Fracturing rock releases hazardous gases such as hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, and methane, which can cause blood disorders, negative neurological effects, breathing problems, and reproductive challenges. Fracking also uses 4 to 7 million gallons of water, and one well requires multiple fracks. Chemicals used to blast into the rock are highly toxic, and are present in the wastewater produced during fracking, and some of it can leak into the ground and contaminate our aquifers.

I live in the Hudon Valley of New Youk which has very good drinking water and is the source of th water used by NYC. It is important that we protect this natural resource. Fracking will polute this water table for millions. This poluting process to get natural gas is also happening in other parts of the US. Unpoluted,drinkable water is essential to our survial. Please support stopping fracking.

Hydraulic fracturing (a.k.a. "fracking") poses a risk to the air and water quality in nearly every community in North America. With each fully utilized gas well, some 360,000 billion gallons of over 600 different types chemicals, including known carcinogens and toxins, are injected deep into the ground. It is believed that these chemicals have leaked into the groundwater of certain communities, and has irreversibly contaminated the well-water, ponds, and habitats within those regions. Methane gas concentrations are 17x higher in drinking-water wells near fracturing sites than in normal wells. There have been over 1,000 documented cases of water contamination next to areas of gas drilling as well as cases of sensory, respiratory, and neurological damage due to ingested contaminated water. In spite of all of these chilling facts, Maryland has still not banned "fracking" entirely. We must let our state legislators know that the short-term profits of some large energy companies are not more important than the long-term health of us Marylanders. Join me in urging our state's legislators to ban "fracking" within the great state of Maryland. (Sources: http://www.dangersoffracking.com/, and http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/fracking/)

The San Francisco Parks and Recreation Department is quietly attempting to convert a long-vacant historic building on the Marina Green into a commercial restaurant by executing a ten-year lease with the Woodhouse Fish Company. This violates the Open Space Element of the General Plan. No environmental impacts have been addressed. As part of the use, Woodhouse plans to serve alcohol in a public playground, which is against public policy. A traffic study hasn't been conducted, and ADA regulations have been dismissed. 48 neighborhood organizations oppose the proposal, though Parks and Rec has never made a meaningful attempt to consult the local neighborhood nor Marina Green users.

Parts of my once beautiful homeland in the Appalachian Mountains now look like war zones, with craters and plateaus where 525 mountains once stood. Revitalizing the regions of the country that have been adversely affected by industrial utilization is crucially important to our future and needs to be a top priority.

Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," has contaminated drinking water supplies and waterways, increased air pollution, and marred landscapes in the states where it is prevalent. Now, out-of-state oil and gas companies want to bring this risky drilling practice to North Carolina, which could threaten Jordan Lake, the Eno River, the Deep River-- and the drinking water supplies for hundreds of thousands. In a controversial vote, the North Carolina General Assembly has lifted some restrictions on fracking, but a moratorium on drilling remains. Sign our petition to make sure we protect our water, air, and quality of life from the form of gas drilling that has been linked to more than 1,000 cases of water contamination around the country.

AS MANY SIGNATURES AS POSSIBLE TO START AN AMENDMENT ON THE STATE BALLOT FOR 2014 FOR THE SAFETY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND OUR WATER SUPPLY TO BAN FRACKING. LET THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO DECIDE IF WE WANT FRACKING OR A BAN?

Recent flooding in New York City is just the tip of the iceberg. We need to do something about global warming now. If we were to spend $80 billion of the $800 billion U.S. defense budget on global warming imitativeness (tidal, wind, solar energy, conservation, new technologies) we would stimulate the economy, reduce disaster costs (NYC is $50 billion alone), and reduce national security threats. In addition, if the rest of the world followed our example, it would be a more peaceful place to live.

Counties and Towns all across the nation have economic development funds available for their communities. They also have sustainable energy sources such as wind, or solar, or bio-mass, or wave power, or bio-waste, etc. By using the already existing funds and the resources at hand, many jobs will be created in those locales by working towards the goal of getting off the grid. It would also be a source of income for those towns and counties as they could sell any excess power back to the grid. Cities and industries can contribute to energy production but their resources are not plentiful enough to provide all the energy they need. That is the role of large energy sources such as wind farms and solar arrays. This could be a national goal which would empower and excite people at the local level across the entire country.

I live in Wondervu, atop of Hwy 72. Construction of an enlargement of the dam would cause irreparable harm to elk/deer migration, to the , peace and quiet of our area (60+ big trucks a day for several years on our two lane road), danger to recreational bikers on our narrow roads, possible danger to our wells (we are not on an aquifer, but have fracture wells which may be impacted by dynamiting AND Arvada/Denver is implementing NO water conservation efforts allowing open fountains and watering the medians... yada, yada.

As a climate activist, I see an opening to revise U.S. tax policy, which now supports oil, gas, and coal companies -- the biggest polluters of the environment -- through subsidies. Although Pres. Obama may not be able to get national legislation to slow global warming, he can get these subsidies reversed with our support. And perhaps add subsidies for renewables. That means, we can reduce emissions through the tax code.

The Sportsmen Act would allow 41 US hunters to bring home polar bear carcasses that are trapped in Canada because of a ban on trophy imports, while polar bears are threatened with extinction as the arctic ice cap melts. This bill will also ban the EPA from regulating lead ammo and tackle, while eagles, condors and 75 species of birds are needlessly poisoned by lead left in the wild.