After 46 years at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Dr. James Hansen recently announced his retirement. Dr. Hansen has been a true pioneer in raising awareness about climate change. In 1988, he was the first to unequivocally tell Congress that humans are largely responsible for global warming, and in the decades since, he has continued to make important contributions to climate science. He has also helped sound the alarm about the Keystone XL pipeline, writing that it would be “game over” for our climate. Dr. Hansen has faced censorship, attacks from Fox News, harassment from climate change deniers, and lawsuits from climate denial outfits. In the face of these challenges, Dr. Hansen’s dedication to truth and scientific integrity never wavered. He has continued to tell hard truths about the climate crisis, and he plans to continue researching, writing, and advocating in his retired life. Because of his scientific accomplishments and his bravery in the face of fierce opposition, Dr. Hansen deserves our country’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It recognizes those individuals who have made “an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.” It is difficult to think of an American who more embodies that description than Dr. Hansen. Sign the petition below to express your gratitude to Dr. Hansen and to ask President Obama to award him our nation’s highest honor.

End Urban Deserts while installing work ethics, responsibility and cultural history in youth, ages 6 to 18. All Inner Cities have a lot of unused vacant unkempt land that could be used to teach youth Organic Gardening ending Urban Deserts allowing the youth to EARN the money to go on Cultural Trips.while gaining Entrepreneurship.

the Monsanto Corporation is using its financial tools to force Whole Foods to buy its products. Many of us depend on stores such as Whole Foods for organic and otherwise safe foods without preservatives or additives. It's time to take a stand against this powerful organization and get it out of our grocery stores!

After another tarsands spill, Arkansas is taking action by asking Exxon to move their pipeline from their water supply. Nebraska stands with Arkansas and asks President Obama to deny Keystone XL so we do not have to plead with TransCanada to do the basics of protecting our water. "The jobs will soon disappear, the energy independence will be on a ship to some unknown destination, but the scar on America's landscape and the risks to our water will be with us forever." -Randy Thompson, landowner

Solar energy is taking off on rooftops across the nation and in New England, providing pollution-free energy to homes, businesses, and schools, while helping to build a thriving industry. However, Rhode Island seriously lags in solar energy production compared to other Northeast states. Fortunately, there’s no secret to expanding solar. With ambitious and achievable commitments from Rhode Island lawmakers—and the right policies and programs to back them up—Rhode Island can step up and join the nation’s solar leaders.

The legislation dictates that the government must allow the planting of genetically modified crops even if courts rule they pose health risks. Corporations and distributors do not need to label whether they are or use GMO crops and ingredients. We have a right to know.

Runaway development and urban sprawl is creating a serious environmental problem here in California. The attacks by developers on our remaining open space and rural areas is constant. California, by all studies, is already, population wise, in environmental overshoot. This exacerbates all of our other ecological problems. California is now a scene of water wars. Every new development, whether an expensive new housing development or another winery, is making things worse. California has already had 91% of its wetlands drained. It is predicted that the Colorado River could be functionally dry in about a decade. Much of California’s groundwater is in an overdraft state. The drought has caused the snow pack in California to be only 52% of normal as of April 1, 2013. The expansion of fracking, which uses a tremendous amount of water, is the newest threat to our water supply. The water that remains for each individual in the state is becoming increasingly polluted. According to the EPA, the number of rivers in California that are polluted increased by 170% from 2006 to 2010. Of its 3 million acres of lakes, wetlands and estuaries, 1.6 million acres are not meeting water quality standards. Our air is also being affected. The fact that our state is the 12th largest emitter of carbon in the world is behind our state being in the 90th percentile in air pollution in the country. California has 5 of the top 10 most air polluted urban areas in the country. Not only air and water, but much of our state’s resources are being depleted at an unsustainable level. If left unchecked, California will commit slow but steady suicide. Steps need to be taken, and the first should be to create a check on urban sprawl. If there is a genuinely good reason for us to lose even more of our rural land to development and sprawl, it should now be put up to a vote of the people in the area most affected. It should no longer just be left to the politicians and their developer allies. That is the inspiration behind this petition signed by California voters.

In order to facilitate and advance affordable, environmentally benign, energy security at less than 20¢/kWh for all homes and businesses in Hawaii via greater deployment of long-service-life solar PVBBs without PV-caused grid overload and instabilities, while retaining a reliable profitable grid system business, we submit the above petitions.

State legislation is attempting to open Hawai`i's doors to unplanned development by amending historic preservation laws. Current legislation requires developers to perform an Archaeological Inventory Assessment (AIS), a process of coming to know what is on the landscape, prior to altering it. Bypassing this initial step is poor planning and costly. Please kill Senate Bill 1171

Community solar would allow people like me, who don’t own property and who can’t afford to install solar panels by myself, to invest in solar with my neighbors. But now, my neighbors and I don’t have that opportunity because PNM doesn’t want to let us provide our own energy.

Oil and gas development has increased dramatically in the Front Range in recent years. In Central & Western Adams County, the greatest health risk is air quality from the large number of wells in Weld County to our north. There are also dangers to water quality from spills and leaks. The COGCC (Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission) has a dual role to regulate AND PROMOTE the industry. There are seven bills in the Colorado State House & Senate to fix these problems. Please sign the petition & tell our Representatives that you support this legislation.

People are eating infected fish and becoming infected themselves with the poullution that infected the fish. this has to stop