Nothing wastes more gas than carpool lanes. Anyone on a crowded freeway can see that 1000 cars crawling bumper to bumper in three lanes and one lane with hardly anyone using it is NOT an efficient way to use the lanes. We pay more in sales tax than any other state and we are third in fuel taxes. How is it fair that the newest lanes on our most crowded freeways are being made into toll lanes? So the richest of us can skip past traffic. Let's stop it now!

Virginians across the state are concerned with the collusion between big business and government as it pertains to our water and air quality. If the ban on mining uranium is not reinstated then the health and well-being of all Virginians will be jeopardized. Virginia's agricultural economy would be forever compromised and diminished as toxic containment facilities routinely fail.

When you generate your own electricity through solar panels or wind turbines, the unused power goes back into the power grid. Most states do not require energy companies to pay for that energy, so the power companies get your energy for free and sell it to other people at full price and full profit. Sign this petition to urge US Congress to pass a national law requiring power companies to pay the market rate for electricity that you generate for them.

To be delivered to: Sen. Dan Inouye (HI-1)

Helium is essential to so many scientific and medical techniques, but the world is facing an extreme shortage. A Popular Science Article on the topic: bit.ly/Nk1elk Bill text: 1.usa.gov/NG05ET <--You have to copy this link, use it, and then add a colon on to the end of the link to see the bill text! From MRIs to synchrtron light sources, Helium is a neccesity.

IT IS TIME THAT OUR GOVERNMENT MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO PROTECT THE SHRINKING, IRREPLACEABLE NATURAL RESOURCES THAT THE WORLD HAS LEFT. The Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli has violated their own constitution by giving a concession to Inmet Mining Corporation, a Canadian mining company is trying to exploit large deposits of gold and copper located in Cobre, Panama. This large open-pit copper development project concession is located 120 kilometres west of Panama City and 20 kilometres from the Caribbean Sea coast, in the district of Donoso, Colon province, in the Republic of Panama. The concession consists of four zones totalling 13,600 hectares in the middle of the the Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca, the Reserva Forestal Fortuna and the Bosque Protector Palo Seco, some of the most pristine protected rainforests containing large amounts of the world's biological species. The indigenous peoples of these areas are ready to die to protect their lands, people and way of life from these greedy companies that only care about profiting from these resources. It is time a much greater voice is heard to stop this exploitation from taking from the world that which money can never replace, the beauty and awe of the natural world for our future children. President Martinelli, stop this mistake before it is too late.

A growing list of companies (Leonardo Corp, Brillouin Energy, Defkalion Green Technology, et al) have developed prototypes of cheap, highly efficient, safe, non-polluting energy systems that are almost ready for market. These systems offer transformational solutions to climate change, unemployment, energy supply, resource problems as well as development opportunities that will produce a positive future for generations to come. These energy systems require certification before they can be marketed for home and other uses. At least one company has entered the certification process We're calling on President Obama, members of Congress, and involved agencies to help educate the public regarding these energy developments and to expedite the adoption of these devices.

The world and the country is getting more and more extreme weather every year with over 40,000 temperature records broken this year along with record breaking wildfires and droughts. The public are now seeing this affect them personally and there is widespread belief that the climate is changing due to the burning of fossil fuels. This was predicted decades ago by the scientists and is now happening! We need real leadership in Washington to address this issue yet the President says nothing and most republicans in congress deny it is even happening. Please sign the petition demanding the President address the country to begin a constructive national dialogue on climate change. We need to act NOW.

Most people I know do not open the junk mail and advertisement they get in thei mail: in Europe citizens can affix a sticker to their mailbox will will prevent junk mail and advertisement to clutter their mail boxes and increase pollution and deforestration. Junkmail also costs the USPS since they pay less than first class mail!

Its just about the Guatemalean Government is stealing the land of indigenous farmers to plant Hemp for a few rich only their profits. I am a passionate Hemp lover in all her ways, specially medical, fuel and all industrial ways. But this is criminal! http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/thousands-indigenous-farmers-chased-their-land-biofuels-companies.html

Bill Moyers provides extensive context on what ALEC is and its history in a 20-minute documentary: The United States States of ALEC Corporations to boycott: * CenterPoint Energy * Target * Tunheim * US Bank * Lifetime Fitness * Xcel Energy * Star Tribune * Canadian Pacific * Salvation Army * Mattress Firm The pollution of fracking and natural gas, industrial prison complexes, voter suppression laws, and the blood of hate crimes do not represent "The best days of Summer". Privatized rivers and lakes of genetically modified fish, blood, chemicals, and gas do not celebrate clean Minnesota resources. CenterPoint Energy through its membership in and contributions to ALEC, the AGA (American Gas Association), and the Chamber of Commerce turn these "best days" into another corrupt corporate political scheme that has no regard for the people or natural resources of Minnesota. 2013 update: Please attend with this petition or signs and ask those attending to add their name. To add them, its as simple as entering the names into this Web form. http://www.aquatennial.com/page/show/783206-events "StartTribune Beach Bash" July 14 10am - 4pm, Sunday, Lake Calhoun "CenterPoint Energy Torchlight Parade" July 17 8:30pm - 10:30pm, Wednesday along Hennepin Ave in Downtown (typically includes a race or some other event that starts around 6pm). "Target Fireworks" July 20, 6pm - 10pm, Saturday REFERENCES Centerpoint & ALEC http://afscmemn.org/alec’s-corporate-connections AGA & ALEC http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Gas_Association Chamber of Commerce writing ALEC legislation contrary to private business wishes http://www.republicreport.org/2012/leaked-documents-show-how-corporations-have-veto-power-over-alec-bills-that-affect-our-lives-every-day/ Chamber of Commerce allowing foreign corporations to political attack ads: http://www.factcheck.org/2010/10/the-chamber-and-foreign-contributions/ Chamber of Commerce is leading multinational political ad and lobbyist organizations: http://www.republicreport.org/2012/exclusive-chamber-funding-corporations/ Chamber of Commerce is a member, donor, and works with ALEC: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/22/1093721/-U-S-Chamber-of-Commerce-s-Institute-for-Legal-Reform-uses-ALEC-Model-Legislature-vice-versa?detail=hide & http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=U.S._Chamber_of_Commerce#Ties_to_the_American_Legislative_Exchange_Council Origins of the Aquatennial: http://www.minneapolisunions.org/mlr2007-6-21_ahern.php

Many of our food products contain genetically-modified organisms, or GMOs. We Americans have no way to know which foods have been genetically engineered in a lab, except by buying organic foods, which not everyone can afford. We deserve to know which food products contain GMOs. Foods containing GMOs should be clearly labeled.