The Bangerter family farm in Farmington, which provides fresh and local produce throughout northern Utah, is in jeopardy of being lost, in order for Farmington City to relocate soccer fields that are being paved over to put in a new highway. There are many other locations where soccer fields can be put, other than a producing farm. Farmington City should look elsewhere. Farmington City should also support the Bangerter family's petition to protect the farm under the Utah Agriculture Protection Act.

We are appealing SDCI's decision to grant the noise variance requested by WSDOT for the Alaskan Way Viaduct demolition. We have until 29 March 2018 to file our appeal. We ask that the noise variance is rescinded and ask the City to consider other options than working through the night. We also ask that any future noise variance application contain all the details of what will be done to mitigate the noise and not refer to a framework of possible actions. Additionally, there should be real-time public access to noise monitoring and transparency with respect to complaints with a review board consisting of representatives from the community affected.

We live in a rural area that has about 1300 families. A 7500 to 10,000 hog CAFO May soon be building their CAFO 2 miles from our and other families Homes. These facilities must be stopped from multiplying to other rural areas and states. They also can spread diseases to humans.

Who lives in the Dade City/San Ann Area because they one day dreamed a Solar Plant would be in their backyard? No one! This is our town, our background a tranquil place where we want to settle. People build dream houses here and families, not a giant Solar Plant that requires a special exemption permit from TECO to change the zoning from 'Agricultural'. 350 acres of beautiful agricultural land will be destroyed and the natural habitat for many of the state's wildlife will be destroyed. Stop this project that is empowering big business over the people.

The Sierra Club sent me a renewal request, enclosing a plastic card and card-surround that is neither recyclable nor biodegradable. This organization should be setting an example of the minimal use of petroleum-based material.

We all have loyalty to keep our Earth healthy, we owe it to marine life, to the people living in places now being majorly inpacted by plastic pollution.

Dear Commissioner Edward Drusina, Over the last 30 years, there has been an ongoing environmental crisis on the border of San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico. Millions of gallons of sewage consistently spill into the ocean and remain unchecked by both United States and Mexican authorities. The problem reached its peak a year ago, when in February 2017 an estimated 28-256 million gallons of raw sewage spilled from the Tijuana River into the Pacific Ocean, as stated in the International Boundary and Water Commission reports. The constant threat of spills is affecting the Imperial Beach, Chula Vista, Coronado and San Diego beach communities. Southern California relies on its beaches as an economic driver and having beaches closed hundreds of days out of the year has a negative impact on the entire region. For those who decide to venture into the polluted ocean, they are constantly plagued by ear, skin and respiratory infections. Not only do the sewage spills affect our beaches and tourist attractions, but they also put out national security at risk. Due to the Tijuana River’s closeness to the United States/Mexico Border, United States Border Patrol agents are impacted while on duty. Agents’ health is at risk, and day after day they are coming down with unknown skin and respiratory infections caused by their proximity and exposure to these spills. According to Christopher Harris, a union representative for National Border Patrol Council’s Local 1613, at least 83 agents reported sewage-related illnesses. We urge you to honor your role stated Article 3 of the Treaty of February 3, 1944, which enables the International Boundary and Water Commission “to give preferential attention to the solution of all border sanitation problems.” The constant runoff of raw sewage from the Tijuana River into San Diego would qualify as a border sanitation problem, and it is up to you to address this and hold your Mexican counterpart, Roberto Fernando Salmón Castelo, director general of the Comisión Internacional de Límites y Aguas, accountable. The current inaction on the part of the International Boundary and Water Commission is unacceptable. The entire Southern California region is suffering because of this environmental and health crisis. Honor your word. Enforce Article 3.

The current situation of litter on South Carolina’s streets and highways is not only unsightly, it’s unhealthy. It degrades our wonderful state to live the “backwards” stereotype of the Deep South.

The Trump administration announced that it would reverse the rule that requires all organic egg farmers to give hens access to the outdoors. The net result of this is that birds will be confined in horrifying indoor sheds where trampling, disease, and even cannibalism run rampant --and the industry will be free to market their products as organic with "outdoor access."  We're asking the Trump administration to reverse this decision and support tree freedom for birds: an animal bill of rights!

In an effort to increase campus wide sustainability, overall health of students, staff and faculty, and awareness of animal agriculture's effect on the environment, UC San Diego should reduce consumption of meat, egg and dairy by 15% in all on campus dining facilities by 2025. By providing more appetizing and healthy alternatives to animal products, it is our hope that HDH will successfully decrease its dependency of meat, dairy and eggs. The manufacturing of animal products (meat, eggs, and dairy) is a major contributor to climate change. The unsustainable practices of industrial animal agriculture have massive implications on the environment; emitting methane at an uncontrollable rate, sucking the land dry of water and nutrients, causing extensive pollution and destroying ecosystems and biodiversity. The main reason animal agriculture persists despite its horrific ramifications is consumer preference. We must act now to phase out the production and sale of animal products in order to save the planet and our future. This initiative correlates with the UC system’s goal to execute the Carbon Neutrality Initiative,  which “commits UC to emitting net zero greenhouse gases from its buildings and vehicle fleet by 2025.” While carbon neutrality is a huge success, it only accounts for fossil fuel emissions and neglects greenhouse gases from other sectors, including animal agriculture.   For more information visit: https://reducemeatconsumption.wordpress.com

These are my arguments against SB405. LEAVE COMMENTS that say WHY you oppose SB405 and politely ask that Governor Colyer VETO SB405. Your comments will be delivered by email to him the minute you Sign this Petition. Below are some of the facts you might use: The fundamental effect of this legislation is upon separation distances from these mega chicken barns, allowing up to a third of a million (333,333) chickens just one-quarter mile (1320ft) away from a home or business or only 100 foot away from a neighbor’s property line. By changing the animal conversion unit ratio to .003, SB 405 dramatically weakens the setback requirements and could bring millions of chickens and their thousands of tons of stinky manure to close proximity to countless Kansas communities. These massive, 500 to 600 feet long, 20,000 square foot chicken barns continually exhaust ammonia, odor, and bacteria-laden manure dust out of their barns, exposing those neighbors downwind to a strong stench as well as health-harming particles and gases. How close should these large poultry farms be to neighbors? We think that SB 405’s ACU formula is too low for a healthy distance setback. A GREATER formula would mean LESS DENSITY of chickens for the quarter-mile separation. Animal Conversion Unit formulas were originally intended to compare different animals in relation to their waste impact risk to water pollution. Because the impact of poultry production is a greater risk to water pollution, the ACU for chicken needs to be much higher than the .003 proposal. The proposed .003 ACU formula is based upon the animal’s weight, rather than its potential impact on water pollution, which is the original basis for the ACU formula and required separation distances. However, the impact of the animal goes further than its weight. Kansas State University research shows chickens produce more manure than beef finishing cows and the manure is much richer. Chicken manure contains twice as much Nitrogen and four times as much Phosphorus compared to beef finishers, and as such is a bigger risk of polluting nearby water bodies with the vast land-spreading of this waste. Thus, because of the nitrogen and phosphorus loads and massive amount of manure that will need to be spread around these chicken barns, the ACU formula should be increased to .008, like it is in Georgia (the number one poultry-producing U.S. state) Missouri, and Wisconsin. Even federal regulators use the .008 ratio, and KDHE currently relies on the .008 standard. Did you know that Kansas does not allow counties to have zoning requirements for agricultural use, meaning that current law provides local residents no way to challenge these mega-chicken farms from coming to their area? SB 405 needs an amendment for home rule, where county residents have the right to file petitions against industrial-agricultural chicken barns and have a county-wide vote. Without an opportunity to challenge these operations locally, SB 405 enables these mega chicken farms to infringe on the property rights and quality of life of surrounding neighbors and communities. Some counties may decide they want a large poultry slaughterhouse and these mega chicken barns. We respect the right of counties to choose whether they want this type of agribusiness or whether they DO NOT want this type of business, but the point is, the counties and their residents should be able to make that choice for themselves. Counties and local residents should be able to decide whether or NOT they want a large poultry slaughterhouse and these mega chicken barns. Without an amendment to provide for a local option for counties to decide whether they want this type of agribusiness in their district or a greater ACU formula like .008, we encourage you to VETO SB 405 because of its impact to air and water quality, public health, and the quality of life for residents and communities nearby.

DTE Energy can and must do better for Michigan than spending $1 billion on a new gas plant. Right now, DTE is seeking approval from regulators at the Public Service Commission, which will make a decision in April on whether to move the plant forward. Investing in clean energy will create 10 times more construction jobs and 4 times more ongoing jobs than building a new gas plant would. Unfortunately, DTE’s current plan seems designed to benefit its shareholders, at the expense of its customers, Michigan citizens, public health, and the environment. Instead of prioritizing fossil fuels and a short-term profit for shareholders, what if DTE could help expand the state’s economy and place Michigan at the forefront of our country’s clean energy cultivation? Raise your voice to power up Michigan with clean energy and stand against this $1 billion gas plant.