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.

Currently ALL Texans pay a price to clean up litter from our parks and waterways, but only some Texans litter. NOT fair! If Texas placed a 5 cent DEPOSIT on the purchase of each beverage container (plastic bottle, aluminum can, or glass bottle) then we would dramatically reduce the number of empty containers littering Texas’ rivers and land. Then if a purchaser pitched their beverage container on the ground (instead of taking it in to redeem the 5 cent deposit) someone else can pick it up and claim that money! Learn more at www.TexasBottleBill.com.

Fracking is dangerous for the environment and people living near where it is done.

Arizona's beautiful landscape is marred by broken glass, empty glass and plastic bottles and beverage cans. Urban areas have more recycling options, but rural Arizona has become a trash midden. Imposing a 2.5-cent recycling fee per bottle and can would increase recycling, reduce unnecessary waste, clean up the landscapes on which so much of our tourism economy depends, and could provide an allowance supplement for youngsters.

The North Dakota Bakken oil fields are burning off enough Natural Gas each day to heat Half Million homes. We need 100,000 signatures in the next thirty days!

WE NEED TO STOP USING COAL,OIL AND GAS,AND BEGIN USING SOLAR,WIND AND WATER,AND BEGIN IMMEDIATELY.

There needs to be more input from the public on developing a comprehensive plan. This 10-point plan is a work-in-progress, with input coming in from the public through the Transition Express Campaign, initially designed from research done on educated minds focused on climate solutions.

Let's put visible, functional and aesthetically-pleasing solar panels on the south lawn of the White House! We have just four short years until a new President is sworn in, one who may not share our commitment to sustainable energy sources or honor our promise to respond to the threat of climate change! Please sign this petition, share it with everyone you know and then let's throw a big potluck in the park across the street to celebrate once our dream becomes a reality! :)