Styrofoam has been banned from Montgomery County since 2016. Styrofoam is not only bad for the environment it is also bad for humans. Styrofoam also known as polystyrene, is a material that can not be broken down or reused again. Objects such as styrofoam cups get trashed and end up in the ocean or in the streets, where wildlife mistakenly consume them. When styrofoam is burned it releases carbon monoxide into the air. The harm styrofoam has on humans is that when you use styrofoam materials such as cups for hot liquids you are consuming the toxins made up of styrofoam. These toxins can cause headaches, weakness, and minor kidney failure.

Our family has been without running water for over three years. Our contact with Fresno County and the Representatives has been a waste of time because there is no law to push this issue. These new developments with water pipes being installed are based on contractual agreements and trying to tap into those pipes affects the contract, which the people will not change. If there was a law advocating such a request to ensure that no family is without water it would make a difference for all families.

One day we could end up with more plastic than fish in our oceans. We love our Oregon coast and oceans so let's take action to reduce consumption of single use plastic straws since every day millions are not recycled and end up in our oceans. Educate Oregonians of the many alternatives to single use plastic straws and let Oregon lead by example and ban single use plastic straws.

The USDA is trying to allow the biotechnology industry to hide genetically engineered food behind a ridiculous label that includes a smiley face and a sun. And it wants to label these products “BE” -- for “bioengineered” -- instead of the widely understood “GMO.” By avoiding real GMO labeling, the USDA is helping Big Ag and the biotech industry protect their profits instead of protecting our food system. We have to fight back. Tell USDA we want a real labeling law -- one which labels all GMOs and has on-package labeling!

The Trump administration just proposed allowing hunters to kill bear cubs and wolf pups in their dens. If this proposal goes through, it would put rare wildlife at risk of inhumane treatment in national preserves in Alaska. The Department of the Interior is accepting comments on this plan. So we need you to speak up now! Help send 50,000 comments to the Department of the Interior opposing Trump’s efforts to harm wildlife!

Gilead Science's ad for Harvoni shows people releasing sky lanterns up into the night sky. These and released balloons cause great harm to wildlife and domestic animals. The sky lanterns can also start wildfires and structure fires. People see these ads and are inspired to do their own releases of harmful trash that will always come down and become an issue. We need your help, so I respectfully request that you stop showing this or any advertisement that glorifies practices that destroy innocent lives and litter our earth.

Expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam food packaging is a major component of litter in Maryland’s waterways. Among the Chesapeake Bay’s tidal waters, the EPA has identified three regions of concern: Baltimore Harbor, the Anacostia River, and the Elizabeth River. Since 2014, 702,017 EPS foam containers have been removed from the Baltimore Harbor alone. EPS foam comprises 25-40% of the trash, by volume, pulled from the Anacostia River before it was able to reach the Chesapeake Bay and 10-40%, by volume, of the litter collected during stream cleanups. The fragile nature of EPS foam causes it to break down into infinitesimal pieces upon entering our environment, making it nearly impossible to successfully remove from our waterways. EPS foam - especially that used for food service - can rarely be recycled and municipal curbside collection of EPS foam in Maryland has been determined by many jurisdictions to not be economically viable. Once EPS foam becomes part of the waste stream, it commonly gets washed or blown into our storm drains and rivers, where it absorbs 10 times more pesticides, fertilizers, and chemicals than other kinds of plastic, increasing exposure to toxins for marine life, who mistake it for food. In order to ensure this particularly hazardous form of litter does not continue to plague Maryland's communities and waterways, Bill No. 49-18 requires any disposable food service container used within Anne Arundel County to be a non-Expanded Polystyrene Foam material.

The White House, the EPA, and HHS have so far REFUSED to release a study on water contamination from toxic chemicals called PFOA and PFOS -- used to make non-stick Teflon. Existing studies have linked these chemicals to serious health effects, including cancer, liver and brain dysfunction, and development problems, and this comprehensive study is long overdue. Right now, the EPA has ZERO rules on the books to protect communities from these dangerous chemicals. This study remains unpublished -- because the Trump White House and the EPA think it's a "public relations nightmare." Hundreds of communities and military bases across the country are contaminated with these toxic chemicals. Demand that this study be released!

This year’s bee die-off numbers just came out, and the news isn’t good. Bees are still dying at alarming rates. And it’s largely due to bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides. If we want to stop the massive bee losses, we need to get these pesticides out of our food system. Kroger plays a key role in this fight. It could stop selling food grown with toxic pesticides. But we need YOU to help make that happen!

Direct Action Everywhere has investigated numerous supposedly "humane" farms supplying to Berkeley grocery stores like Whole Foods and documented filth, disease, extreme crowding, and cannibalism among the distressed animals. Consumers deserve to know that even "organic" dairy farms separate mothers and their babies immediately after birth, that "humane" egg farms can legally kill male chicks by throwing them into a grinding machine alive, and that behind the pretty images on the packaging, animals are being tortured for the products sold in Berkeley stores. We are calling upon the city of Berkeley to pass a first-of-its-kind consumer transparency law, requiring warning labels on all animal products sold in Berkeley.

70% of Chicago households have lead in their drinking water. There is no requirement for children to be tested for lead in their blood even though it creates a lifetime of mental and emotional damage. And out of 1200 public water fountains in Chicago parks, 750 have been cited with unsafe amounts of lead. The public needs to find out what problems there may be with our water, and the first step is City Council holding open hearings.

The U.S. Department of Interior has proposed overturning a ban put into place by President Obama that rightly blocked egregious and cruel methods of killing wildlife on National Park Service lands known as preserves. Among the unethical and offensive methods of wildlife killing that the Department of Interior has proposed be allowed are: The use of donuts, bacon, and other “baits” to attract bears to be shot; The hunting of bears with dogs; Killing of wolves and their pups in their dens; Using blindingly bright spotlights to shoot mother black bears and cubs hibernating in their dens. These methods of killing wildlife are antithetical to “fair chase” hunting and have no place on National Park Service lands. National Park Service Preserves in the remainder of the United States prohibit these methods and there is no rational purpose for allowing them here. We will pass along your comments as part of the 60 day comment period to the National Park Service on Docket ID: NPS-2018-0005 // Regulation Identifier Number (RIN) 1024-AE38, and will also follow up to encourage you to directly comment to ensure your voice is heard.