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.

Loyalsock State Forest is the heart of Pennsylvania’s Endless Mountains Region, and provides thousands of visitors amazing hiking, canoeing and camping experiences. But now, Governor Corbett is on the verge of allowing gas companies to drill it. This would be the first state forest opened to dangerous gas drilling in over two years, violating the spirit of a moratorium on leasing state forests to drillers and potentially leading to more drilling in our state forests in the next few years. If the governor allows Anadarko, a Houston-based gas company, to drill in Loyalsock, the park’s land would be torn up and vulnerable to pollution. In fact, Anadarko has already been cited for over 150 drilling violations in Pennsylvania and is already surveying lands for drilling around some of the best hiking paths. With a decision expected in the next two months, we need to mobilize thousands of Pennsylvanians to fight for Loyalsock. Tell Governor Corbett and his Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR): “Keep drilling out of Loyalsock State Forest.”

No markets should sell Genetically Engineered Fish, Salmon or any other kind. All genetically engineered food should be labeled as such, but, boycott all markets selling Genetically Engineered Fish or any other food. We will Boycott all markets who sell Genetically Engineered Fish, Corn or any other food.

An Italian corporation wants to purchase water rights for their profit and pump 54000 acre feet 300 years or until it runs dry. This would deplete water for New Mexico residents in an arid, drought stricken land for this generation and all those in the future. Please say No! We can't sit by while this travesty is a allowed to happen. Not now, nor ever!

Fracking has been proven harmful to both the Colorado environment and the health of its citizens. It is vital that the governor step up and protect the physical health of the state by stopping a major cause of environmental degradation and climate change.

They are spraying a combo of barium, aluminum, and strontium, which cause: oxygen shortages, brain deterioration, liver, kidney, heart damage and cancer. Wake up their spraying right now!!! Those are not real clouds!

The impacts of global warming pollution are accelerating, and Thomas Steyer is the right person to build on Dr. Steven Chu's example of leadership in green energy as the next U.S. Secretary of Energy. "Global warming is not something that you can deal with in between foreign policy and tax rates," Mr. Steyer says. "This is your foreign policy. This is your tax rate." Tom Steyer, one of the most successful investors in the world, knows how to take on oil companies and right-wing attacks on clean energy, winning the fights to protect California's landmark climate legislation and closing corporate tax loopholes to support green energy investment. He knows that climate change is "the overwhelming issue of our time." He opposes the Keystone XL pipeline and has used his fortune to help build green-energy research centers at Stanford, Yale, and Ohio. “I look at Keystone XL as making a 40-year-investment in producing very dirty fossil fuels," he says. "I think we should be doing something else." Other candidates for Secretary of Energy, like Dr. Ernest Moniz and Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers, are proponents of increasing our dependence on fossil fuels like fracked natural gas and so-called "clean" coal. We need an Energy Secretary who will lead the war on carbon pollution, not help carbon polluters build profits at the expense of our children's future.

Genetically modified foods are unlabeled, untested, and potentially unsafe. Early independent studies suggest GMOs cause many health problems such as obesity, cancer, sterility, deformity of body organs as well as fetuses, behavioral problems, etc. GMO foods should be labeled.

The City of Merced is currently spending over $185,000 on adding sodium fluoride to the city's tap water. We are asking the Mayor and City Council to stop fluoridating Merced's tap water.

SB 463 is a bill introduced by NM Senator Carlos Cisneros, already assigned to the Senate Conservation Committee and awaiting hearing, possibly as soon as this Tuesday. If enacted into law, it would "strip cities and counties of their abilities to pass ordinances regulating oil and gas drilling in their jurisdictions."

Salt Lake now ranks # 1 in air pollution. As residents here, this is quite evident and disturbing. Pass laws to require more stringent pollution controls on refineries, and promote research and development of wind and solar power technologies for production in Utah.