I think that Shark Finning is an awful technique and shark fin soup just encourages this fishing technique. The loss of sharks could be detrimental in our environment and it would cause an overpopulation of all of the other sea creatures below them. The sharks are a crucial part of the sea environment and we have to act now before it gets out of hand.

E. Christopher Abruzzo, Tom Corbett's current nominee for Secretary of Department of Environmental Protection, said the following at the hearing on his appointment: "I have not read any scientific studies that would lead me to conclude that there are adverse impacts to human beings or to animals or to plant life at this small level of climate change." Daylin Leach was the ONLY State Senator to oppose his nomination. While it is absolutely galling that Corbett would have the audacity to nominate someone for the post of protecting our environment who hasn't read anything, ANYTHING, about the human impact on climate change, it's not unexpected. The only way that we'll change this is by demanding that Corbett nominate someone whose understanding and beliefs about environmental science are in line with the mainstream scientific thinking.

Sample Email: To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: Friday December 6 Agenda Item 13-375 Message: I urge the mayor to purchase the coast line from Olowalu to Lahaina for the purposes of preserving it for recreational, cultural, scenic and environmental purposes. The Maui County Council has a last opportunity this Friday Morning to approve the purchase of 2.5 miles of shoreline, 186 acres, to be used to create a continuous beach park from Olowalu to Puamana, at the beginning of Lahaina. It is likely that if this acquisition is not approved before the seller's end of year deadline, the land will be subdivided and the shoreline will be covered permanently by continuous private walled beachfront estates. This would be a tragic missed opportunity. The Mayor informs us that the funds are available if the Council approves the purchase this Friday morning. If you can attend Friday's 9am County Council meeting, please take the time to attend and offer personal testimony in support of the purchase. This will probably be the last opportunity to do something great for future generations. This land is 277 acres of the former Waihee Dairy, with 1.5 miles of shoreline was slated for golf course and luxury housing development. It was conserved in perpetuity through the hard work of community members and government visionaries who believed in the importance of preserving some of Maui's disappearing coastal lands in perpetuity for recreational, cultural, scenic and environmental purposes. It is permanently open for public shoreline access and being restored to 100% native species habitat for all manner of endemic plants, birds and other species. Let's work together to preserve a major section of West Maui's rapidly developing shoreline!

Next Thursday (12/12/13) the Erie County Legislature will vote on whether to ban fracking and it's incredibly toxic waste from Erie County, NY. This legislation would protect the health and safety of Erie County residents, and help bring New York one step closer to a statewide ban on fracking. Fracking is an incredibly dangerous drilling process that can contaminate and deplete local water, damage the environment, and threaten public health. Help us flood the county legislature with petition signatures this week to ban fracking in Erie County!

Its time that we all open our eyes and realize that the plastic bags that we conveniently acquire at our local supermarkets, retail pharmacies, and convenience stores are extremely HAZARDOUS to our environment. They are responsible for so many PREVENTABLE marine and wild life deaths with the simple use of a reusable or bio-degradable bag . They affect 267 animal species annually including whales, fish, birds and turtles. The Pacific Leatherback sea turtle mistake the bags for jellyfish and consume them resulting in their declining population of 95% in the last 20 years. :-( -Over the last 25 years 7,825,319 plastic bags were collected from beaches around the world. -Of the 115 BILLION bags used nationally each year only 5% are recycled. -MILLIONS of taxpayers dollars are SPENT annually on landfill costs, litter prevention, cleanup efforts and enforcement. MONEY THAT COULD BE USED FOR BETTER PURPOSES. We are in charge of our planet. It is our God given right to protect it. Its time that we take a stand and make the essential changes needed to save our planet for ourselves and the future of our children before its too late. Please take a moment and sign this petition. Thanks

Gov. Corbett's newly appointed Department of Environmental Protection Secretary, Chris Abruzzo, just said “I’ve not read any scientific study that would lead me to conclude there are adverse impacts to human beings, animals, or plant life at this small level of climate change." Does this include Superstorm Sandy and Typhoon Haiyan? The devastating heat waves that have hit the country? Mr. Abruzzo is dangerously out of touch. Apparently he hasn't read the studies showing that warming-induced sea level rise has doubled the risk of Hurricane Sandy-scale coastal flooding. Or the studies showing that global warming-induced heat waves and droughts are already making life harder for corn farmers across the Midwest. Or the studies that link warming to pine beetle infestations and ecosystem shifts that threaten to drive many species to extinction. Clearly, Chris Abruzzo isn't the right person to figure out how Pennsylvania is going to tackle maybe the biggest problem facing the Earth—because he isn't even sure it is a problem. Tell the Pennsylvania Senate to reject Chris Abruzzo's nomination to lead the Department of Environmental Protection.

Our state senate is going to vote on Chris Abruzzo's nomination to head up the DEP as early as this week. Here's what he told the Environmental Resources and Energy committee when asked about climate change. "Abruzzo told the committee he does believe climate change is occurring and that it seems to be at least partially attributable to human factors, but he does not view it as harmful and sees no reason for Pennsylvania to adopt new policies to address it." And still the committee voted to approve him 10 - 1! Daylin Leach was the ONLY member of the committee to vote NO! Our senators need to know we don't want a climate denier heading up the DEP! http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/12/04/corbetts-pick-to-run-dep-does-not-view-climate-change-as-harmful/

Fracking is a dangerous practice that our government has failed to protect the public from. Stop fracking in California.

I live on a 50 acre farm in the most amazing and beautiful Skagit County. It would break my heart NOT to be able to drink the water from our well or swim in the pristine creek that runs through this land. I am sending out this petition to ban fracking in Washington State, because I want our children and our grandchildren to be able to drink clean water and breathe clean air.

Indiana deserves long-term solutions to energy supply, and not at the expense of our natural resources. Indiana need not contribute to the further despoiling of the environment. The economy needs to grow through renewable energy (wind, solar, water), not extraction of fossil fuels.

As the catastrophe at Fukushima worsens, Japan's State Secrets Act threatens to cut the flow of vital information. We ask Ambassador Kennedy to oppose this act so the world might know what is happening at Fukushima and how to respond.

I'm starting this petition because, several years ago a natural gas project began in Prop A territory near Whittier. As a condition of becoming Prop A land in 1992, the City of Whittier promised to keep the preserve in perpetuity. Allowing a natural gas project violates the laws set forth in 1992, and could set a dangerous precedence for all the 21,000 acres of open in LA County. Allowing the project to continue here in Whittier could mean all Prop A land could suffer a similar fate. Please sign this petition to let your elected representatives know you would like to keep open space as open space and not land for development!