We oppose Army Corps of Engineers giving a permit to the to the Governor of Puerto Rico to build the "Via Verde" gas-pipeline. The contracts to build it will go to the Governor's friends. The company that will build it wants a tax exception and the People of Puerto Rico would wind up paying for the destruction of their own environment. Governor Fortuño’s Via Verde Gas Pipeline represents the destruction of 1,500 acres of forests, 800 acres of agricultural land, direct impact to 235 bodies of water, wetlands, ecosystems that produce the majority of Puerto Rico's drinking water, threats to sacred archeological sites of native Taino people, displacement of scores of Puerto Rican families, waste of millions of dollars, as well as putting at risk over 200,000 people. In Puerto Rico, environmental, professional, labor, student, religious, cultural, political and community groups and grassroots Puerto Rican people are marching to stand for environmental justice, and for the right of the people of Puerto Rico to their land, their water, their culture. We the People say, "No!" to the "Via Verde" gas pipeline. ................................................................................................. [castilian/Spanish] Nosotros los aqui firmantes de esta peticion demandamos al “Army Corps of Engineers” que le niegue el permiso al Gobernador Fortuno para construir el gasoducto “Via Verde”. Los contratos son para el beneficio de los amigos del Gobernador. La compania que quiere construir el gasoducto pide que le den excemcion para no pagar impuestos y asi los puertorriquenos terminarian pagando por la propia destruccion de su ambiente. Ese gasoducto de Fortuno representa la destruccion de 1,500 cuerdas de bosques, 800 cuerdas de tierras agricolas, impactaria 235 cuerpos de agua, humedales, ecosistemas, que producen la mayoria del agua potable que se consume en Puerto Rico, amenaza a los asentamientos sagrados de los amerindios tainos, el desplazamiento de familias puertorriquenas, malgasto de millones de dolares, como tambien pone en riesgo a mas de 200,000 ciudadanos. En Puerto Rico, grupos de profesionales, ambientalistas, trabajadores, religiosos,politicos, grupos comunitarios, gente y personas del pueblo se estan manifestando por el derecho del pueblo Puertorriqueno su tierra, su agua y su cultura. Nosotros, el Pueblo, decimos, "No al “Via Verde”, tubo de la muerte.

Improving home energy efficiency gives residents control over their energy usage, so they can use less without sacrificing comfort. However, the initial cost of efficiency upgrades can put these improvements out of reach for many customers. Connecticut has great programs that can make upgrades more affordable, but currently they are not available to the half of state residents who heat with oil, because unlike natural gas customers, they do not contribute to the state's efficiency fund via their fuel bill. The Connecticut legislature is considering a measure that would correct this, making energy efficiency programs that are currently available to electric and gas customers also available to heating oil users. Please ask your state senator and representative to support this legislation.

Each of use creates wastewater daily and the reason it can't be released into a river or lake is that it causes algae blooms, it's a rich resource for growing algae. So in America we burn 474-million gallons of all types of transportation fuels a day and with 300-million people that's 1.58-gallons a person a day in fuel. If you grow algae to purify the wastewater it's worth about 2-gallons or more a day per person on the system. Biodiesel will burn in any engine on the planet so this suggests a way to gain all our transportation fuels from our own wastewater and never need a drop of oil. The reasons to do this is that algae are the world's best water cleaners so when growth-rates drop the water is given final treatment and fully recycled like North Lake Tahoe's plant has been doing since the late 1970's, so you get the water back. Then you get the biodiesel by pressing the algae for oils and giving that a tweak to work with the seals in the engines you use. This system can work at any scale, for example Phoenix, AZ, produces 10-million gallons a day of secondary effluent, 41.5-million pounds of fertilizer the algae must consume before tomorrow and worth about 3-million gallons of biodiesel daily. The fertilizer alone is worth over $9-million a day, that's part of the economy of doing this is to use this renewable source to grow our fuel from existing infrastructure and like for Phoenix, a city on canals to get enough water, the 10-million gallons of wastewater is recycled saving that amount in fresh-water demand --- per day. With a local source of transportation fuels being created at wastewater plants, we'll never need another gallon of foreign oil.

This petition has been requested due to lack of environmental consciousness of Oil Rigging "Experts" as well as the general lack of moral decency and foresight crude oil as a form of energy presents. We should aim our sights on electrical and solar hybrid vehicles. This petition aims to boycott the purchase of any new automobiles that run off of crude oil and promotes the growth of a different, more safe and economically suitable alternative in the automotive industry.

The proposed Keystone XL Pipeline would carry oil from tar sands in Canada to the Gulf for export. Extracting oil from the tar sands requires large amounts of water and energy. This pipeline extension would cross the Nebraska sand hills, which means leaked oil would likely contaminate water suppliles in the Midwest. Indigenous peoples in Canada have united to oppose tar sands mining and pipeline construction. This diverts attentiion and resources away from better, long term, renewable energy development. The primary problem with tar sands is the contribution to atmospheric CO2 levels and global warming.

The "Natural Areas Program" controls 1/4 of San Francisco city parkland and is destroying 18,500 trees and wildlife habitat, closing 10 miles of trails, and increasing toxic herbicide in an attempt to "restore" the dune plants which were here in 1776. San Francisco Forest Alliance at http://sfforest.net is a new organization trying to stop the expansion of this unnatural and unsustainable program. The program diverts $1.6 million a year from park operating funds and millions in park bonds and state grants while SF Rec & Park is cutting basic park programs, increasing park fees, and asking for more bond funding. The NAP DEIR can be found at: http://sfmea.sfplanning.org/2005.0912E_DEIR.pdf One of the significant comments to the DEIR can be found at: http://milliontrees.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/professor-arthur-shapiros-comment-on-the-environmental-impact-report-for-the-natural-areas-program/ San Francisco Forest Alliance Preserving Public Parks For The Public SFForest.Net

Our petition demands the adoption of renewable energy and energy efficiency targets, universal renewable energy access, and an end to all fossil fuel subsidies. Sign on to the petition below. We plan to deliver the petition at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (RIO+20) in June, 2012.

According to the NHTSA, rusty or other outdated auto parts are implicated in more mechanical failure-related accidents than design flaws, unmet recalls, and manufacturing defects combined. Tell Congress to renew the Cash for Clunkers incentives that were so important in our recovery from the recession -- and can help improve highway safety at the same time.

Currently many states allow a developer to erect 500' tall wind turbines near homes with no regard to local regulations. Despite data showing that 30' towers are more efficient, easier to repair and replace, the massive tax credits for the giant towers (tens of thousands have been abandoned over the globe in the past 3 decades) encourage their proliferation. Negatives are ignored.

This petition is about protecting the Rights of farmers who want to cultivate Bio diversity and steward the land through organic Farming practices.

Natural Gas Extraction Hydro Fracking is destroying Drinking Water, releasing GreenHouse Emissions , permanently Contaminating the Land while generating millions of gallons of Toxic Fluids. We are petitioning the responsible corporations to stop the use of the Toxic Hydro Fracking Process. We are Boycotting the same corporations who donate to Political Campaigns for legislative support and Political Protection

The Koch Brothers are oil baron billionaires who have committed millions of dollars to fund climate denial propaganda groups & extreme right wing candidates who push for environmental deregulation. All in the name of making more money at the expense of our environment! We're sending them a message to stop poisoning our air, our water and our political process and until they do we are boycotting their products indefinitely.