Suction Dredging is an enviromently friendly form of mineral extraction and contributes to the benefit of Oregon economy. California has a Temporary ban on dredging and as such has lost 100's of small businesses and put many families in financal ruin. The lies put forth about dredging are just that, Science has proven over and over that Suction dredging causes little harm. Science also states facts that relate possible benefits to fish including Salmon. Oregon Tax payers pay nothing for cleanup after lawfull Suction Dredging operations, since there is no cleanup.

Provide monies to a respectable, non-politically influenced, non-governmental laboratory to scientifically research the possibility of a threat to Public Health. The scientific literature demonstrates that the increased failure of antibiotics due to germs found in the water supply indicate such a possible threat to Public health.

Let's take a proactive approach and help MS residents be informed on the products they are consuming and the health risks involved with Genetic Engineering so that they can make healthier choices for their own families. Knowledge is power and our residents deserve that. Vote yes for prop 37 !!

My family has been plagued by Cancer and despite the efforts of Cancer Research we still do not have a cure. Let's take a proactive approach and help MS residents be informed on the products they are consuming and the health risks involved with Genetic Engineering so that they can make healthier choices for their own families. Knowledge is power and our residents deserve that. Vote yes for prop 37 !!

The poisons that are being dumped into our air,high levels of Aluminum Barium Arsenic and many more. Destroy our air quality that leads to permanent environmental damage of mass proportion. This effects everyones very existence. Very little research has been done on any long term effects by the perpetrators because they know it is wrong, dangerous and is creating ill effects but business as usual and they don't care. Take action now to stop this, until they can prove their are no devastating effects of this procedure. The sooner the better,because all perpetrators will be held responsible. Their will be no excuses you are put on notice. White house, our governors all involved be warned. STOP chemtrails and weather modification NOW.

The backyard chicken movement is spreading across the country. Well-informed citizens are demanding high-quality, locally grown food - not just fruits and vegetables, but eggs, milk, and meat as well. Permitting residents in urban and suburban areas to keep a small flock of hens allows citizens the opportunity to harvest fresh eggs to support a healthy, organic lifestyle. It also helps educate citizens on the origins of our food and provides the companionship of a different kind of pet. Local cities such as Los Angeles, Pasadena, Monterey Park, Glendora, Chino, Rancho Cucamonga, and San Diego allow urban backyard chickens, as well as many other cities nationwide.

The aging T-111 radioactive waste tank at Hanford Nuclear Reservation (said to be the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site) in south-central Washington, is now leaking. This highly radioactive liquid waste may be making its way toward the nearby Columbia River, which supplies drinking water and agricultural irrigation. The integrity of our drinking water and food supply should be of primary concern to the citizens of our State and must be protected.

Fracking burdens local infrastructure. Roads are stressed with heavy hauling of liquids to frack sites. Air is filled with diesel exhaust. Poisonous Fracking liquids are stored in vulnerable surface pools. And of course the highly pressurized fracking liquids or slippery water, threaten 20% of the earth's fresh water. We must reject this dangerous excuse for cheap energy.

I want to know what is in our food. I care about my families health and I'm sure you do. We should have the right to decide for ourselves if we want to eat Genetically Modified Organisms or NOT.

Plastic bags have a high cost on the health of our environment and ourselves. They drift through our streets and end up in our water, where they form massive plastic structures and degrade into a microscopic form that winds up in our bodies or our food, adversely affecting our endocrine systems. While a plastic bag tax may seem like an imposition it would actually help encourage people to reduce their plastic dependency and the money it raises could directly fund bioremediation projects across the country and the globe.

I recently started working as an office assistant in a growing company. We rent an office space in the ASU research park in Tempe. During my first week I experienced a bit of a “culture shock” one might call it. At home and at school I am accustomed to recycling absolutely everything that is recyclable, however here in the office everything is thrown away. We generate so much paper, I can only guess at the total amount, but I would estimate that it is at the very least 100 pounds a day just from our one office (there are about a dozen other businesses with offices in our building and a few dozen buildings in the research park.) I would say that perhaps 90% - 95% of what we throw away in our office is recyclable and about 80% of that is either paper or cardboard. The only thing that is not recyclable is probably food waste from lunch breaks. In an office like ours, or any other the other offices in the building, we could probably have only one trash can for the whole office and put recycling bins in place of all the other current trash cans. I discussed the serious need for a recycling program with a couple other employees who expressed frustration and concern about the extreme waste and the detrimental effects on our planet. I learned that they had already attempted to instigate a recycling program; they did the research and brought it to the building management. Even though instigating such a program would be free and cost the building management nothing-- they declined the request. For a while, the two of them work on their own, collecting the days recycling and transporting it in their own vehicles to a recycling center, but due to the sheer volume of paper and other recyclables generated by this office, they were forced to abandon their efforts—it had become too much. I took up the cause, delving into the government internet websites for Arizona and the City of Tempe. I found out that, yes, it would be free for the building management to add a recycling program “If you receive City of Tempe trash service there is no charge for the weekly recycling collection service. For a limited time we will provide recycling containers at no charge.” (http://www.tempe.gov/index.aspx?page=1009) I tried to look in to laws and regulations about commercial and business recycling. The only laws I found pertain to what can and what cannot be recycled. I would like to propose a petition that would make it mandatory for the property owners and/or management of all corporate offices and commercial enterprises to make a recycling program available to their tenants or employees upon request.

The air quality problem in Northern Utah gets worse every year. We want the legislature to act to impose tighter air quality regulations.