"The world no longer has any polar bears to spare — certainly not to end up as a rug in front of a trophy hunter’s fireplace. We have to put a stop to the worldwide commercial trade in polar bear parts." -Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., NRDC Senior Attorney

There is no polite way to avoid it. Our waters are in need of some straight talk about an unsavory subject: Chicken poop. And lots of it. Polluting the Chesapeake Bay. Every single year. We can't avoid it because every year, factory farms raise hundreds of millions of chickens in Maryland. The millions of pounds of manure from those birds continue to be one of the biggest sources of pollution into the Chesapeake Bay. Pollution from all those chickens and other sources creates a vast dead zone in the Bay each year where fish and wildlife perish. Use this petition to send a message to the EPA telling them to keep factory farm manure from polluting Maryland's waters and the Chesapeake Bay. Right now, agricultural runoff containing nitrogen, phosphorous, pathogens and hormones is contaminating the Bay's tributaries like the Choptank River and threatening Marylanders' health. That's why we're calling on the EPA to require that all giant factory farms (or concentrated animal feeding operations, aka "CAFOs") be held accountable for their runoff and obtain a permit to pollute. Sign our petition now and keep Big Ag's waste out of our waters. You'd think giant agribusiness polluters like Perdue wouldn't be chicken about taking responsibility for their waste. But Big Ag and mega-chicken and hog operations across the Bay’s watershed are fighting tooth and nail to use our waterways as their personal sewer system. Thanks to the polluters' squawking, the EPA halted a measure earlier this year to better identify and monitor giant factory farms. This was a big set back for the recovery of the Chesapeake Bay. We can't let that happen again. If enough people send the EPA the message to limit pollution from factory farms, we can take a huge step forward towards protecting the health of our waters. It's going to take your help, but I'm confident we can cut the chicken crud and keep the Chesapeake Bay on a path to restoration.

The Gulf Coast didn’t need another reminder of the critical need for coastal restoration as Hurricane Isaac rolled through–but the emergence of BP oil along our coastlines provided that reminder. It’s been 16 months since the Natural Resources Damage Assessment (NRDA) Trustees and BP announced an agreement to provide $1 billion towards early restoration projects, yet the trustees have only allocated $60 million to projects. We’d like to know–what is taking so long? Keep BP accountable–tell them to move forward with restoration of our coast! Currently, the project selection has been occurring in a black box with little opportunity for public input. In November 2011, the Gulf Future Coalition released Sunshine on the Gulf, a report that outlines the need for transparency and public participation in the restoration project selection process, as well as putting forth a framework for evaluating many of the proposed early restoration projects. This report has been lost on BP as they continue to drag their heels, and stall the path to the restoration of our coast. Send a message to BP that we need transparency and public input to ensure the full repair of the damage to our coast.

Stop the pipeline at the border. DO NOT install it piecemeal inside the U.S. DO NOT destroy our country to make a Canadian corporation more wealthy.

Stop the pipeline at the border. DO NOT install it piecemeal inside the U.S. DO NOT distroy our country to make a Canadian corporation more wealthy.

A new study has shown that in news outlets R Murdoch owns ( Fox News and Wall Street Jnl Op ed pages) more than 3/4 of discussions about climate change or inaccurate. (http://news.yahoo.com/fox-news-climate-coverage-93-wrong-report-finds-193433943.html) By misleading people, he may be causing them to respond too late, which could be devastating later. We want him to do the right thing and undo the misinformation he has given.

A new study has shown that in news outlets you own ( Fox News and Wall Street Jnl Op ed pages) more than 3/4 of discussions about climate change or inaccurate. (http://news.yahoo.com/fox-news-climate-coverage-93-wrong-report-finds-193433943.html) By misleading people, you may be causing them to respond too late, which could be devastating later. Do the right thing and undo the wrong you have done.

Our federal and state governments have failed us. Its up to us, The People, community by community, block by block, locally on a city by city basis to make those that wish to pollute our ground water feel as unwelcome as we possibly can. Please sign this and share with everyone you know. Demand that your city council ban fracking in and near your town. Use this petition as a template when you do the same where you live. Your city administrator emails are usually readily available on your City's home page. Thanks.

There is so much sunshine in this state we should be the leader in solar energy. I put photovoltaic on my house in 2007 and my electric bill–for up to nine people using the three bedroom plus two apartments under one roof runs around $150 per month. Hawaii runs its grid on diesel fuel which is an abomination. Please help me to encourage the state legislature to continue efforts to keep Hawaii green.

The livelihoods of thousands of Kansans is impacted by the wind industry. We are citizens, landowners, construction workers, business owners, teachers and others from all across the state who have benefited from local wind energy projects. Kansans know that a job is a job is a job, and that ANY project that brings jobs to our state as well economic security and a brighter future for our communities, deserves support. Please join, the Climate + Energy Project, the Wind Coalition and KS Interfaith Power and Light, along with thousands of Kansans, in asking Congressmen Huelskamp, Pompeo, Yoder and Congresswoman Jenkins, to please join Governor Brownback, Senators Moran and Roberts in supporting extension of the PTC. Find the entire letter here, http://blog.climateandenergy.org/

Despite piles of research suggesting that Monsanto's Roundup is dangerous, the Big Apple continues to douse its parks with the stuff—potentially exposing millions of New Yorkers to toxic effects.

A petition to protect our Hawaii Harbors from possible Black Oil pollution, during discharge operations. That every fuel barge discharging Black Oil at the harbor fuel docks, have a containment boom surrounding in case of a spill.