Uphold Oregon statute ORS 634.322 (6) (c) which states, in part, that the State Department of Agriculture “is authorized to establish limitations and procedures deemed necessary and proper for the protect of…pollinating insects, bees” by making permanent the 180 day temporary ban on systemic neonicotinoids which are implicated worldwide in colony collapse in a mounting body of scientific evidence.

The Fukushima disaster is not only far worse than you've been told; it's very likely going to be worse than you could ever imagine. The radiation leak isn't plugged, in other words, and another explosion -- which many experts believe might be imminent -- would release thousands of times more nuclear material into the open environment. Ultimately, the entire Northern hemisphere has been placed at risk by a bunch of corporate bureaucrats who thought building a nuclear facility in the path of a sure-to-happen tidal wave was a fantastic idea. Instead of acknowledging the problem and working to fix it like a responsible person would, our world's top politicians and ass-coverers have decided it is in their best short-term interests to play along with the TEPCO fairy tale which ridiculously pretends that radioactive leaks can be controlled by wishful thinking.

Genetically engineered food has not been proven to be safe for human consumption. The American Medical Association stated last year that testing of genetically engineered food is not comprehensive nor appropriate, and that no GE food product should be grown or sold until appropriate tests are developed.

For too long, The Washington Post has misled readers by publishing climate denial alongside accurate science, like consistently publishing op-eds that claim that climate change is an elaborate collectivist plot and that there is no evidence that the planet is warming — but all of that could change this year. The founder of Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos, just bought The Washington Post, and he’s looking to make big changes that could revolutionize the dying newspaper industry. What’s more, Bezos has made it clear he intends to listen to his audience; he wrote, “Our touchstone will be readers, understanding what they care about – government, local leaders, restaurant openings, scout troops, businesses, charities, governors, sports – and working backwards from there.” Bezos’ plan to reinvent the news industry based on readers is an incredible opportunity to make honest climate coverage an essential part of the modern newspaper. But there needs to be a strong demand from the public to convince him to not go down the same path of the old Washington Post and continue publishing climate denial. Bezos proved at Amazon.com that he’s focused on consumers and what they want, which is why we’re sending our message directly to him. Jeff Bezos: readers demand accurate climate coverage.

I recently sold my house in Glenwood Springs because it sits on the edge of the lower Roaring Fork River, threatened by possible hydraulic fracturing in the Thompson Divide. My property value plummeted since the doubling of oil and gas development around my home in the past ten years. Spills of "hydrocarbons" around Parachute Creek are still producing measures of benzene in that creek. I'm calling on President Obama to halt the industry's practice of hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas, until it can be done WITHOUT toxic chemicals. Since moving to Colorado in 1991, I've seen the public lands I used to swim, bike, hike, and backcountry ski closed to me. No longer can I hike in areas off Grand Mesa or bike outside of Paonia due to gates erected to keep me out of the public lands my taxes support. I don't swim in the North Fork of the Gunnison for fear of water contamination from hydraulic fracturing in areas whose creeks feed this river. I used to lead my students through the back roads and trails of Grand Mesa, on skis, bikes, and on foot. The vistas were spectacular as we hiked the Crag Crest Trail or rode our bikes out to Lands End. Now, the industry's heavy equipemnt and haul trucks create bottle-necks along I-70 and county roads. As a DJ on my community public radio station, KDNK, in Carbondale, Colorado, I played Woodie Guthrie's song, "This Land is Your Land" on the 4th of July this year. I dedicated the song to all my listeners, and to all the politicians who have lost sight of what democracy means. It inspired me to start this petition. President Obama is about to issue his first major policy on fracking. The Bureau of Land Management has issued draft rules for fracking on 600 million acres of public and Indian lands, like those near me in Colorado. Unfortunately, these rules are straight out of the oil and gas industry's playbook. The provisions on disclosure of the toxic chemicals used in fracking were written by ExxonMobil and taken straight from model bills peddled by ALEC, the right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council. And the draft rules do nothing to protect watersheds that provide drinking water to millions of people. Close to 1,000,000 comments were submitted on August 23 to the Bureau of Land Management, and on August 22, anti-fracking leaders hand-delivered our comments to the BLM in Washington, D.C. Keep this petition moving! Share your voice.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, I cherish the mountain ranges that surround me. Not only are they a gorgeous backdrop to my city, but they provide a unique way of life. I have fond memories of hiking with my family, cliff jumping into deep pools of icy water with friends, and taking long drives through the Angeles National Forest on the CA-2. President Obama wants to increase fracking on federal public lands as part of his climate solution, but that plan would only create more problems. In California, this would open up the Angeles National Forest, the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, and the Los Padres National Forest to fracking, and could impact Kings Canyon National Park and Sequoia National Park. The fracking industry will destroy our roads and infrastructure, clear our forests and habitats, threaten wildlife and increase air pollution. Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," injects millions of gallons of fracking fluids — a mixture of nearly 600 chemicals, water and sand — into a well to create pressure that cracks open rocks underground, releasing natural gas and oil. Help protect California's national parks and open spaces from fracking.

My family lives in Pekin, Illinois, which is just downwind of the Edwards coal-fired power plant. I am the mother of two wonderful children who grew up here in Pekin, both of whom have respiratory ailments they have struggled with throughout their lives. My daughter’s terrible chronic asthma attacks started as a baby. As I would drive her to the Emergency Room I would wonder what I was doing wrong as a mother to cause her suffering. But after I learned more about the community I live in, I began to realize that the polluting facilities around me were likely what was causing her health problems, and I vowed to fight for clean air from this day forward. The Edwards coal plant has been operating in my community for 52 years and does not have modern pollution controls. Pollution levels in the county that I live in were documented by EPA as the highest in the state, causing the area to be designated as in “non-attainment” by USEPA last month. Yet, in the next few weeks, the Illinois Pollution Control Board (IPCB) is poised to give the plant’s future owner a permission to keep operating this out of date coal plant until 2020 without reducing its dangerous air pollution. I will no longer sit by as this coal plant makes my children and my community sick, and continues to receive permission to pollute from our state government. Enough is enough – please join me in urging Governor Quinn and the Illinois Pollution Control Board not to let Dynegy off the hook for polluting across Illinois. A Texas-based energy company called Dynegy is in the process of buying five dirty Illinois coal plants from Ameren, including the Edwards plant in my community. Dynegy has said publically that they will only buy these plants if they are guaranteed not to have to follow state pollution laws until 2020. As a mother, I see this like telling a car dealer I will only buy a car for my 15 year old daughter if they can guarantee she can disobey all traffic laws. This is irresponsible and wrong. The proposal isn’t only dangerous and wrong, it is also in violation of the IPCB’s own rules. The rules specify that variances can only be granted to the owners of the polluting facilities, but Ameren’s sale of five Illinois coal plants to Dynegy isn’t expected to be completed until the end of this year. The request Dynegy has filed with the IPCB asks for an exemption that would allow the coal plants to exceed state pollution limits for sulfur dioxide and other dangerous pollutants for the next five years. I, too, have developed chronic asthma and now know what it feels like to struggle for my next breath. I now carry an inhaler with me at all times. Governor Quinn's Pollution Control Board will soon choose between cleaner air in Illinois and the dirty profits of an out-of-state energy company. It is going to take strong grassroots pressure to persuade them to make the right choice. I hope you will join me.

Every year my own biorhythms get fouled-up by the twice a year changes to and from daylight to standard time. And in winter, when there's so little light compared to summer, why not save what little there is?! Let's eliminate standard time and save daylight all year long! The only argument I've ever heard for switching from daylight to standard is that schoolchildren need the extra daylight on winter mornings to be safe walking to school... Well, maybe it's time to start school an hour later and end an hour later instead. Schoolkids have biorhythms too; so, let's be kind to theirs as well to grownups and let them sleep an hour later.

As a long-time and regular customer of Chipotle, I have always appreciated the fact that they strive to provide customers with delicious food that is of high quality. One example of this is the fact that all of their meat is raised "without the use of antibiotics or growth hormones". This is what truly sets Chipotle apart from its other fast food counterparts. However, when I learned of the news that Chipotle is now considering changing their policy on selling only antibiotic-free meat, I grew very deeply concerned. I understand that beef prices have increased due to the shortage. However, I urge Chipotle to find alternative suppliers and continue to strive for a higher quality of meat...not supplying us with animals who are so sick that they require antibiotics!

Gas companies in Western Pennsylvania want to stop the kids who lost their home because of a nearby fracking operation from telling their story. Ever. As part of the legal settlement over the family's farm, the children were placed under a gag order -- for the rest of their lives. Any child impacted by fracking should have a right to speak about their experience if he or she chooses. Fracking contributes to groundwater contamination and climate change through methane leakage, one of the most potent forms of carbon pollution. In 2011, Stephanie and Chris Hallowich reached a settlement with gas companies after a legal fight over the fracking operation next to their farm they said jeopardized their family’s health and quality of life. As part of the settlement, the agreement between the companies and the Hallowich’s was sealed, placing the entire family under a gag order. Now, the children could face serious legal repercussions if they decide to speak out when they are older. When pressed by the media, Range Resources Corporation told reporters it will not enforce the application of the gag order if the children decide to speak. But, the family's lawyer asserts the gag order, as its currently written, could land the kids in legal trouble if they talk publicly about what happened to them -- or the impacts of fracking -- in the future. In order to protect the kids, all three of the companies involved must take the legal steps necessary to remove the children from the gag order. Children should not be forced by dirty energy corporations to remain silent about issues that affect their health and well-being. Thank you for taking action! Corinne Ball, Climate Parents

The people of California want a ban on fracking now. The California Democratic Party passed a resolution calling for a fracking moratorium now. http://www.cadem.org/resources/resolutions?id=0616 Right now, the state legislature is considering legislation on fracking, but the leaders of the Democratic Party--Governor Brown, Speaker Perez, President Pro Tem Steinberg--have blocked attempts to pass a moratorium. If we can pressure them to amend Senator Pavley's fracking bill, SB4, to include a moratorium on fracking, we will be closer to getting the outright ban we need to keep our state safe. Fracking and burning the existing 15 billions barrels of oil in the Monterey Shale will cause almost as much global warming as the Keystone XL pipeline. Fracking has been proven to contaminate ground water and the air we breathe with carcinogens and other poisons. We need to ban fracking and other unconventional oil and gas extraction techniques until there is absolute proof that they are safe. Support a ban on fracking and other unconventional extraction techniques now. Tell Governor Brown, President Pro Tem Steinberg, Speaker Perez, and Chairman Gatto: Include a moratorium in any fracking legislation passed by the California legislature, including SB4.

All nations that boarder the Pacific Ocean must come together to stop the Fukashima Nuclear Power Plant from its destruction of the Pacific Ocean and abroad. We demand that this nuclear facility to be completely taken over by countries that have the capable resources to fix and shut this facility completely down. We’ll send them a bill, later…