With current gridlock in Congress, and no action on our climate threat, it is becoming clear, that cities and states now hold in their power, a chance to take significant action. With the global mark of 400 parts per million of atmospheric carbon being passed in May 2013, it is clearly time to accelerate the 100% renewable agenda, at the city level. With blueprints now being published by Jacobson et al, for states to go 100% renewable, by 2030, cities are appropriate places to start. All 50 state blueprints are available at www.theSolutionsProject.org . Six states have legislation to create CCAs or Community Choice Aggregation, like Marin and Sonoma counties have, or are setting up, in CA. The 5 other states are IL, MA, OH, NJ and RI. See more details at Marin Clean Energy: https://mcecleanenergy.com . Creating a CCA enables a city, then its surrounding county, to facilitate more renewables into the market.

BPA is in our plastic bottles and the lining of most canned foods and drinks. Years of research prove BPA to be a major carcinogen causing brain and other tumors, premature cell death, and it mimics various hormones in dangerous ways. CANCER IS AN EPIDEMIC IN THIS COUNTRY AND ITS CAUSES MUST BE STOPPED. The EPA today took BPA off its list of "chemicals of concern," along with several others including PDBE's. We want STUDY OF THESE CHEMICALS CONTINUED AND THEIR USES IN OUR FOOD CHAIN BANNED!

Thank you for joining us in seizing this great opportunity to expand the benefits of solar energy to all the firestations in Santa Fe County!

The Commonwealth of MA. Dept. of Transportation has recently announced formal plans to rebuild-in-place the Bowker Overpass in Charlesgate Park, Boston, beginning in early 2014. The Overpass, which was constructed in 1967, slices through and destroyed the Charlesgate Park, a key section of the Olmsted Emerald Necklace (a National Registry of Historic Places site); destroyed an essential & fragile wetlands, the Muddy River basin where it meets the Charles River; and creates a strong negative impact on the quality of life in the surrounding historic and revitalizing neighborhoods of Back Bay West, Kenmore, and Bay State Road. We are asking the Commonwealth to cease and desist from this massive project; to perform minimal repairs to keep the Bowker safe and operational until the issue of Removal is addressed in a meaningful way (and not in the 10-20 year framework DOT is suggesting.) The DOT could save millions in ongoing repairs if the Bowker was removed and the roadway brought to grade. Removal would help reestablish the fragile wetlands and parkland of the Charlesgate/Muddy River basin (now a stagnant and polluted wasteland); would facilitate further economic revitalization around the Kenmore section of Boston; and would re-emphasize the historic nature of this beautiful residential neighborhood as well as give us back our beautiful parkland. A rebuild would exacerbate all the negative elements mentioned and, while pandering to the economic pressures of MASCO and other business powerhouses, is ultimately not in the best interests of the City of Boston or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Please help us make our state and federal officials know what a terrible idea the Bowker rebuild project is and demand its removal now. (For more in-depth information on the Bowker Overpass & the Charlesgate park, please look at our website: cgatepark.com

This perpetual war in the Middle East and North Africa is now poisoning our Souls and Planet. Leaders and Citizens at every level of society need to demand an immediate end to Carbon Pollution (Big Oil will enjoy a guilt-free future of infinite security in the plastics and other petroleum products markets), transition to Biofuels and Electric transportation, cover the Middle East with Solar Panels and Windmills powering the entire Eurasian/African Supercontinent, and discontinue Nuclear Power except for Military and Outer Space exploration.

Our children should not be exposed to smoking at the town's recreational fields. The kids are there to play sports and be involved in fitness. What kind of message does it send them that we allow smoking at these events? It is also disturbing the health of those by standers that do not smoke.

Late last week, Dr. Beverlee Nix, a veterinarian with the Texas Department of State Health Services, suggested that animal control agencies throughout the state use an agenda-driven article to justify putting an end to managed colonies of community cats. However, the best way to protect public health is by vaccinating community cats, which is standard practice in the numerous trap/ neuter/return programs in place across the country. Prohibiting managed colonies, on the other hand, undermines such efforts and jeopardizes community health by increasing the number of unsterilized, unvaccinated outdoor cats – thus increasing the risk of rabies transmission. As a Texas resident, I am concerned about the well-being of my fellow community members as well as the manner in which animals are treated. For this reason, I wholeheartedly support the trap/neuter/return (TNR) method of free-roaming cat population management. Please help to protect community cats and public health though out Texas.

On July 26, Superior Court Judge Stephen L. Perk overturned the Orange County Board of Supervisors’ approval of the gated 65-unit Saddle Crest housing tract in Trabuco Canyon and plan amendments that raised the traffic ceiling on Santiago Canyon Road and repealed oak tree and open space protections. On September 10, the Board will consider whether to join the Saddle Crest developer in appealing Judge Perk’s decision. Before the September 10 deadline, please urge the supervisors NOT to appeal the court’s sound decision upholding the laws that protect our rural canyon areas.

The people of Belize have voted against cruise ship tourism in Southern Belize. Norwegian Cruise Lines has been granted access by the Belize Govt to be allowed passage into Southern Belize against the will of the people. NCL has purchased Harvest Caye to NCL. It plans to have Harvest Caye ready for action by the 2015/2016 cruise season. The people of Belize want to stop this now before our lifestyle and environment are permanently damaged beyond repair. Much more information at nocruises.org/2013

To All People and Governments of the World: We the undersigned recognize that this is the true moment in our history where everybody all at once must come together to solve the worst disaster in the history of our time. This is the moment where the world’s governments, alliances, and human systems must work together to literally save our planet from extreme radiation that affects our air, water, soil, children, animals, and food. This worldwide disaster has now moved beyond the scope of the Japanese company TEPCO and the Japanese government and now requires the entire world’s help, focus and resources to quickly eliminate the leakage that is destroying the entire Marine ecosystem and economy of the Pacific Ocean, and soon all Oceans. We the undersigned recognize The Radiation Leak at Fukushima to be the world’s number one priority. There is not time to put this disaster off. We petition our governments and agencies of the world to pool together our smartest engineers, scientists, Emergency officials and all funds necessary to procure a quick and effective means of solving the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Radiation Leak immediately. We do not have time to let this go on and on. It has already gone on two plus years and every day we are further poisoning our people, oceans, marine life, and land. This is the moment everyone on Earth must work together to solve this problem quickly. We the undersigned are also extremely disturbed at the lack of real news reporting on the most horrific disaster to happen in our time and ask that the major news reporters deliver accurate information that is not manipulated or “dumbed” down, or scaled up for fear-factor headlines.

I am concerned that the record heat, storms, drought and fires our planet has experienced are just the beginning of the climate change that will only get worse. Last year was the warmest on record.

This petition is about trying to protect my Family (immediate and global) from the most immediate threat to their security - namely, an uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction at the Fukushima reactor site in Japan. Whether it helps or not is up to all of us. It might make no difference at all but if we don't at least try to change course, we will most certainly get where we are heading and that is no place I want for my children or anybody else's. Thank you. Your sister in Hope, Joyce Katzberg (Rhode Island, USA)