Our 300 tree apple orchard, with30 varieties has been lost to the use of herbicides on roadsides and by power providers. It took 25 yeasr to build an agribusiness which produced 500 to 800 bushels per year. Even more serious, the quality of all Missouri water is affected by the fact that every road and every right of way in this state gets chemical treatment, sometimes several times a year.

Jamba Juice uses styrofoam cups in the majority of their stores. I have seen a petition before asking Jamba Juice to stop using styrofoam and it has worked in the past in a few stores. Now we need to get them to take the initiative to end the cups nationwide!

Helping Ken Salazar stop the sale of BLM lands.

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The issue of human-caused global warming has been largely ignored by the national government because of the influence of powerful energy-guzzling corporations. Some politicians still deny its very existence. The truth is that global warming and the accompanying damage, already evident in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, threatens our very way of life. Opponents maintain, however, that the US would suffer an economic meltdown and incredible loss of jobs should an attempt be made to shut down the gas and coal industries. The solution to global warming while maintaining a healthy economy is simple, if controversial: the US government must nationalize coal and oil corporations and gradually redistribute jobs and investments to renewable energy industries like solar and wind.

A large number of Farmers do not follow good soil conservation practices. Instead, they try to maximize profits by planting from boundary to boundary. The result is often soil erosion and fertilizer run-off that pollutes our rivers. Fisheries in the Chesapeake bay have been adversely affected by such pollution. The Gulf of Mexico is at risk. We should not subsidize such destructive practices, but should reward good farm practices instead. The use of bio-char in soil in soil increases soil fertility and has been shown to sequester carbon for thousands of years. Carbon sequestration can limit or reverse global warming.

We all live very confortable in our homes, concerned about how the weather around the world and right here in USA soil, have devastated East cost. Of course we why but, have any of us thinks about insane deforestation in Amazon forest, and other Latin countries, for example? Why we still are building 1000's of houses with an 85% of wood on it, instead of use other kind of materials? This is an intolerable practice that has to be STOPED! Does our politicians at local, state or federal level know how much trees are destroyed every minute? We are taking away no just forest but the air, the water and the future of our children, please take this concern seriously and stop talking about political banalities. Think in your country first, NOW!

The need to get very serious re. global warming , like Germany is, after a wasted decade of the Bush years- and a wasted 25 years or so since Gore sounded the warning- as far as the govt. is concerned.

The industrial growth economy is killing the very planet upon which we all depend. This issue has directly affected me and it affects all of us humans and non-humans alike. We need mainstream alternatives to our mass consumerism and oil addiction. We need to get to work on alternative energy, eco-housing, eco-villages, and organic urban farming using the principles of permaculture. These items need to be promoted by members of our governing body. Many people are already acting out of compassion and peace for the earth. This petition calls for our political leaders to promote and educate the people in these matters and urges them to show that another future is entirely possible. Instead of chasing and cherishing profit over life and warring with other countries for resources, we CAN create a society of abundance. Honestly, I have major doubts that this will happen, given the deep corruption at every level of our governing body...but here's to "yes we can."

Enact a moratorium on heavy metal mining in Northern Minnesota, until there is proof that it will not pollute our precious watersheds. Sulfide (heavy metal) mining produces the worst environmental pollution in our nation. Do we want to risk our forests, lakes and streams, as well as tourist economy for the profit of mining companies?

Stop fracking before its too late, We are already being poisoned

They're planning One hundred thousand wells in N.Y. alone n anyone in vicinity will have flaming faucets benzene is leaking into the ground water because oil is lighter than water and due to high pressure water w/ toxic chemicals are used in the fracturing of the rock but the problem is the chemicals r migratin up to well level n the shal breaks in straight lines so migrating oil will migrate miles from the well