Gold miners pay almost nothing to access Oregon rivers/streams to suction river bed gravels for gold. These floating gas/diesel powered motors pollute the water, the process degrades the river bed for salmon spawning, and the returning sand/gravel/mud turns the clear water muddy. Oregon taxpayers are left holding the bill for cleanup. California has banned this practice statewide.

I support legislation to prohibit fracking in California to protect our health and environment from this dangerous practice. We must end our addiction to fossil fuels before it destroys our world. Also, if you wish to get involved with the fight to stop fracking please go moveon.org and click on "join your local moveon team", and get active!

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Hydrofracking is a very damaging industry in the states where it has been allowed. Many environmental issues are developing and the health of residents are at risk, as well as that of their animals and their land. New York need to make sure that all will be protected if the state decides to allow this industry to start here.

Few if any public or private entities dispose of as much waste paper as do the district post offices and public libraries. Seprating what can be recycled from trash is as much a part of doing business as insurance, bookkeeping and paying taxes,

GMO seeds/agricultural produce is causing sterility. Genetically modified seeds/produce contain no life, no nourishment, it is lethal. Monsantos, drug companies are running our country. Stand up, do the right thing for the world.

This past Wednesday night, the Portland City Council was scheduled to vote on a common sense and overwhelmingly popular measure to make sure our city doesn't spend taxpayer dollars on dirty tar sands oil for city buses, heating, and other energy needs. Tar sands oil is a new, much dirtier form of oil that ExxonMobil wants to bring into Maine from Canada through an old pipeline that goes right by Sebago Lake, where Portland gets our drinking water. But what happened was like what you'd expect from Washington, D.C., not local Portland politics. A swarm of highly paid oil industry lobbyists filled the room and the vote on the bill was delayed, giving the industry time to launch a public misinformation campaign that we're already seeing in local papers. We'll get another chance to pass this bill, but now that Big Oil is lobbying the council, we really need regular folks to make your voices heard. That's why I started a petition calling on Jill Duson, Nick Mavadones, Ed Suslovic, and the rest of the Portland City Council to stop the delays and make Portland tar sands free. Pipelines carrying this new thicker, heavier kind of oil are more prone to spills, in part because enormous pressure is needed to move it through a pipeline. Tar sands oil spills are also way more difficult to clean up because the oil is heavier and sinks. The measure to make Portland tar sands free is supported by Mayor Mike Brennan, and 18 major corporations and two other cities have already adopted the policy. Given how pro-environment Portland is, and how dirty tar sands are, this seemed like pretty much a no-brainer—until the oil industry lobbyists showed up. Ask any Portlander and they'll tell you we need to move to cleaner sources of energy. We certainly shouldn't be spending tax dollars on even dirtier sources of energy. We count on our local officials to represent us here in Portland, not corporate lobbyists from Exxon. Council members David Marshall, John Anton, and Kevin Donoghue are standing up for Portland against the oil lobbyists, but the rest of the council needs to follow their lead, stop the delays, and commit to not spending our taxpayer dollars on dirty tar sands oil.

Protect our groundwater -- stop fracking in Connecticut! State Rep. Matt Lesser (D-Middletown) recently introduced legislation, HB 5330, which would ban hydro-fracking in Connecticut until it can be proven safe. The shale gas boom has helped many across the country get rich in recent years, but hydro-fracking, the process by which the gas is extracted, is almost entirely exempt from environmental regulation. Support this legislation and help make sure Connecticut sends a message that our children's health isn't for sale.

Moves have gone forward to allow uranium mining in pittsylvania co Virginia. Many have come forward to admonish about the diasterous effects that could result in both Virginia and North Carolina if this is allowed.

I have a simple solution to some of California's budget woes. We are the only oil producing state that does not have a severance tax on oil and gas production. Even Texas has one.

I am a healthy, fit, 64-year-old woman. Yet I am wheezing and coughing from our filthy air, and an x-ray now shows that I have irreversible lung damage, despite the fact that I have never smoked and exercise regularly. Is this the future we want for our children and ourselves? Must we move away to protect our lungs?

Park Elementary has a bat problem, to the point children and staff members are getting sick! Bat feces causes respiratory problems! My 4 year old child has had every respiratory illness (to include losing her finger and toenails) and ended up having to have surgery. Once my daughter became well enough to attend school again, 2 days into attending she has become ill. My child has missed over 45 days of school. And never had an illness until she started attending Park Elementary. I was told by a teacher (not releasing names) that they have actually seen the bats swoop down towards the children during the day. From my understanding (and I could be wrong) I thought bats only move from dusk to dawn Please correct me if I am wrong. I have been promised by the principal (and a letter from Rid A Critter) that the bats are removed. But where is the letter stating the FECES is cleaned up. I have been notified by the media that the school was shut down due to this problem in the past. I NEED a guarantee that this school is CLEAN!! It is only fair for the staff and children attending Park Elementary School in Hamilton, GA.