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!

Fracking was forced into NC through a crack in a fractured House vote. Fracking is too important an issue to be rammed through the legislative process in this way. Stanford professor Mark Jacobson says we can be fossil-fuel free by 2030, with all energy needs met by wind, water and solar. Furthermore NC has strong wind and solar resources. http://www.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/Articles/I/sad1109Jaco5p.indd.pdf http://www.stanford.edu/group/efmh/winds/global_winds.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_sLt5gNAQs After the "fracking bill" (S820) passed, Gov Perdue vetoed it, and the House lacked support to override it. But by the time House Speaker Tillis opened the vote to override the veto near midnight July 2, at least one Rep had been "bought off," and then Rep. Carney pushed the wrong button. Within two minutes, S820 was set in stone, clinched by motion meant to drown out Carney‘s protests. NC alone gives members only 10 seconds to vote and almost no chance (if any) to correct a mistaken deciding vote. When such errors occur, whether the no-change rule is suspended or the vote is clinched depends largely on whom the Speaker recognizes. What happened in NC’s House on July 2 is flagrantly unfair and warrants a correction on S820 and a change in NC’s voting rules. Members should have an opportunity to check and confirm their votes before the machine is locked. A verification vote on close or contested results should be mandatory - no room for bias. Most important, the House should take time to gather and study updated and unbiased information about fracking and the potential of wind, water and solar before rushing through a bill like this one. FYI: NOES-- Holloway (Rockingham, Stokes Counties) and McGrady (Henderson County) are the two Republicans who voted with the Democrat minority to Sustain Perdue's VETO on July 2 (the day of Carney's mistaken vote) - In other words, They voted AGAINST FRACKING AYES ---K Alexander (Mecklenburg); Brisson (Bladen, Cumberland); Carney (Mecklenburg); S Hamilton (New Hanover); Hill (Brunswick, Columbus); R Moore (Mecklenburg) are the six Democrats who voted with a majority of Republicans to Override Perdue's VETO on July 2 (Carney saying hers was a mistake). In other words, They voted IN FAVOR of FRACKING. View to get a brief tutorial on the hazards of fracking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Ozcl7lV_g&feature=related For more details, please read & sign this petition as well - both will go to Tillis: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/707/578/933/dont-clinch-fracking-in-nc-with-fractured-house-voting-rules-allow-carneys-real-vote/

I attend Front Range Community College in Longmont, CO and have noticed that the trash is absolutely full of paper towels. It is time to wean ourselves off paper. We live in a very dry state. Our hands dry in moments after washing hands. We should be using automatic hand dryers or have signs to discourage folks from using more than one paper towel to dry their hands.

Modesto City needs a real Recycling Program. Too many recyclables are ending up in our dumps. Recycling is not just about saving money but about saving valuable resources for future generations. Do we really want our children to be mining our dumps for these buried resources? There is NO EXCUSE for Modesto not to have a separate recycling bin in which its contents ACTUALLY get recycled. Cost is not an excuse. If other large cities can find a way, Modesto can as well, or we need to elect individuals who can actually do something! Hopefully our new mayor will step up and help out with this important issue. Please share this petition on your Twitter and Facebook accounts. Talk to friends and family and encourage them to sign this petition. The goal is not set by me and resets when it is met. Ideally, a petition with a few thousand signatures will have the greatest impact.

A number of reports have illustrated the dangers of fracking to local water supplies. As mining companies attempt to begin fracking operations in central illinois, it's vital that we demand full disclosure about the potential dangers to our health and environment.

Water providers want to store additional water, to which they have very junior rights, in Chatfield Reservoir. The water will be there maybe 3 years in 10 but the heart of the park - riparian forests and wetlands - will be cleared out to make room for the occasional year's water. Many recreational facilities will be moved but will be far from the water in most years. Fishing, hiking, biking, ballooning and other activities will be affected. There are alternatives less damaging to the State Park but they haven't been seriously considered.

There is too much trash in our streets. We need more people working (more jobs) to pick up the trash and clean our streets. And we need people to stop littering. Let's be proud of our cities and country so visitors speak well of us as a clean, beautiful place.

It is important for our legislators to stop being afraid of the coal and gas money. Move all methods of alternative energy in place now. Pass President Obama's plans to put in place alternative energy now.

Polluting our water supplies by fracking for oil & gas