VT Yankee is an old plant, and it has had some very, very dangerous mishaps. A plant like this should not be in operation, even according to the Nuclear Regulatory Committee (NRC). It's leaking into our ground water and right into the Connecticut River. It needs to be safely shut down before it is shut down due to a horrible disaster. Please sign this and pass it on.

The federal government subsidies the companies who produce ethanol from corn. The proponents of this subsidy erroneously believe that use of corn bases ethanol is environmentally friendly, when it has been scientifically proven that the production and use of corn based ethanol in gasoline has a negative effect on the environment. It also drives up the price of corn, beef and pork to the consumer.

The Senate has put the worst imaginable version of the open-pit mining bill (AB 426) on the fast track. It rolls back environmental protections, quiets the voice of citizens, and forces tax payers to pay for the mining company costs. We may have just days to stop it. The good news is that we are well positioned to do just that. Ask your Senator to oppose the open-pit mining bill TODAY!

This has now moved into the permitting phase! NOW is the time to voice your opinions against this large-scale open pit mine that would be built above the worlds largest salmon runs, the main source of fresh salmon and other seafoods for the seafood industries of the world. This is also about the preservation of a wilderness and wildlife that Alaskan citizens, U.S. citizens and the world have a right to enjoy intact, along with future generations.

Chemical Agriculture is the smoking gun over lost pollinators. DuPont, Monsanto et.al. have damaged sustainable family farming leading to bad water, bleached soil and tainted crops that infect natural food strains while further exploiting global populations with food copywriting, effectively 'snuffing out' non-chemical farmers. Reinvesting in natural seed banks, portioning out land for soil reclamation and promoting smaller size farmsteading can reinvigorate a sustainable agriculture.

I believe our best source of energy should come from the sun but to use the deserts is all wrong. Using the deserts destroys the open space and homes for the wildlife, not only the sites but the corridors serving them. This system has to bring the energy many miles from the desert to the cities that use it. The logical way is to create the power in the city on the roof tops of private and public buildings, the shortest distance. A good example is the Los Angeles county building in North Hollywood on Van Nuys Blvd. which has been there for years. There is no need to destroy our dwindling open space.

for comprehensive and updated information contact NRDC and Francis Beinicke. This is an unnecessary national environmental disaster waiting to happen. Big mining must be stopped at Bristol Bay.

Far too many Oregonians are sick and tired of being sick and tired. In light of our state’s Chemical Exposure Investigation now on hiatus, we urgently need a moratorium, and the Pesticide spraying due to begin as soon as weather permits, stop. In realizing 34+ citizens and their children have tested positive for Atrazine and 2,4-D in their urine, with the state’s investigation not yet able to determine how or why this is happening, surely we are not expected to endure more spraying. Not with the investigation now on hold and peak spray season about to begin? Oregon’s long history of chemical cocktails inundating populated neighborhoods and communities, and trespassing into our air, water, land, bodies and lives is well documented. Thus, the fact the states investigation is on hiatus, during peak spray season, is most distressing. We have exhausted all avenues in seeking help to prevent these toxic chemicals from trespassing into our lives. What we have discovered however is that Oregon’s laws, rules and regulations appear only to support those either promoting the chemicals, initiating or doing the spraying. Our last recourse is for our Governor to issue a moratorium to stop the spraying. However, our governor is ignoring our pleas for help, and all our efforts to communicate. He has not and does not respond to our letters, e-mails, or phone calls, or our requests for a meeting, including the pleas from the mothers whose children were poisoned. These toxic chemical sprays need to end, however our seeking, asking, and pleading has not worked. We now face little choice and therefore are demanding our Right to our Health. For these practices have literally taken away our Right to a healthy lifestyle, certainly our Right to the Peace, Safety and Happiness, afforded us in Oregon's Constitution. Governor, we need a moratorium and all Pesticide spraying needs to stop. At least, until the investigation can determine how citizens are being exposed and prevent it from happening, or best case scenario until these toxic chemicals can be proven SAFE ~ for our air, water, land and bodies, in particular safe for our children, and Oregon's future. Enough is Enough!

While Medford's population increased a mere 3.5% in 10 yrs., its budget rose 51% from 2001-2011. The town officials have ruined our finances through terrible fiscal mismangement. We have had enough! We protest the proposed elimination of weekly garbage pick up. If this goes through, we'd have to pay an additional fee for private garbage pick up...this is outrageous !

5 bills have been proposed relative to moratorium and regulations of the growing drilling industry in Ohio, yet we cannot get hearing on any of the bills. Bills proposed need to be heard now. We need to let the Speaker of the Ohio House the Pres. of Ohio Senate know we want hearings.

Climate scientist James Hansen proposes a tax on carbon fuels at the source, where the fuel is produced. See http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/2009/WaysAndMeans_20090225.pdf. The tax money would be returned to legal U.S. residents to spend as they choose. Prices of carbon fuel would go up, creating an incentive to use less, while the money returned to residents offsets the higher price. Unlike a simple gasoline tax, under which proceeds go to state or federal coffers, this plan compensates residents for the tax they pay, so an excessive burden does not fall on the poor.

It hurts me to here my grandmother cough because she dose not have an inhaler nor medicate, so she can't go buy a inhaler...they say they stop'ed making inhalers cause they are killing the 0-zone but they still make hair-spray! I make's me mad! Is a humans hair worth so much more than to the one's who can't breath on there own?!?!