This petition is about uranium mining in Navajo Indian lands and the dangers it brings to these people. It has cost the Government so far clean up by the Environmental Protection Agency, $100 million.

Sodium Floride is the main ingrediant in many insecticides and some how is also put into many cities public water systems under the pretense of being good for teeth....remove Floride from our public water!

PVC is the plastic with a #3 on the bottom. PVC is the most toxic plastic. It causes asthma, obesity, thyroid dis function, allergies, rhinitis, eczema, premature birth, premature breast development, lower sperm counts, decreased sperm mobility, smaller penis size, and all sorts of cancer.

We should move money form other scientific research to sustainability research.

We demand that you rescind your decision to authorize and enable the U.S. Navy to cause such obvious and unnecessary harm to our ocean’s wildlife by not granting the permit that the they seek.

You may not live in California, but chances are a lot of the food you buy, including organic produce, is grown there. California is the largest producer of food in the U.S. In 2011, the state's 81,500 farms and ranches had sales of $43.5 billion. What happens to our food if we frack and poison the groundwater that irrigates California’s farms? In a move that a federal judge says violated environmental law, the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has already auctioned off 1,750 square miles of California’s public lands to oil companies intent on extracting oil, using a controversial technology called hydraulic fracturing – or fracking. In May, the BLM plans to auction off even more of California’s Monterey Shale, a geological formation that extends from northern California to Los Angeles, and is home to cattle ranches, dairy farms, vineyards and organic farms. Fracking and farms cannot co-exist, as we’ve heard over and over from farmers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Dakota, West Virginia and Colorado. Farmers whose lives and farms have been ruined by fracking’s methane emissions and toxic chemicals. As one farmer explained, “We depend on good water for our cows, our crops and our own health. Once you mess up your groundwater, you can’t fix it.” The oil and gas industry argues that it’s fine to pump huge amounts of cancer-causing chemicals deep into the earth, because we’ll never use that water. U.S. environmental regulators agree – which is why fracking is exempt from the Safe Drinking Water Act, and why the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued more than 1,500 permits for companies to pollute aquifers in some of the country’s driest regions. But as our population grows, and temperatures rise, we may find ourselves doing what Mexico City has already been forced to do: drawing water from mile-deep aquifers that until now would not have been tapped for drinking water. We all depend on California for our food. California’s unique Mediterranean climate allows the state to grow over 450 different crops. Some of these crops are exclusive to California: almonds, artichokes, dates, figs, kiwifruit, olives, persimmons, pomegranates, pistachios, prunes, raisins, clovers, and walnuts. Fracking is bad for our water, bad for our air, bad for our health, bad for the climate. Without clean air and clean water, there are no farms. Without farms, there is no food. Please sign this petition to the Bureau of Land Management asking officials there to stop auctioning off California’s public lands for fracking.

Since 2009 Progress Energy has collected over $800 million from ratepayers to finance nuclear plants that are unlikely to be built. This poses a serious economic threat to it's customers. Consumers of an essential service such as electricity demand elected officials to step up to the plate and stop this corporate pick pocketing.

The future is up to US, for the better.... and for the worst

New York City Mayor Bloomberg wants to ban plastic foam food packaging because, as he said, it is "virtually impossible to recycle and never bio-degrades." New York must deal with about 20,000 tons of plastic foam waste every year, costing taxpayers and the environment.

Coal-fired power plants are the largest source of global warming pollution in Massachusetts. In addition, these power plants release mercury, a potent neurotoxin, as well as smog and soot-forming emissions that threaten public health. We should be shifting away from dirty, dangerous energy sources like coal and embracing clean, renewable energy to power our lives.

Many people in Indiana Borough do not recycle because it's not easy enough for them. The Indiana Borough Council has the power to bring single-stream curbside recycling to the Borough. This would allow residents to mix all recyclables together in one container, and Waste Management will sort the items and recycle them all. This is being presented to Borough Council on Tuesday, March 5th. Can you please share and sign this petition before then. Please sign if you haven't yet signed a hardcopy of our petition.

In March 2012, Nickolay Dodov headed out for a dream adventure with Alaska Heliskiing never to return. On March 13, Client, Nickolay Dodov and heliski guide, Rob Liberman, were killed in an avalanche on Takhin Ridge, northwest of Haines Alaska. We believe this could have been prevented. Heliskiing is a known, dangerous activity. When critical data concerning weather, terrain, snowpack and safety protocols are ignored the clients and guides are exposed to grave risk. The Haines Borough has issued a permit of operation to Alaska Heliskiing for season 2013, contingent on receipt of a land use permit from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. This permit was issued in spite of allegations and proven misconduct by Alaska Heliskiing. We believe this indicates a reason for concern to the Department of Natural Resources. We, as concerned citizens, friends, families of skiers, snowboarders and other interested parties, request that the State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources, deny Haines State Forest land use to Alaska Helisking given the information listed below. David Kelly, Regional Manager of Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources, stated that safety regulation is not the concern of the DNR. However, a notation in Appendix X , Item 10 in the department’s management plan, specifies a regular review of an operation plan is to be taken into consideration when issuing a permit. Shouldn’t such an operation plan include a safety plan? There is no unified regulatory agency. Loopholes exist between the two permitting departments, Department of Natural Resources does not take into account safety regulations and, according to Julli Cozzi, Haines Borough Clerk, “…compliance with the submitted operating and safety plan is not included in the list of permit conditions in Haines Borough code. Alaska Heliskiing was not required to obtain a state permit if its operations were limited to no more than 11 persons per day on state land. This lack of monitoring has allowed Alaska Heliskiing to operate without accountability and consequence as demonstrated by, but not limited to, the following points. ➢ Alaska Heliskiing has broken Alaska state law, Haines Borough code and its own safety plan. ➢ Alaska Heliskiing failed to meet standards set by the Haines State Forestry Plan. ➢ Evidence exists to show daily flights with more people then specified in Commercial Recreation Day Use. ➢ Evidence exists of environmental violation regarding fuel storage. Julie Cozzi states that there is substantial evidence to indicate that Alaksa Heliskiing was negligent in at least eight violations of permit codes. Guided by Mayor Stephanie Scott, Borough Manager Mark Earnest, and Borough Attorney Brooks Chandler, Cozzi submitted a 15 page memo admitting the truth of a number of allegations presented by the parents of Nickolay Dodov. In summary, there are the following permit violations, operating and safety plan violations and state law violations: The points listed below are taken from her report. *see appendix at end of letter stating evidenced allegations not recognized by Cozzi. ➢ Alaska Heliskiing failed to obtain a permit for use of state lands over multiple years of operation. ➢ Failed to submit a detailed accident report to Haines Borough within 72 hours of the incident. The accident report referenced in the operations plan was not filed with the Borough until December 31, 2012. ➢ Failed to submit a mutual aid agreement. ➢ Failed to file a report of employee death with the Workman’s Compensation Board of State of Alaska. ➢ Twice flew out of bounds after the accident, March 15 and 25th. ➢ Posted inaccurate and misleading information on its website relating to guide certification and company safety standards which, according to Cozzi, indicate “… inaccurate statements were specifically intended to attract customers based on false claims directly related to safety." ➢ No snow pit or stability tests were performed at the site where the accident occurred prior to the run. Therefore, there is some truth to the allegation of a failure to evaluate snow conditions. ➢ Possible failures to follow additional requirements of operating plan requiring exercise of judgment as to safety of skiing prior to a run and post-accident procedures (failure to dig test pit or do ski test, failure to transport accident victim directly to clinic). ➢ Possibility that a company employee was guiding customers while under the influence of marijuana. ➢ These violations provided "a potential basis for permit denial," Cozzi said. "Alaska Heliskiing is warned that the above past conduct will be considered in any permit renewal in 2014 and that continuing violations ... may result in permit suspension or revocation. Cozzi admits several times in her report that she has “…a fairly limited range of expertise to examine details of whether a business operation meets standards for safe operation”, yet she is the responsible authority for issuing permits! Cozzi expressed in her decision that, “A single accident, even one that results in a customer death…… will not automatically result in a denial of a permit renewal application”. In an industry where much money stands to be made in a very high risk commercial business it seems a travesty that a Borough clerk is in charge of issuing the heliski permits. We seek a complete investigation of Alaska Heliskiing practices with the desire that such efforts will put in place unified regulation of operation and safety procedures which will prevent further illegal use of Alaska State Forest and further loss of life. We request that the State of Alaska investigate Haines Borough. The Haines Borough has signed and stamped an outdated permit for five years to Alaska Heliskiing. Haines Borough has allowed five years illegal use of Department of Natural Resources state land for commercial use. Haines Borough must also be held accountable for the misinformation on the permit that state...