Gov. Christie, my name is Alyssa Durnien and I’m a New Jersey Sandy survivor. In my town of Keansburg, we lost 1100 houses out of 1900. I worked on the evacuation, search and rescue, living out of the firehouse for 14 days. We’ve been working together to fix houses, cook meals, fight the mold. Even now, there are still people without electricity in my town. We’re doing what we can to keep the Jersey shore strong, but we need you to be a responsible leader, responding to immediate needs and planning for future threats. When you stood with President Barack Obama in the days after the storm, I thought you recognized that Superstorm Sandy was more important than partisan politics. It’s unquestioned — by scientists if not by politicians — that the sea level rise caused by global warming pollution made Sandy worse. So that’s why I was shocked to hear you attack a reporter for her “liberal public radio agenda” when she asked what you’re doing to prepare New Jersey for climate change. I thought you knew your job is to prepare New Jersey for the more intense storms and sea level rise that scientists have predicted for decades and that are now upon us. I thought you knew your job is to help New Jersey reduce the threat of climate change by fighting the pollution that is changing our weather. I thought you knew your job is to keep the people of New Jersey safe, but now it sounds like you want to be the next Sarah Palin instead. Please, don’t play politics with our lives.

My daughter and I have been disabled by chlordane/pesticide exposures. There is no toxicological medical care to monitor our injuries, no educational provisions, and no justice in our courts for citizens disabled by toxic corporate products. We are at the mercy of federal, state, and local agencies who do not recognize our suffering or accommodate our need to avoid toxic exposures in order to prevent further injury.

Too little is known about the long term effects of Fracking; especially in a sensitively seismic area like California. Is it really worth putting our future in jeopardy just to squeeze out another drop of oil to further pollute our planet and put another billion dollars in the oil industries banks. Let's put a stop to the insanity and say, "Not in our State. Let's invest in clean and renewable energy."

The continuous ear piercing noise from fire engines, police sirens and ambulances has truly intefered with the quality of life both on the streets and inside our homes. While these services are obviously extremely important, I believe that an alternative can be found or an app can be made to replace this non-stop noise pollution that negatively impacts everyone, including pets, children, newborns, cyclists, drivers and those of us at home (with our windows closed, nonetheless!) The sound is so constant, so ridiculously loud and high pitched, that it can be heard on upper floors and during all hours of the night and day. Some avenues, such as Sixth and Seventh Avenues, seem to have sirens piercing eardrums every five minutes. No one is exempt.

Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius) is a Class B weed and displaces native and beneficial plants, causing loss of grassland and open forest. It aggressively spreads, replacing desirable forage grasses and young trees. Seeds are toxic to livestock and horses. For more info go to http://www.nwcb.wa.gov/detail.asp?weed=44#photos.

Please do not allow Big Oil to "frack" for oil in California. It is too harmful to water supplies and the health of our residents.

Ban All Fracking in California

California has more than enough problems to deal with. We have Oil wells all over our landscape. Please don't add anymore environment devastating actions/enterprises in California.

Monsanto is a large corparation that manufactures genetically engineered farming products. They have a monopoly on the american farming market and are trying to effect not only what we eat but are applying acts that are infringing on our rights. We need to show large corporations and our government that we run the country, not the other way around.

The natural gas and oil drilling process known as fracking has been shown to adversely affect residents' health, environment and quality of life in states like Colorado and Pennsylvania. Fracking is already underway in California, and within L.A. County. Urge our state government to ban the process.

Fracking is a dangerous method of extracting natural gas from geological formations that has the potential to pollute ground water with harsh chemicals and leaking natural gas. Since ground water is a precious resource in the drought-prone state of California, it would be unwise to trade our ability to drink clean water for a short-term supply of natural gas for energy. For an account of the damage that is possible, see the movie "Gasland."

No frick-fracking in Cali.