the tigers. Thank you for caring about our environment and preserving it for kids like us.

The toxins and radioactive materials found in hydraulic fracturing waste are detrimental to public health and should be kept out of the water supply, and off the roadways. High volume hydraulic fracturing wastes must be banned from water treatment facilities to safeguard the drinking water supply for our county. Neighboring counties have enacted bans prohibiting fracking wastes. Our Board of Supervisors needs to act to protect the drinking water supply for the residents of Livingston County, NY.

The residents in the vicinity of the former Koppers Wood Treatment Plant have been adversely affected by the contamination of creosote. The plant shut down in 1991 when a concern became public that the Creosote in the wood treatment caused health and environmental issues. Those living and working in the area have a high incidence of cancer. Their health concerns have not been adequately addressed. This is predominantly a poor African American community that does not have the resources to seek an independent evaluation.

We know how profoundly fracking for oil and gas is impacting our communities. We know that methane leaks into our atmosphere at every step in the production and transportation of natural gas. We know that all of that infrastructure is making it easier for the industry to ship our domestic energy source to the highest bidder overseas. And we know that all these miles and miles of dangerous pipelines are transporting us away from, not toward, a clean energy future. Enough is enough! It's time for FERC to stop approving oil & gas infrastructure projects!