During a time when Duke is continuing to charge it's customers for nuclear plants that are either closed, or not going to happen, I strongly feel that some of that money could be deferred to the Sunsense Progam so it can run continuously. If each house had it's own little power station, it would only benefit Duke and our out dated and over used grid. I'm tired of being thrown into a pit, waiting for the bell to ring, then competing for the little bit of funds that Duke put into the program. It should be an ongoing program and be treated a little more civilized.

Detroit Belle Isle Park is a public park which should remain free and open to everyone. The best way to protect the park's history as well as its historic importance would be for it to become a national landmark.

Closing Main Avenue will hinder rather than enhance growth in San Antonio's urban core. H-E-B is asking the city to convey public property to a corporation. This is an irrevocable decision in exchange for a short-term promise: a small urban market that will remain open for at least 5 years. After that, H-E-B will be free to close it. That issue aside, the market proposed by H-E-B is too small to be a good solution for downtown’s grocery woes. Thus, if Main Avenue is closed, we would be losing an important north-south thoroughfare (particularly for bike riders) in order to have virtually no improvement for downtown's grocery store situation. San Antonio should hold out for a better solution. We need a grocery store development that supports the Lone Star Community Plan and the goals of SA2020: a livable, sustainable urban core. What we do NOT need is a corporation co-opting public property in such a way that downtown becomes fragmented and even more unnavigable than it already is. Closing the street is not necessary to build a vibrant urban market. We can look to other cities for examples, such as the Whole Foods in downtown Austin with its underground garage or the Kress IGA Supermarket in Seattle with its plethora of public transportation options. Our streets are our city's circulatory system. When you cut off too many streets, you risk killing the city. For more information, visit www.mainaccess.org. Here is the official proposal: http://extras.mysanantonio.com/pdf/HEBproposal.pdf

Kauai, Hawaii's state lands should not be used as a testing site for R&D seed production by chemical corporations. An unexplained massive die-off of over 52,000 sea urchins and subsequent large-scale deaths of bees and birds reported by residents, are speculated to be results of the toxic biocides used by the local GMO companies and are causing great concern from the community. Additionally, over 150 residents are suing Pioneer/DuPont for unlawfully allowing pesticide drift into their homes for over a decade, and there have been several incidences at a local middle school where children and teachers got sick. One incident resulted in at least 10 children being taken to the hospital. In September, over 3,500 residents marched in support of the bill and thousands more have submitted testimonies to the County Council in support of bill 2491, which is aimed to protect the community and fragile environment from pesticide abuse.

Marblehead, Mass., made U.S. history more than a decade ago by becoming the first town to ban lawn and garden pesticide use on public property. We would like to see Door County do the same at all levels, in schools, towns and county government bylaws. According to a Yale University study, children who live in homes where lawn and garden pesticides are used are up to four times more likely to develop leukemia, brain cancer and soft tissue sarcoma. Lawn and garden chemicals are more dangerous to children than adults because their immune systems have not yet fully developed to protect their bodies from the toxins found in pesticides and herbicides (anything with the word -icide at the end, by the way, is chemically designed to kill living things). And yet, at the age when they’re most susceptible to health risks, children are out in yards and parks in more direct contact with lawn and garden chemical residues than adults. Pets are also highly at risk. The entire nation of Canada, and two U.S. states, Connecticut and New York, have enacted laws that just say no to toxins like Weed 'n Feed, Roundup and Sevin in parks and on playing fields used by kids. Connecticut has taken the bold step of removing them from all school grounds in grades K-8. We ask you to do the same!

Please share widely! The drill site is only 1000 feet from family homes and adjacent to the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge and Western Everglades. If it's legal, it shouldn't be. No one should have to live in an emergency evacuation zone, only feet from a hazardous drill site and 145' oil rig. Concerns include public safety, emergency evacuation, fresh water contamination, fire threat, oil and toxic brine spills, sinkhole hazard, risks to wetlands, consumptive water use, encroachment on panther habitat, traffic danger, and pollution of the watersheds that feed our state and national parks The drill site and entire lease area is one of the most ecologically sensitive regions of the nation. It is surrounded—east, south, west, and north—by a vast array of wetlands, acquired at great public cost, to protect native plants and animals and safeguard vital watersheds. Consider the Everglades National Park, directly downstream. Congress authorized a 30-year Everglades Restoration Plan dedicated to restoring the South Florida ecosystem. Why allow oil drilling to endanger that $13 billion dollar project? The Everglades is a national treasure on par with the Grand Canyon and Redwoods. It’s far more valuable than even a major oil play. It's our life-blood, fueling everything from agriculture to Florida’s multi-billion dollar tourist industry. A major concern is the real danger drilling poses to our fresh water. It’s crucial to protect the aquifers that supply South Florida with its drinking water and safeguard watersheds that sustain wetlands. Accidents happen. And over time, pipes leak. And injected fluids surface. And, as in the BP disaster, cement casings crumble. One accident could ruin our fresh water and wetlands for generations. The risks are too great and benefits too small. Oil drilling is not in the public interest.

Living with asthma and concerned about respiratory health issues, we can not allow frack sand mining and transfer until it is proven to be safe for the health of our citizens and the environment. We also feel that it is critical that it does not negatively impact the farming and tourism industries in Minnesota. A balanced business environment is important to all Minnesotans.

The supporters of Boyd Hill Nature Preserve and residents of Saint Petersburg have suffered a public loss due to a hunter coming in and illegally harvesting our biggest alligator in a park adjacent to the nature preserve. Naturalists, students, children, tourists and others will no longer be able to come to Boyd Hill Nature Preserve and enjoy looking at the largest alligator many would have ever seen. We believe it is unacceptable for this animal to only be remembered in record books when he could have been admired in person for years to come. In the case in question, the hunter's permit did not include his hunting in Saint Petersburg, therefore, he must be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Beyond this, we ask that new legislation be drafted to protect our city and state from a tragedy like this ever happening again. The hunting of an otherwise protected animal, whose well-being is cultivated throughout his life, is secondary only to allowing hunting within a zoo, and represents outright theft from a community.

The proposal to base F-35 jet fighters at Burlington International Airport will not have any devastating impact on the surrounding communities or the people who live in them, as is documented in the Air Force's own Environmental Impact Statement. The Air National Guard also provides the air port services in the tune of $5 million a year on runway services/repairs. They have also been great tenants and provide great service to the state of Vermont. Being award the F-35 is a great honor and shows that the hard work and dedication by the unit has been noticed. On Monday, October 7th, the Burlington City Council will be voting on a resolution, forced on them by the opposition, to try to bar the F-35 from basing at BIAP. Please sign the petition urging city councilors to NOT support the resolution. And if you live in Burlington, please contact your ward representative today! http://www.burlingtonvt.gov/CityCouncil/City-Councilors

There is little media coverage of the catastrophic risks involved in storing and especially moving fuel rods from Fukushima Unit #4. TEPCO and the Japanese Government have not been open about the damage. The risk of an uncontrolled fission reaction releasing radiation equal to 85 times that of Chernobyl is deemed highly probable by experts. I am starting this due to my concern for the future of life on earth. This danger is more immediate, and more deadly, even than climate change.

The lake and the park are major attractions of this community so it is important for all residents to have accessibility and safety. The recent construction removed crosswalks, park paths and pedestrian routes used to access the park. Instead, they put in park and lake access for future residents of the Lakeside Development project. We now have to travel convoluted routes and climb steep hills to reach what is only a few hundred feet from us. Requesting Full Access and Inclusion for All.

Worldwide the melting of the Arctic is already causing extreme weather patterns, increasing temperatures and altering jet streams. The rise in global temperatures is leading to the thawing of ice in Greenland and Antarctica. This immense melting will drastically raise sea levels condensing our world population into smaller and more climate stressed areas. Couple this with the increasing acidity and heating of the world’s oceans, the dangers and damages of unpredictable severe weather catastrophes, the implications for agriculture and global food supply shortages and the extreme loss of habitat for wildlife and our children will be faced with a world we never imagined possible. As the Arctic’s tundra thaws, a host of compounding problems may arise. The soon to be exposed Arctic permafrost contains 1.5 trillion tons of carbon and in moist /wet areas this will produce methane emissions. Unfortunately methane is 20 - 25 times more capable of retaining heat than the well known green house gas carbon dioxide. The exposure of these potent green house gasses by the thawing of the Arctic’s ice will cause the world’s green house effect to intensify and multiply and further increase global temperatures. Our children may very well see countries fight over life sustaining resources such as food and water in their life times. As a citizen of the United States and a parent I feel utter dismay that our planet has been allowed to enter such a time of unprecedented environmental crisis. Continued purposeful inaction by our government will result in the deaths of billions of people and environmental and economic collapse. The time has come for President Obama to take his position as the leader of a world power. Mr. President, please take immediate action to development and implement a global plan to prevent the loss of Arctic ice and halt the warming of our planet. Please address the American Public on the consequences and enormous implications of our planet’s increasing temperatures and the loss of the Arctic Ice. We understand that the time has come for sacrifices to be made by all the world’s people. We can no longer allow economics and greed to sacrifice our futures.