Stop grazing livestock on public lands

his petition concerns the growing of genetically modified organisms in Travis County, TX and would make it unlawful to propagate, cultivate, raise or grow plants, animals and other organisms which have been genetically modified and provides for penalties and destruction of such organisms. This initiative is intended to prohibit the cultivation of crops, livestock and other organisms in Travis County which have had genes intentionally modified in a way that did not occur by mating or natural recombination.

Help make Solar Power affordable for the middle class person. Our family tried to switch to solar but it would have cost us $40,000 to install. We need to find a way to do this without the cost being so high.

The United States of American cannot environmentally afford this "pipeline." Pipes leak! It endangers clean water aquifers and sacred ground to the Lakota.

We all need to be concerned about this very serious problem that is already causing tragedies around the globe.

Is PECO Wind a sham? It sure seems like it. While the PECO wind website talks about giving customers “an opportunity to support renewable wind energy,” their lobbyists in Congress are pushing to kill legislation that will promote wind energy in Pennsylvania and nationwide. [1] [2] And sadly, PECO isn't alone in trying to submarine America’s wind energy programs — other powerful energy companies like PPL, First Energy and GenOn have all joined them in trying to kill wind energy and continue our reliance on dirty energy. The program is the Wind Power Tax Credit, and it is critical to expand America’s wind power industry. Unfortunately due to the political gridlock in Washington D.C., this program is set to expire in just over a month. It’s that simple. If you’re like many, you support wind power because you don’t want to rely on dirty coal-fired power plants and their air pollution. Or, you’re worried about global warming fueling future super storms like Sandy. Or maybe, you just believe that wind power is the future and want to be part of building a clean energy economy. Unfortunately, dirty energy companies are trying to exploit America’s support for wind power — while trying to get rid of wind power at the same time. Tell your Senators and member of Congress to stand up to the dirty energy companies like PECO and renew the wind energy tax credit. [1] PECO Wind Website, November 2012 [2] "Utility Giant Lobbies Against Wind-Power Tax Credit", National Review, August 1, 2012

From human illness to sick, sterile, or dying livestock, Pennsylvanians are being affected by contaminated drinking water in areas where fracking is occurring. With the PA DEP falsifying water reports, millions of Americans-- through our water and our food supply-- are being endangered.

The soon to be revised Small Windmill Zoning Ordinance should be minimal and simplified to enable the use of privately owned small wind systems without limitation on location or height and to encourage the increase of individual prosperity, independence and self-sufficiency by the suitable use of one's private property. 1. Small windmill systems for private owners have been proven effective to reduce dependence upon commercial electricity. 2. Small windmill systems that have been approved by NYSERDA should be allowed anywhere in Town as long as they can be placed their height away from the public. Therefore the Zoning Ordinance for Privately Owned Small Windmills should be simple, efficient, inclusive and permissive as a right of land-ownership. This Petition is approved by Gregory and Dawn Scott, Harvey and Susan Grimshaw, Marty Burdick and Carol Shattuck, Ron and Ora Ditch, David and Dorothy Worthington, Howard and Dona Barney, Michael Fellows, Kim and Robert Bisig and many other friends of small wind energy.

The fossil fuel industry is the source of mercury, ozone and soot pollution and is responsible for acidifying oceans and a warming planet. Leading scientists are seriously concerned that the habitability of our world is at stake. The fossil fuel industy is the only industry that is able to pollute for free. While regulations and targeted subsidies/penalities can somewhat address carbon pollution, these methods are too inefficient to deal with the growing risks. A carbon tax is the most efficient market-based mechanism to reduce fossil fuel pollution by ensuring that the price of carbon pollution is reflected in all goods and services.

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/)