Climate change is caused by people emitting carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere. One way to reduce contributions to climate change is to stop using fossil fuels to generate electricity. NYC could do it (for all city business, including MTA). Call on NYS to switch to "green" electrical energy by 2025.

I would like to see the State of California resist Trump's efforts to allow offshore oil and gas drilling. We should have learned our lesson after repeated oil spills in Santa Barbara. The focus should be on renewable energy, and not carbon producing fossil fuels. The entire state is at risk...wildlife, California residents, tourists, and the tourism and fishing industries.

An Excerpt from: BIRD SPECIES THAT WILL LIKELY SUFFER FROM LOGGING IN STATE PARKS and STATE PARKS AND SCIENCE By Douglas McClure Wood Cerulean Warbler: A species of High Continental Importance* with an Urgency/Half Life of only 19 years, a long-term range-wide population decline of 72% and a decline of 74% within the Appalachian Mountains region. WV’s old-growth and mature forests are important habitats. Kentucky Warbler: A species of High Continental Importance* with a long-term population decline range-wide of 29% and a decline of 41% within the Appalachian Mountains region. Wood Thrush: A species of High Continental Importance *with a long-term population decline range-wide of 60% and a decline of 49% within the Appalachian Mountains region. The Wood Thrush suffered a 1.4% average annual decline in WV between Breeding Bird Atlases, 1986-2011, representing a 29% population decline (Sauer et al. 2017; PIF 2013). Worm-eating Warbler: In WV, Worm-eating Warbler populations suffered a significant average annual decline of 1.9% for the period between Breeding Bird Atlases (1986-2011). The population declined by 31% in the 41 years before 2011 (Sauer et al. 2017). Acadian Flycatcher: The Acadian Flycatcher suffered a significant average annual decline of 1.7% in West Virginia and a population decline of 34% between Breeding Bird Atlases, 1986-2011 (Sauer et al. 2017; PIF 2013). WV had the second highest percentage of the Acadian Flycatcher’s estimated global population (10.3%). Scarlet Tanager: WV had the second highest percentage of estimated global population (9.8%). The relatively stable population of this species in WV between Breeding Bird Atlases, 1986-2011, has now begun to suffer a precipitous decline at an average annual rate of 2.3% between 2005 and 2015 (Sauer et al. 2017). Black-and-White Warbler: The center of distribution for this species is further north than the other species in this list. WV had the sixteenth highest percentage of estimated global population (1.3%). During the period between Breeding Bird Atlases, 1986-2011, the species suffered a 2.14% average annual decline in WV, a loss of nearly 35% of the 1989 breeding population (Sauer et al. 2017; PIF 2013). *Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture, 2016 (AMJV) Partners in Flight Science Committee (PIF)

Saving Our Coasts

Climate change is harming much of the world, including our state of Illinois. We're asking the General Assembly to pass legislation mandating greenhouse gas emission reduction, using Paris Agreement guidelines, for the good of the people of Illinois.

I live here. I love the ocean. I do not want it destroyed in the name of money!

Rhode Island's coasts are a major contributor to the state's economy. Florida was withdrawn from the plan for similar concerns, so should Rhode Island. I oppose all offshore drilling. It is step backwards from progress toward a clean energy economy which is creating more US jobs than any other industry.

My family, my town, my state, and all of New England depend on clean oceans for future prosperity. Rhode Island had an oil spill 20 years ago that decimated marine life and severely impacted our local economy. We note that your winter home state, President Trump, has been removed from consideration for offshore oil exploration. Why not mine?

The pet industry and their lobbyists have pushed H.3212 out of committee in the Massachusetts House and we must act now to stop puppy mills from selling to pet stores in our state.

Residential solar is one of the best answers to Climate Change. Solar is possible on only about a quarter of our housing stock. It is impossibly costly to change. I’ve seen the advantage on my house.

Citizens living near the pipeline have had their land stolen and destroyed by Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) through the use of eminent domain laws & ETP has committed egregious violations that have damaged the local environment & threatened our water supply. Yet, after a short construction halt, it was announced this week that ETP is being allowed to start construction on the pipeline again.

The petition calls for the introduction of legislation to solve our nation's nuclear waste issue by recovering the energy remaining in spent nuclear fuel, greatly reducing its long-term radioactivity, and providing alternative permanent disposal options than deep geological sequestration. The solution will also greatly enhance our nation's energy security, promote long-term sustainable energy use, and greatly reduce emissions of CO2.