Oxitec, owned by biotech giant Intrexon, wants to release millions of GMO mosquitoes in Florida and Texas. These mosquitoes could pose major risks to fragile ecosystems like the Florida Keys and may pose risks to our health. Our environment should not be a testing ground for risky new GMO technologies. We need to stop these experimental mosquitoes before they are released from labs into our environment.

My petition concerns designing new recycling containers that are just as ideal as trash bins for large complexes. For an entire apartment complex and even food-industry spots in San Marcos, it's common to see only a couple of small recycling bins (that someone who owns a house has one of), or even none at all in most cases (just as my apartment complex). This is a striking problem to me, for many institutions where large groups of people consume (apartments/restraunts) dont have the opportunity to recycle; and I fear the continued apathetheic approach to throwing away reusable material will ultimately void desicions to do something about this problem in the first place. This will effect everyone, especially large scale as we already see in our oceans and natural environments, suffocating the niches within the many levels of life. San Marcos recycling policy should reflect similar implementations from the city of Austin.

Bans like this are in place and working in Hawaii and Northern California. It is a shame how many plastic bags are being thrown into the landfill each year. Plastic bags take 1,000 years to decompose. The plastic ends up in our water and ecosystem and it affects our health. Biodegradable plastic bags take only 3-6 months to decompose. What a better idea.

¡Las langostas no merecen ser hervidas vivas ni asesinadas de cualquier otra forma! [Lobsters do not deserve to be boiled alive or killed in any other way!]

My organization is part of a network of more than 200 organizations fighting pipelines and infrastructure have been calling on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Congress to address abuse of its power to review natural gas pipeline projects. Shortly after his confirmation last year, FERC Chairman Kevin McIntyre announced that the Commission would be reviewing is processes, but we fear it will be a dog and pony show. In fact, the only change they've made to their process so far is to make it even harder for the public to participate by refusing to accept interventions that are received after the short window of opportunity to file one. We sent out the following message, along with the summary of our points that is the petition we're asking you to sign now, as a sign on letter. Here's how we introduced the letter: Sign on to tell FERC, that it's time... Time for FERC to Represent People over Pipelines: Implementing a Public Interest Pipeline Review Process, Giving Proper Priority to People, Environment, Climate and Future Generations. To see the full-text letter go to: http://bit.ly/PublicInterestPipelineReviewSignOn

Two bills in the New Jersey legislature would drive bold new commitments to solar power for individuals, communities and utilities in the state. A3723 in the Assembly and S2314 in the Senate would create new opportunities for families and businesses across the state to go solar and save, helping low-income families and renters to participate in and access the benefits of New Jersey’s new energy economy. These bills would commit New Jersey to getting half of its electricity from renewable sources like solar power by 2030, for more local jobs, more consumer energy choice, and more resilient communities across the Garden State. Tell your lawmakers: Vote YES for solar on upcoming bills scheduled to head to the floor of the Senate and House the week of April 12, 2018!

The Disappearing Rainforests We are losing Earth's greatest biological treasures just as we are beginning to appreciate their true value. Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth's land surface; now they cover a mere 6% and experts estimate that the last remaining rainforests could be consumed in less than 40 years. One and one-half acres of rainforest are lost every second with tragic consequences for both developing and industrial countries. Due to human activities, and being held hostage by cultural consumerism. We have failed to look at the most important parts of our forests. Terrains, animals, and trees are being killed in order to sustain a high demand for livestock and animal agriculture. Let us all preserve and highlight the importance of sustaining clean air and water for our environment, this is no longer political or religious debates but it is our alienate rights for breathable and livable air. I’m not quite certain the level of threat that there will be a time when the Amazon Rain Forests no longer exists, but I know animal agriculture is rising due to the high supply and demand for food. If this treaty is placed in action in order to band humans from organizing any type of profit and only allowing visitation for scientific studies or educational purposes, we have a chance to preserve the forests not only for our future but our children's future.

Kroger is still selling food grown with bee-killing neonicotinoids and other pesticides. These chemicals are linked to unsustainable bee die-offs that threaten our entire food system. The first step to shifting the entire grocery sector away from killing bees is convincing Kroger, the second largest food retailer in the US, to stop selling food grown with toxic pesticides. We need YOU to help make that happen!

Donald Trump is trying to hand over Bears Ears National Monument to the mining industry. He’s working to strip protections from more than 85% of the monument’s land. This is the largest rollback of protection for our public lands in history. The Department of the Interior is seeking public input on this plan. So we need you to speak up NOW and stop it!

Donald Trump is trying to hand over Bears Ears National Monument to the mining industry. He’s working to strip protections from more than 85% of the monument’s land. This is the largest rollback of protection for our public lands in history. The Department of the Interior is seeking public input on this plan. So we need you to speak up NOW and stop it!

The Delaware River Basin provides clean drinking water for millions of people in Philadelphia, New York, New Jersey and Delaware. 

 Last December the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) put forth new rules for a half-measure fracking ban that leaves the door open for fracking waste to enter the watershed, and allows drilling companies to take water for their own uses. 

 The DRBC's draft fracking ban regulations are unacceptable, and definitely not up to our standards for a fracking ban. 

 Earlier this year when the DRBC held a series of public hearings, Food & Water Watch and allies held rallies calling on the four governors in the Basin states (Cuomo, Carney, Wolf and Murphy) to support the strongest possible ban on fracking — and not settle for anything less! 

 Now, we need to keep this momentum going and show the Governors that we will fight until the end to protect our most precious water sources, and we need them to do the same.

Eliminate use of un-recyclable material styrofoam in retail grocery packaging. Help achieve zero waste goal.