Styrofoam has a 2,000 year half-life. It is extremely toxic. It's unnecessary - just cheap. It can't be burned without polluting the air and can't be buried without polluting the ground. Many people take their food home and microwave it while still in styrofoam containers, creating the potential for released toxins going into their bodies.

The federal government is proposing to grant a first-of-its-kind permit that would allow wind-power projects to legally kill golden eagles.

Ethanol added to gas has not lead to a cleaner future, instead it has lead to a higher profit for oil companies. When the EPA forced gas companies to add ethanol, the gas you purchase has reduced your MPG. The EPA's theory that adding ethanol will reduce driving by 10% due to higher prices has not worked. Instead, it has lead to record profits for oil companies because people drive the same distance as before, it just costs 10% more.

We would like for people to help us by signing our petition to help people convince that we should all switch to electric cars. Electric cars have a positive outcome for the environment and the buyer. for the environment it reduces green house gasses, air pollution, and the dependence of foreign oil. It is a great outcome for the buyer because it saves you money on gas and help you keep money in your pocket. Please take 30 seconds to sighn our petition and help our cause.

Plastic is everywhere and globally we use more than 260 million tons of plastic each year. 60 to 80% of total marine debris is plastic. The plastic goes into our oceans and animals like fish and turtles eat the plastic. They then unfortunately die because it is not biodegradable. Plastics don't only hurt the sea animals, but they hurt our environment.

Say no to genetically modified seeds, and fish eggs, and fish. There are problems with this type of farming. And so labels should apply to all GMO Products, just like irradiation warnings apply to all vegetables and fruits and nuts and grains etc etc England and other countries are making it illegal to work with GMO foods, and so should we.

Our Green Acres Cemetery environment is embarrassing even to the dead! We need everyone to help! Improving the conditions: Road...One way-entrance Lights Trash Cans...clean-up Benches Wild weeds covering the markers Flower Bed around the tree etc.

Pennsylvania's state legislature (and now Governor Corbett) has effectively signed a death warrant for some number of residents, who knows how many. Corbett’s just made it official. Pennsylvanians: Fight back — or suffer the consequences. The fracking industry has written a bill that gives itself legal permission to poison Pennsylvanians-and keeps doctors who treat them once they’re poisoned from telling anyone else what poisoned them. The bill also essentially permits all gas drilling and processing activities anywhere, including in residential areas. -Maura Stephens For more info, PLEASE READ: http://www.truth-out.org/fracking-industry-colludes-pennsylvania-legislature-dangerous-new-laws-head-governors-desk/132923015

Mayor Dean Maxwell of Anacortes is pushing through a deal to sell five million gallons of municipal water per day from the Skagit River through the year 2040 with extensions through 2050 to Tethys Enterprises, Inc. This ill-proposed one million square foot plant would be the largest bottled water/beverage and food manufacturing plant in the United States. Although citizens personally requested a public hearing before the signing of the contract, Mayor Dean Maxwell turned them down. The people have been given no input on this issue. Please oppose this plant. The water of the Skagit River belongs to the public, not to the city of Anacortes. It should not be sold to the highest bidder. This contract does not take into account projections of Anacortes' future water needs, nor does it take into account the effect global warming is having and will continue to have on the Skagit River, i.e. increasing the likelihood of floods and decreasing its flow in the summertime. Will the people of Anacortes and the rest of the Skagit Valley have enough water in the future after Tethys gets its five million gallons? The plant will produce huge amounts of plastic waste, which will massively impact the environment. It will also add huge amounts of wastewater, which in addition to negatively impacting the environment will require an expansion of Anacortes' wastewater plant, the cost of which is not included in the contract with Tethys. According to Matt Kelly of Tethys, the plant will increase rail traffic by 400 rail cars a day – four unit trains–and may affect access to the Skagit Airport and other businesses on that side of State Route 20. These will add tremendously to the air and noise pollution and traffic congestion of the area. The contract with Tethys does not guarantee jobs from the water plant for local citizens, and what jobs it would bring are not worth the environmental impacts of the plant. At a time when we are struggling with global climate change and environmental degradation, it would be irresponsible and enormously counterproductive to add wastewater pollution and plastic pollution from the manufacturing, and the noise pollution, traffic congestion, and train diesel exhaust pollution that will be produced from the operation of this water plant. Not to mention how it will encourage the continued use of bottled water which involves burning massive quantities of fossil fuels for production and transportation of the product and contributes tremendously to our garbage stream since 86% of plastic water bottles used in the U.S. become garbage or litter. Please stop this plant from becoming a reality. Please contact Mayor Maxwell, your legislators, and Governor Gregoire about this issue. Thanks. Mayor Dean Maxwell P.O. Box 547 904 6th Street Anacortes, WA 98221 (360) 299-1950 (360) 293-1938 – fax [email protected] to find your WA state legislator: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/districtfinder/ Governor Gregoire: Office of the Governor PO Box 40002 Olympia, WA 98504-0002 360-902-4111 http://www.governor.wa.gov/contact/ Sources: 1. Address to Anacortes City Council By Steve Winter, CEO, Tethys Enterprises September 13, 2010 2. Request to the City of Anacortes for extension of their water contract By Steve Winter, CEO, Tethys Enterprises August 29, 2011 3. Economic & Fiscal Benefits Memorandum: economic and fiscal effects of a bottling facility in Skagit County By E.D. Hovee & Company, LLD May 31, 2011 4. City of Anacortes, Washington and Tethys Enterprises, Inc. Agreement Regarding Water Service October 1, 2010 5. Bottle the Skagit River? By Defending Water in the Skagit River Basin: Sandra Spargo http://readthedirt.org/2012/02/10/bottle-the-skagit-river/ February 10, 2012

Fracking is unregulated and destroying or health and environment . Government is giving drilling companies a free pass. They are exempt from clean water act and are now can't be regulated by local communities it impacts. This must stop.

Monsanto has proven itself a danger to human and non-human communities. Through the production of toxins, carcinogens, and genetically modified organisms, Monsanto has by its actions loudly stated that they value the accumulation of money more than they value clean air, water, and soil, and they value the accumulation of money more than they value healthy communities of humans and non-humans. Further, their campaigns of dishonesty concerning the safety of their products, their campaigns of legal warfare against small scale farmers, scientists, and journalists, their campaigns of corruption against democratic governments, and their campaigns of horrendous worker treatment in foreign countries demonstrate beyond any reasonable doubt that Monsanto's continued existence presents a clear an present danger not only to the foundations of life, but to human systems of government and justice.

We need pllkution free and waste free clean enrgy Wind Turbines and the tens of thousands of jobs that come with it in manufacturing, delivering and maintaining for Cleveland, Ohio! Jobs and clean energy for Cleveland ,Ohio a win win situation!