I am a resident of Braddock. I own my home and have been in the area for about 10 years now. Not only can't we enjoy sitting on our porch because of the smell of the steel mill, but the dirt and debris are unbearable. We can’t even open a window in our home to get fresh air or a cool breeze. I am also concerned with the health of my daughters and me. Since we’ve lived in the area, we have had a lot of respiratory issues that we weren’t experiencing before. I am a taxpayer and it’s not fair to me or other residents. The CEO, managers, and employees who work in the mill don’t have to live and put up with the environmental issues, so why should we?

There is much debate in Riverhead about whether the Town Board should vote that the Calverton Aviation & Technology is Qualified and Eligible to purchase the last 1,640 acres of land at EPCAL However, there is broad agreement that the contract railroaded by the former Board at its last meeting in December is flawed and does not adequately protect the long-term interests of the Town. Rather than trust in the good intentions of the Ghermezian family, the contract must be modified or supplemented with these five specified covenants to guarantee that if the land is sold to them, the 600 developable acres are used only for the proper purpose and the 1,000 undevelopable acres are returned to the Town. Such covenants permanently "run with the land," irrespective of who owns it. Deeds that formalize future sales would be obliged by law to repeat these same covenants.

The Trump administration is considering handing over our oceans to industrial ocean fish farms. These massive operations are essentially floating factory farms that devastate our ocean ecosystem, public health, society and the economy. Now, the Gulf Fishery Management Council is considering whether to permit a farm in Gulf waters. So the Council needs to hear from you that it should be protecting our Gulf waters, not hand them over to mega-corporations and factory farms.

On June 20, 2018, pipeline opponents from across the state marched to DEQ in Richmond to deliver a set of nearly 800 signatures to this open letter (gathered in just five days). We will keep this petition open so that others may continue to sign. We plan to deliver updated versions on a rolling basis. Please note there is one factual error in the open letter. The lawsuit is Precision Pipeline v. Dominion, not the other way around.

Craig Thiessen, a rancher from Datil, New Mexico, pleaded guilty last month to brutally massacring a highly endangered Mexican gray wolf. With only 114 Mexican wolves in the wild, the death of even one is a huge blow to the recovery of the species as a whole. In his guilty plea, Mr. Thiessen admitted to intentionally capturing a Mexican gray wolf in a trap on his grazing allotment in the Gila National Forest and hitting the wolf with a shovel. He also admitted to knowing that the wolf was a highly endangered Mexican gray wolf because it was wearing a tracking collar. As a holder of a grazing permit on a Gila National Forest allotment, the rancher has received significant taxpayer money in livestock subsidies from the federal government. In pleading guilty to this criminal act of cruelty and disregard for a species on the brink of extinction, Mr. Thiessen has demonstrated his failure to meet the responsibilities that accompany the privilege of a public lands grazing permit. Please join us in asking the United States Forest Service Gila National Forest District Ranger to immediately cancel his grazing permit.

I love animals. I was in all the animal/wildlife programs at school, so to lose another species would be very sad. I am going into the fourth grade and I hope when I grow up the red wolf will still be alive.

I have been a lifelong Hoosier, except for 3 years I lived in Florida. While living there, I was appalled by the plastic bags all over the beaches and in the water. I'm trying to protect our home, and our future generations from the same fate. Please sign this petition and let the people decide what kind of a world we want to leave for our children. Thank you!

Animals should not be suffering to provide cosmetic products, most of which are not even necessary for humans. It is not morally or economically right to abuse millions of animals a year when there are other, cheaper, ways to test product safety. Protecting animals should be our top priority.

Hemp grows quicker and uses less water when compared to similar crops, meaning that shifting to hemp could be a net boon for the environment. It is an especially good alternative to cotton, which is one of the dirtiest crops when it comes to pesticide use and greenhouse gas emissions. Hemp can be used to make rope, clothes, and many other fabrics and materials -- but the crop has been unfairly tied to strict marijuana policy for decades, despite negligible amounts of the psychoactive compound THC. Legalizing hemp could help the environment, farm income, and consumer choice! It's about time: tell your members of Congress to pass the Hemp Farming Act.

Thanks to Trump's tax scam, oil and gas industry allies in Congress were able to open the door to drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Now, the Department of the Interior is collecting public comments as part of its environmental review process until June 19. Oil and gas drilling would be extremely destructive to ANWR's water, wildlife, and other sensitive resources that the Native Gwich’in people of the Arctic depend on. Submit a comment to tell U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to reject ANY AND ALL oil and gas drilling on the Coastal Plain of ANWR.

Scott Pruitt’s EPA is trying to censor science. He wants to exclude important studies from decisions affecting our air, water, and health. Specifically, he would make it easier for the Trump administration to weaken clean air safeguards by excluding critical research about pollution’s impact on our health. This is the same tactic the tobacco industry used to "prove" cigarettes aren’t harmful to our health. We can’t let Pruitt’s EPA get away with it! Add your name: Tell the EPA to side with science, not Trump and Scott Pruitt!

The company that developed GMO salmon is pushing for its product to reach U.S. stores unlabeled. Senator Lisa Murkowski recently introduced new legislation that would stop this fish from sneaking onto our dinner plates. We need your help to encourage your Senators to support this legislation. Tell your Senators: Don't let GE salmon sneak into our food system unlabeled!