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Please Help Stop the 100Ft Cell Tower at DPW!The town of Watertown is proposing a 100 ft Cell tower at the local DPW on Orchard St. This is across from Lowell Elementary, next to Victory Field, and surrounded by many residential homes. The area may not actually need a full tower to bridge any dead/soft zones. Other solutions (smaller/less impact) may be possible. Our children may be at risk! Market values on homes nearby will be negatively impacted. Please consider signing the petition so that the Town Council will understand that the town and residents do not need/want this 100ft tower. Please look into all alternatives! The Town hired an agency to map cell coverage who found the town had good coverage. March 20th 2014 5:15-7pm Town Hall meeting to review the document to allow Cell Towers/Antennas on public land! This document makes many assumptions. The first and main being that we want and need a 100ft Tower! Please Attend!231 of 300 SignaturesCreated by Kate Coyne
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Stop Fracking in ArkansasStop hydraulic fracturing in Arkansas. The gas industry in Arkansas is self regulated by nine members who work in the gas industry. Drilling, disposal, transportation, and environmental pollution and destruction are occurring at a uncontrollable rate. The laws are not in place to protect our air, water, noise, and landowner's rights. The wells are being placed where the Buffalo National River and Greers Ferry Lake (an Army Corps of Engineers lake) could be contaminated.1,268 of 2,000 SignaturesCreated by Amanda Rodgers
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STOP PLAYING POLITICS WITH ENDANGERED SPECIESFor the first time in history, Congress recently passed legislation (hidden in the Budget bill) that stripped Endangered Species Act protections for one particular species, putting politics above sound science and our national commitment to conserving America's wildlife. Wolves were reintroduced into areas of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, under the Clinton Administration and Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt. Since then, studies on area elk and wolves find that weather and hunter harvest affect elk declines more than wolf predation. Wolves often enhance prey populations by culling weak and sick animals from the gene pool, leaving only the strongest animals to reproduce. But many western politicians, such as Idaho Governor Butch Otter, despise wolves and want to eradicate them to placate the hunting and ranching lobbies. This provision has set a terrible precedent that could be regarded as an invitation to strip protections for any other endangered species that a politician finds inconvenient to protect. Grizzly bears, salmon, whales, polar bears, and Florida manatees and panthers are just examples of those that could be at risk30 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Shelley Czeizler
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Truck Traffic on University AvenueTrucks too loud? Road condition poor? Let’s do something about it! We are your neighbors on University Ave, between 35W and St Anthony Pkwy (3rd Ward). Over the last few years, we have noticed that truck traffic has increased significantly, University Avenue road quality has depreciated, and the noise pollution is a growing nuisance. On 7/12/2011, we counted 261 container trucks from 6am to 6pm. We are reaching out to our neighbors to build a case to share with our Third Ward City Council Member, Diane Hofstede. Are you are being impacted in some of the following ways? • Noise level of trucks affects ability to open windows, sleep, hear television, or have phone conversations • Trucks cause shaking of homes and some complaints of recent cracks in walls • Truck frequency and noise starts about 5 am every week day and goes into the early evening as well as weekends • University Ave road conditions are poor • Risk of home value depreciation Do you agree with these potential solutions? • Improve road condition to better manage/absorb the truck usage • Limit use of flatbed container trucks on University • Reroute trucks to less residential areas • Determine if trucks could be secured better to cause less noise • Enforce weight restrictions (assumption is that many are overweight and causing the poor road conditions) We need your help! We must prove that many of the residents on University Avenue have similar concerns. Please sign this petition to help us reduce the truck traffic on University Avenue. Thank you.118 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Alisa Mulhair
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Bring Diesel Cars to AmericaWe can reduce fossil fuel consumption by 30% or more immediately by driving fuel-efficient diesel powered cars. In Europe, they have cars that get 60 mpg. or more. And they can use Biodiesel, a much more sustainable fuel than ethanol. We need these cars in the US.23 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Jim Gilbert
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End support for GMO crops, and label all GMO foodsMonsanto has launched lawsuits for years against Canadian and US farmers, and winning, when their GMO pollen drifts onto an organic/nonGMO farm--saying the organic/nonGMO farmer stole their patent--calling it patent infringement. These legal actions are insane, and dangerous, and destroying and scaring small farmers. Monsanto is infecting organic farms, which could end all organics, and change organic standards to include virus and bacteria DNA which are in GMOs. Monsanto is supported by the US presidency, regulatory agencies, and courts, and is aggressively courting the same power structures in Europe. They are threatening to turn all of the world's food supply into GMOs.69 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Geoffrey C Saign
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Petition for Major Media Outlets to Report Global CO2 LevelsI would like to help start a petition campaign for AP News, NPR, FOX, and all major networks, to begin carrying the Global CO2 level on a daily or weekly basis. This report should include variations and changes that occur over a daily, weekly, monthly, and / or, yearly basis.10 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Shawn Porter
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Demand ExxonMobil Protect Yellowstone River Wildlife NowThe Yellowstone River covers an area abundant with fish, birds and many more species of wildlife. Last Friday an ExxonMobil pipeline rupture spewed an estimated 42,000 gallons of oil into this cherished ecosystem. As we've learned from the Exxon Valdez and BP oil disasters, the full-scale impacts of oil spills to local wildlife may not be known for weeks, months, or even years. That's why ExxonMobil needs to know of the public's immediate demands that they do everything in their power now to minimize the devastating impacts this oil disaster could have for local wildlife. Please show your support for Yellowstone River wildlife by signing this petition today!986 of 1,000 SignaturesCreated by Dominique Burgunder-Johnson
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Save Jeju Island--No Naval BaseResidents on Gangjeong Village on Jeju Island in South Korea have been organizing nonviolent protest to stop the construction of a massive naval base which will destroy their community, way of life and rich marine ecosystem women sea divers, fisherman and farmers depend on for their livelihoods. Due to its natural beauty and pristine environment, Jeju is a finalist to become one of the "New 7 Wonders" in the world.8,162 of 9,000 SignaturesCreated by Christine Ahn
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Ban Hydrofracking in New York StateYesterday government bureaucrats gave the go-ahead for Gov. Cuomo to lift the statewide ban on hydrofracking*. They want him to keep it banned in some places, like New York City's watershed, but not in others. We need to keep the ban in place everywhere. If fracking isn't safe enough for NYC, then it shouldn't be safe enough anywhere else in New York either. *Hyfrofracking is a dangerous technique used to extract natural gas from rock formations and is associated with chemical and carcinogenic contamination of drinking water.16,120 of 20,000 SignaturesCreated by Working Families Party of New York
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Close Old and Poisonous Nuclear ReactorsThere are 23 old Mark 1 GE Boiling Water Nuclear Reactors in the US, all around 40 years old. A recent Associated Press investigation shows the Nuclear Regulatory Commission relaxes safety standards to allow companies to push these old reactors beyond their life spans even though they are uncontrollably leaking radioactive material into the soil and have proven design flaws like their sister reactors in Fukishima.18 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Lissa Weinmann
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Ban California FrackingThis petition is designed to give Californians a voice so that they may stop destructive Hydraulic Fracturing in California. Los Alamos, California is under threat right now from energy companies who are looking to frack natural gas from the area. This could easily pollute vital water used by farmers and citizens of Los Alamos, making their water undrinkable and land uninhabitable. A bill has been sent to Congress calling for the most stringent fracking regulations of any US state. Fracking has been happening for many years unregulated, destroying land, water and peoples right to a quality of life. It is time we take a stand, please help me by signing this petition so that I may send it to our State Senators in order to get the current bill on regulating fracking in California passed. Thank You!26 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Angela White