We feel everyone has a right to know what they're eating. Given that polls show as many as 95% of the public favor this labeling, we believe that a decision by HEB to take the historic step to join this movement will benefit consumers and HEB alike, making HEB the leader among major food stores in responding to the growing demand for truth in labeling. JUST LABEL IT!

The first amendment in the Bill of Rights reads "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." A definition of assemble includes "fit together the separate component parts of (a machine or other object)." This petition is a directive forged by We the People to peaceably assemble information. Pharmacognosy is defined as "the study of the physical, chemical, biochemical and biological properties of drugs, drug substances or potential drugs or drug substances of natural origin as well as the search for new drugs from natural sources." It is also defined as the study of crude drugs. A crude drug is any naturally occurring, unrefined substance derived from organic or inorganic sources such as plant, animal, bacteria, organs or whole organisms intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animals. We would like to assemble the knowledge of chemicals alongside the biological organisms or inorganic matter those chemicals were derived from.

The North Carolina Wildlife Resorces Commission (NCWRC) has ignored petitions from non-hunters to protect black bears and the public from the unchecked pattern of terrorism and abuse by bear hunters. Inadequate public notice, failure to provide dedicated email addresses for public comments, and the refusal to grant disability access to meetings clearly show NCWRC bias towards bear hunters.

Friends of the Earth’s just-released 2013 Cruise Ship Report Card grades 16 cruise lines and 162 ships on their environmental practices, and once again Carnival Cruise Lines gets a failing grade for its treatment of the ocean. With 22 ships using 30-year-old sewage treatment technology, Carnival has the worst impact on our oceans of any other cruise line. The U.S. EPA has found that sewage treated with this old technology often contains significant amounts of fecal bacteria, heavy metals, and nutrients in excess of federal water quality standards. Carnival's problems don't end there. In June Carnival announced plans to leave the Port of Baltimore and move the Carnival Pride ship back to Florida. This is in response to new, life-saving air quality standards that would require it to use cleaner fuels. By sailing from Florida they can burn more cheap 'bunker fuel' that is 2,000 times dirtier than diesel fuel sold at gas stations. And if that weren't enough, according to a New York Times report by David Leonhardt: “Over the last five years, the company [Carnival Corp.] has paid total corporate taxes -- federal, state, local and foreign -- equal to only 1.1 percent of its cumulative $11.3 billion in profits.” Carnival has no excuses. It can afford to stop polluting our oceans. Tell Carnival Cruise Lines to clean up its sewage problem – install advanced sewage treatment systems on all of its ships!

Coal companies Ambre Energy and Arch Coal are seeking to build a coal export terminal, called Millennium Bulk Terminals, in Longview, WA. If we don’t stop it, the terminal would export up to 44 million tons of coal every year in trains across Wyoming, in huge ships down the Columbia River, out through some of the roughest and most dangerous ocean waters in the world and across the Pacific to Asia. The Millennium Bulk Terminals would be the largest permitted coal export facility in the United States. Right now, the three agencies involved in issuing permits (Washington Dept. of Ecology, Cowlitz County, WA, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) are trying to decide which impacts to take into account in their decision-making process. You can make a difference by telling these agencies just how important it is to deny the Millennium Bulk terminal proposal and keep dirty coal in the ground. Act now to speak out against this dirty business and say NO to one of the three proposed coal export terminals in the Northwest!

Coal companies Ambre Energy and Arch Coal are seeking to build a coal export terminal, called Millennium Bulk Terminals, in Longview, WA. If we don’t stop it, the terminal would export up to 44 million tons of coal every year in trains across Idaho, in huge ships down the Columbia River, out through some of the roughest and most dangerous ocean waters in the world and across the Pacific to Asia. The Millennium Bulk Terminals would be the largest permitted coal export facility in the United States. Right now, the three agencies involved in issuing permits (Washington Dept. of Ecology, Cowlitz County, WA, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) are trying to decide which impacts to take into account in their decision-making process. You can make a difference by telling these agencies just how important it is to deny the Millennium Bulk terminal proposal and keep dirty coal in the ground. Act now to speak out against this dirty business and say NO to one of the three proposed coal export terminals in the Northwest!

Coal companies Ambre Energy and Arch Coal are seeking to build a coal export terminal, called Millennium Bulk Terminals, in Longview, WA. If we don’t stop it, the terminal would export up to 44 million tons of coal every year on trains across Montana, in huge ships down the Columbia River, out through some of the roughest and most dangerous ocean waters in the world and across the Pacific to Asia. The Millennium Bulk Terminals would be the largest permitted coal export facility in the United States. Right now, the three agencies involved in issuing permits (Washington Dept. of Ecology, Cowlitz County, WA, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) are trying to decide which impacts to take into account in their decision-making process. You can make a difference by telling these agencies just how important it is to deny the Millennium Bulk terminal proposal and keep dirty coal in the ground. Act now to speak out against this dirty business and say NO to one of the three proposed coal export terminals in the Northwest!

Coal companies Ambre Energy and Arch Coal are seeking to build a coal export terminal, called Millennium Bulk Terminals, in Longview, WA. If we don’t stop it, the terminal would export up to 44 million tons of coal every year in huge ships down the Columbia River, out through some of the roughest and most dangerous ocean waters in the world and across the Pacific to Asia. The Millennium Bulk Terminals would be the largest permitted coal export facility in the United States. Right now, the three agencies involved in issuing permits (Washington Dept. of Ecology, Cowlitz County, WA, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) are trying to decide which impacts to take into account in their decision-making process. You can make a difference by telling these agencies just how important it is to deny the Millennium Bulk terminal proposal and keep dirty coal in the ground. Act now to speak out against this dirty business and say NO to one of the three proposed coal export terminals in the Northwest!

Coal companies Ambre Energy and Arch Coal are seeking to build a coal export terminal, called Millennium Bulk Terminals, in Longview, WA. If we don’t stop it, the terminal would export up to 44 million tons of coal every year in huge ships down the Columbia River, out through some of the roughest and most dangerous ocean waters in the world and across the Pacific to Asia. The Millennium Bulk Terminals would be the largest permitted coal export facility in the United States. Right now, the three agencies involved in issuing permits (Washington Dept. of Ecology, Cowlitz County, WA, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) are trying to decide which impacts to take into account in their decision-making process. You can make a difference by telling these agencies just how important it is to deny the Millennium Bulk terminal proposal and keep dirty coal in the ground. Act now to speak out against this dirty business and say NO to one of the three proposed coal export terminals in the Northwest!

As a mother and US citizen, I am appalled by how many climate stories are ignored by the major news organizations. It is time to talk about this broadly. Prime time news needs to cover: Major storms, biodiversity declines, resource depletions and regional instability that are all fueled by climate change. Meteorologists need to regularly discuss weather systems and how they are impacted by climate change. This is no longer a debate where climate deniers deserve equal airtime. That misleads the public by diluting the preponderance of supporting evidence. We know that most people are concerned about these issues, but despite the widespread concern, there is a culture of silence. Despite being an enormous, impending threat, climate change isn't being discussed nearly enough. The silence makes it easy for people to use denial or avoidance as their coping strategy, when the effective coping strategies are active engagement and large scale change. I am asking Time Warner and CNN, as the second largest media organization and a trusted news source, to please include regular discussions and news coverage of climate change. These issues are relevant across news categories and only by increasing discussions and awareness can we foster action.

The Cape and Islands are an incredible place to visit, and even more so to live. Unfortunately, our lives here are threatened by the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth which has had numerous leaks lately. The power station has the same design that Fukushima had. Pilgrim pulls over 500 million gallons of water from Cape Cod Bay daily. The water is returned, much hotter, after cooling the reactor, thus killing countless fish and marine organisms which violates the Endangered Species Act. The state has admitted that in case of emergency at the plant, they would close the bridges, cutting off the Cape from any chance of evacuation by land. The plant needs to be closed NOW. Please sign our petition and let Gov. Patrick know you want to protect our beautiful Cape Cod and Islands, and that you want this addressed immediately.

The National Park Service is composed of dedicated men and women who operate our National Park System with the upmost care and without deference to the political leanings of its visitors. They are the guardians of our national treasures. Like our men and women in military uniform, we need to protect them from political attacks. Please join me in signing this petition calling upon Republicans in Congress to stop the attacks against the National Park Service