North Carolina legislators have passed a bill that forces state leaders to ignore scientific predictions that sea levels could rise by more than three feet in the next century. Just weeks ago a US Geological Survey study found the Cape Hatteras region a hot spot for sea level rise. We can't ignore sound science when it comes to global warming, rising sea levels and North Carolina's 301 miles of coastline. We are calling on Governor Perdue to put this matter to rest with her veto.

Environmentalists have expressed concerns about pollution from drilling and the method known as hydraulic fracturing, which blasts millions of gallons of chemically laced water into the earth to fracture shale formations and release oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids such as propane. Governor Kasich is relying on this plan to create jobs for Ohioans. However, like the non-renewable resources he wants to drill for, the jobs too will run out. Please tell Gov. Kasich to stop this potentially irreversible damage to Ohio's parks and groundwater, and instead research and implement renewable resources for creating energy in Ohio.

The one time single use of plastic bags is detrimental to our environment, wildlife, ocean and, therefore, ourselves. According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. goes through 100 billion plastic shopping bags annually. If we can encourage shoppers to buy reusable bags, we can protect the environment, reduce waste, as well as protect the animals of the ocean.

This issue is crucial and affects every person in our country! The 2012 Farm Bill is currently being considered for passage by our elected officials in Washington. Among other things, this bill will define what foods can be commercially sold at your local grocery stores. If you don't raise your own food, purchase from local farms or strictly buy organic then you owe it to yourself to read on and act now!!! Please look at the articles above (wikipedia and anh-usa.org) for more information .

Stop the use of high-frequency underwater sound for testing that will hurt whales and dolphins and kill 1,800 more

Organic food has become a wildly lucrative business for Big Food companies that use their appointed members of National Organic Standards Board to push for more and more non-organic ingredients to be accepted for "Certified Organic" label. The facts have been reported in the recent article found in The New York Times (URL below). http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/business/organic-food-purists-worry-about-big-companies-influence.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The Whales and dolphins are citizens of our shared water planet..imagine how you would feel if some one wanted to test ear/brain damaging sonic waves in the Pentigon!!!we are in the age of computer modeling..do your testing there not on our oceanic brothers and sisters!!!

Bill 11 CD1 1. Prohibits commercial activities, including recreational stops by tour companies, but excluding commercial filming activities, at Kailua Beach Park and Kalama Beach Park. 2. Provides that no permit shall be issued for commercial activities at Kailua Beach Park and Kalama Beach Park, including permits for recreational stops by commercial tour companies, but excluding permits for commercial filming activities.

Keeping Daylight savings time all year long

The FY2013 Agricultural Appropriations bill includes a rider which would require the Secretary of Agriculture to grant a temporary permit for Monsanto and other biotech companies to plant or cultivate genetically engineered crops without an Environmental Impact Statement being completed. This ceding of authority to a private corporation puts our farmers and food supply at risk.

At LeCroy Career Technical Center where I work in Clanton, AL, I collect all the plastic, aluminum, paper, glass and cardboard that I can. My husband and I recycle all of it at a recycling center near us. Still, plastic is the largest problem. This is not just a local problem or a national problem; this is a GLOBAL problem. As I write this, the number of water bottles used in the U.S. each year encircle the Earth 150 times if laid end-to-end. Less than 25% of them are recycled. There are patches of plastic the size of Texas floating around in our oceans AND each bottle takes 500 million years to decompose.

It's about the fact that this Committee denounces science and environmentalists, denies the fact that the ocean is rising, wants only to support developers who will build everywhere on our coast without consideration of the damage this will do everywhere. I have seen the ocean in NJ take houses, throw refrigerators around, and destroy what developers have done. Not here, not in North Carolina, please!