People, wildlife that need darkness and stars for navigation, and the sanctity of our night skies, are placed at significant risk by the addition of tens of thousands of near-earth, bright, visible satellites that will outnumber the visible stars in the night sky and beam cell mast radiation at everyone, everywhere, all the time.

Daryl Metcalfe is an outrageous PA legislator whose over-the-top behavior finally forced the House GOP leadership to remove him as chair of the powerful State Government Committee. So what did they do with him? They made him chair of the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee. This petition is a companion to the letter we are submitting to Speaker Turzai calling on him to remove Metcalfe from his seat as Chair and from any seat on the committee. Here is the letter in full: Speaker Turzai, We, the undersigned, call on you to remove Representative Daryl Metcalfe from his seat as chair of the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee and from any seat on that committee. We have little time left to address the climate crisis. Representative Metcalfe’s record of unabashed climate denial, obstructionism, and unprofessional behavior makes him a wholly inappropriate person to chair or even serve on the committee that should be leading the efforts in the House to address the most important issue of our time. Representative Metcalfe’s views on climate change have been well documented over the past decade. Here is his reaction in 2009 to Operation Free. "As a veteran, I believe that any veteran lending their name, to promote the leftist propaganda of global warming and climate change, in an effort to control more of the wealth created in our economy, through cap and tax type policies, all in the name of national security, is a traitor to the oath he or she took to defend the Constitution of our great nation!" Mr. Metcalfe's email reads. "Remember Benedict Arnold before giving credibility to a veteran who uses their service as a means to promote a leftist agenda. Drill Baby Drill!!!" (Post-Gazette, October 20, 2009) In February of this year, soon after you made him chair of the committee, he said the following and posted it on his Facebook page, “Just to be on record, I enjoy my vegetables, and plants need CO2, so I want to make sure we have plenty of CO2 out there so we have green grass and green vegetables growing... We need CO2, we can’t eliminate all CO2. We are going to have an interesting debate for those that want to reduce something that is actually needed by our environment. And claiming that they are improving the environment.” (Representative Metcalfe’s Facebook page, February 2019) In fact, Metcalfe has used his Facebook page and the Metcalfe Minute videos he posts there to expound on his views of climate change more than once,” In reality, the very real threat to responsible environmental stewardship and effective energy management comes from radical Progressives who are generating fake fear (a.k.a. "man-made" climate change) to take more money from the people who actually work for it!” (Representative Metcalfe’s Facebook page, September 2019) Here’s a post from August, “Climate change? Of course it does! Although, it is not and does not threaten the existence of life as we know it! The leftist, big government, we know better than you, nanny state, tyrant types are spreading their lies to instill fear amongst the masses in hopes of mobilizing some of them in their effort to rob us of our wealth and liberty! They would tax the oxygen we breathe if they thought they could get away with it, but have settled on attempting to tax CO2. Let’s stand together and fight for TRUTH to dispel the error!” (Representative Metcalfe’s Facebook page, August 2019) His rhetoric and behavior were no different in the three-hour hearing he held on October 28th wherein he shared similarly ignorant views, shushed and threatened to remove an invited University of Pennsylvania climate scientist who countered one of the climate deniers also invited to testify, interrupted Democratic committee members when they tried to ask questions, and reached over and shut off Representative Greg Vitali’s microphone when he disagreed with something he was saying. It is your responsibility to make sure the representatives you assign to chair and sit on committees are up to the task. Clearly, Representative Metcalfe is not. We call on you to use your authority as the leader of the House GOP to remove Representative Metcalfe from the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee in consequence of his false and dangerous beliefs and inappropriate actions and replace him with someone who acknowledges the crisis we face and is prepared to act accordingly.

My name is Wendsler Nosie Sr. I'm the former chairman of the San Carlos Apache Tribe and a member of Apache-Stronghold. Five years ago, powerful politicians knelt at the altar of greed and arranged permits for Resolution Copper, a multinational corporation, to drill and extract copper beneath sacred holy lands of the Apache. For thousands of years, Apaches have come to Oak Flats to pray. Today, we face the possibility that our holy ground will become a giant crater. We condemn the immoral, racist, and unconstitutional seizure and sale of Oak Flat. Oak Flat is one of the most holy places in the Apache religious tradition, likened to how Christians and Jews regard Mt. Sinai. Resolution Copper's plan would create a crater below Oak Flat two miles wide and 1,000 feet deep. The U.S. Forest Service has moved forward with an environmental impact statement and has refused to consider the Apaches' religious freedom claim, which would stop this destructive mining project. They have declared war on our religion. And a threat to the practice of any religious tradition in the United States is a threat to U.S. Constitution and the religious liberty of all people of faith. The forces that seek to exploit Apache holy land for profit are the same forces that pass racist voter suppression laws, militarize our borders, deny health care to millions, poison our water, and pretend to promote a "pro-life" agenda. This is why we call for a moral revolution of values with the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. We denounce this sinful and unconstitutional seizure and sale of Oak Flat.

By not siding with the state of California, GM, Toyota, and Fiat-Chrysler are are not joining the fight against global warming. They are joining Donald Trump in his efforts to roll back EPA protections at the cost of our children. GM, Toyota, and Fiat-Chrysler must stand by California, and the rest of the world in its fight again global warming, or we will boycott their products.

Cumberland Farms needs to stop serving coffee in foam cups. We all know how detrimental this product is to the environment and to the human body as well. It's unfathomable that in 2019 Cumby's is still exclusively using these toxic, polluting single-use cups, especially when their competitors have switched to more eco- and bio- friendly options. Their customers deserve better, as does the environment. From HealthBeckon.com -- "The ‘styrene’ present in Styrofoam cups and other such containers has the ability to percolate the food or beverages carried in them. The foods can be anything, ranging from hot or cold drinks, snacks, alcohols to acidic eatables. Styrene is a suspected carcinogen and neurotoxin. It carries a host of other adverse health effects like: Irritation and mucous secretion from eyes and nose. Increased levels of fatigue and decreased concentration ability. Increased levels of abnormal pulmonary function and cancer. Disrupts normal hormone functions resulting in thyroid problems and other hormone related problems. Styrene has unpleasant effects on the environment too. And the most unpleasant of those is the fact that styrene takes about 500 years to decompose. Much of the food packaging we eat from today might be disposable, but not decomposable; at-least not for another half a millennium. When polystyrene waste meanders down the drains and waterways to merge with the big seas and oceans, it carries the prospect of killing the marine life. On the other hand, the mere process of polystyrene manufacturing pollutes the air to a very large extent." Sign and share this petition asking Cumberland Farms to switch to a hot beverage containers that won't poison its' customers and OUR earth.

According to a 2017 campus waste audit, 740 pounds of waste were sourced from the Queen Liliʻuokalani Center for Student Services, Architecture, and Business Administration buildings alone. By volume, take-out containers were one-third (34%) of that waste, nearly 250 gallons! Of all take-out food and drink containers, 32% were plastic food containers alone. To combat the growing waste consumption, particularly in plastic take-out containers, we are calling for the funding for an OZZI system and reusable food containers. This system allows for the reduction of landfill waste, saves waste hauling costs, eliminates paper and foam containers, and cuts down on staff interaction. “OZZI is at the forefront of sustainability with a patented, comprehensive food collection system for replacing disposables. It creates accountability and making a collective difference to the sustainable accumulation of waste developing around the world.” For more information, visit the website: https://www.planetozzi.com/solutions#ozzisys. In an ASUH Sustainability Survey, approximately 97% of students who responded believed that UH should prioritize and support sustainability on campus. Sign the petition to show your support for a reusable container system on the campus!

The Sonoran desert tortoise is a newly recognized species of tortoise found in the desert scrub habitats in Arizona and Mexico, east and south of the Colorado River. In 2010, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found in a preliminary assessment the tortoise was warranted for endangered species act protections. In 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 further reviews reaffirmed the warranted finding. Despite the findings, in 2015 the Service reversed its position and denied protections for the Sonoran desert tortoise. These unique desert animals need legal protections to escape extinction. The Western Environmental Law Center is a nonprofit, public-interest environmental law firm and our expert attorneys will use the full power of the law to take the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to court to force the agency to reconsider its ill-informed decision to not list the Sonoran desert tortoise under the Endangered Species Act.

My name is Saket Soni. I’m an organizer on the frontlines of recovery from climate disaster and work with a group called Resilience Force. We fight to protect the workers who rebuild our homes and communities. Hundreds of thousands of these workers are immigrants. As publications like the New York Times and Gizmodo have reported, these immigrant resilience workers face dangerous working conditions, homelessness, abuse, and attacks by immigration enforcers with no oversight—even as they work to help us all come home. In 2020, we need a president who will protect our resilience workforce: the people who make our recovery possible. TELL THESE CANDIDATES to pledge to give America’s resilience workers: • Dignity at work including safe working conditions and a living wage • Freedom from fear of deportation as they work to help local residents come home, and • Full citizenship in the America they’re rebuilding after climate disasters

An accessible clean water source isn't always an option at Suffolk County campgrounds, so plastic water bottles, paper plates, aluminum tins, etc, are commonly used. Pollution has become a major issue when it comes to keeping our planet clean and safe. However, recycling single-use products such as those listed above would keep them out of landfills, nature, and oceans and reduce the waste we leave behind.

Campolindo buys more than 20,000 plastic utensils per school year, resulting in mass amounts of plastic waste produced by students every day. The time has come for us to take action on the environmental issues we face today. By signing this petition started by the Campolindo Zero Waste Club, you can support the eco-friendly movement and help reduce plastic in our oceans.

We cannot continue to destroy habitats to fit the lives of only humans. We need to devise a plan which considers the entire ecosystem. At least transplant it around new developments. Environmental groups need to be involved.

Please sign and share: The NJDEP was to decide on the permits for Williams -Transco's proposed Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) Project on Oct 25th BUT Williams- Transco withdrew 3 applications and asked for an extension on the other. The NESE Projects includes a new gas-powered gas Compressor Station (—the most polluting type—in Franklin near South Brunswick & Princeton- in an active blasting zone, in a wooded area, where there is very low water pressure and no functioning fire hydrants) and a 23-mile Pipeline Expansion underneath the Raritan Bay and Lower New York Harbor (the construction project will dredge up industrial toxins like arsenic, lead, zinc and mercury and organic compounds PCBs, DDT, and dioxins that have been buried under the seabed for decades.) If Governor Murphy and The NJDEPare serious about stopping the greenhouse gas pollution that’s driving us towards irreversible Climate Catastrophe, the choice is clear. We are well beyond the point where we can let the greed of the fossil fuel industry halt our transition to 100% clean renewable energy.