A recent Atlanta Journal Constitution article gave us all a huge wakeup call. Gas and oil speculators are apparently already at work here in Georgia, hoping to strike it big in the Conasauga gas field, which runs under the Northwest corner of the state and likely includes parts of the Chattahoochee National Forest. Fracking would mean serious damage for the pristine headwaters of many of our rivers—which are huge sources of drinking water—and critical wildlife and amazing trails. The Bureau of Land Management oversees drilling leases in our National Forests and is currently considering a new fracking rule. Lets make sure we can protect the Chattahoochee National Forest before the fracking starts-please sign-on! For more check out the AJC article here: http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/03/10/georgia-tees-up-for-next-shale-gas-boom/#5344-2

Raleigh's adopted plan for sustainable growth calls for less sprawl and more compact, walkable growth in redevelopment areas. But this plan can only work if neighboring residents are protected from the density impacts of increased car congestion and the bulk of larger construction. Mitigating these impacts in an area where road widening is constrained by stable neighborhoods will require a predictable plan for (1) contextual infill, (2) upgraded infrastructure and (3) improved mobility options that make it easier accomplish daily activities without driving. Given the high market demand in the Cameron Village Shopping Center area for more compact, walkable development in accordance with Raleigh's sustainable growth goals, the residents, land owners and business owners in the Cameron Village area call on the Raleigh City Council to initiate a detailed plan for sustainable redevelopment and mobility, updating and extending the vision and Action Items of the Wade-Oberlin Small Area Plan. This Cameron Village Vicinity Plan will: 1. include design concepts for street changes that improve network efficiency and emphasize more mobility options for pedestrian, bicycle and transit access within and beyond the vicinity, 2. apply contextual design elements of the Comprehensive Plan and UDO (both adopted since the Wade-Oberlin Plan) to provide a more predictable blueprint for sustainable redevelopment in the area, and 3. specify near-term and long-term improvements and costs for infrastructure, streetscapes and enhanced transit operations.

My petition is about clean energy in the state of IL. Clean and renewable energy would help IL strive and more enviromentally clean state to live in. We could be talking about Solar Power, Clean Garbage Burning( like what they have in Minnesota). Please promote more clean energy programs in IL. Oil, Coal, and Nuclear Energy are not very clean sources of energy in IL.

Construction of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline would have detrimental impacts on American Indian treaty lands, waterways, and sacred sites. Additionally, the XL pipeline would present serious potential environmental risks to the the general well-being of wildlife, the Earth, and human health. Especially disconcerting is the threat of spills and their possible impact on the major aquifers that they may cross.

We in Central and Upstate NY depend upon our wells for water. Our communities are rural and so widespread, we have no other water source. Fracking, no matter how "safely" it is done, releases poisonours chemicals into our ground and, then, of course, into our groundwater.

Plastic bags are a menace to our ecosystem. Barely recyclable, almost all of the 3,000 bags used in this country per second are discarded. Once discarded, they either enter our landfills or our marine ecosystem.

Plastic bags are a major source of pollution all around the world. They are harmful to land and aquatic wildlife and their habitats. Banning plastic bags would be a small and simple step toward reducing our crude oil consumption. Many seemingly small efforts will lead to a better future for all living creatures on earth.

In 2011 the USDA-Wildlife Services killed four million animals in the US most intentionally using poison, firearms, steel traps, snares, and dogs. This is excessive, unnecessary and viciously cruel and is done using taxpayers money. A list of the animals destroyed by species and state is available here: http://links.causes.com/s/clJpxq?r=6oso

Other states collect royalties from companies that collect natural resources from their areas, such as Alaska, Texas, and the Dakotas. Ca would benefit by doing the same since natural resources belong to all of us

Stop stockpiling petroleum coke on the banks of the Detroit River!

New York State has been the poster child of delaying and trying to ban natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing with no just cause. We are tired of all the misinformation campaigns. New York State landowners and farmers are true environmentalist and have enough evidenced based science to know for a fact natural gas production can be done safely. Please support natural gas development in New York. The benefit to our state far outweighs any risk.

I care about this issue because of my 20 years as a public health professional and 15 years of bicycling in SE Minnesota. Numerous experts and state agencies (eg, MN Department of Health, MN Pollution Control Agency) have raised serious concerns about the potential health effects of industrial frac sand mining to nearby residents and tourists. Silicosis, lung cancer, asthma, contaminated drinking water, and increased vehicular accidents are devastating long-term consequences to risk for short-term financial gain.