The need for wood in 2018 far outweighs natures ability to provide. With California on fire, for instance, the trees needed to rebuild will not be there in 10 years because it really takes 500 years to grow a 500-year-old tree. So now, timber companies are buying up private properties and Forest Service properties and taking every tree, including 500-year-old trees. The poisons they spray will give me cancer, and I can't afford cancer.

Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) has investigated a number of farms that raise nonhuman animals used for meat, dairy, and egg products that retailers advertise using labels like “humane,” “free-range,” “cage-free,” and other terms that suggest those animals are treated with care and compassion and consideration of their needs; those farms include Diestel Turkey Ranch, Pitman Family Farms, Land O’Lakes dairy cooperative, and Jaindl Turkey Farms, among others. Universally, those claims proved false. In every farm we visited, we found meaningful numbers of animals who had died due to illness, starvation, and blunt force trauma, as well as many others on the verge of death. The public, which cares about the welfare of nonhuman animals and bases its purchasing decisions on the same, has been and continues to be deceived. On a more fundamental level, our experience with the nonhuman animals used for food, including pigs, cows, and chickens, proves that they, like we, value their lives. We think that most people would be highly averse to taking their lives themselves, particularly after interacting with them. The fact that those animals are confined, mutilated, and killed on a massive scale will be looked upon by posterity as a moral catastrophe, and humane labeling serves only to forestall a genuine inquiry by the public into whether our relationship with animals needs fundamental change. For these reasons, we ask lawmakers everywhere to ban the use of humane labeling and force farms and retailers to tell the truth about how animals raised for food are treated.

By signing this petition, you will be adding your name to a sign-on letter to the Delaware River Basin Commission that lays out our demands for its review of the proposed PennEast pipeline. The DRBC rarely uses its authority to review pipeline projects. They indicated some time ago that they would review this one, but never described how robust a review it would be. To date, the DRBC has not initiated a review. That may change now that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued its conditional approval of the pipeline. We don't want FERC's decision or the timing of it to influence DRBC in any way. Help us send that message to the DRBC.

Gas lawn equipment is close to emitting the same the amount of smog created by vehicles. They also have high noise pollution which creates stress.

I am a N.C. citizen who cares about what happens to our environment and economy. I was devastated to learn of the Trump administration's plan to open the oceans off all coasts of the U.S. to offshore drilling, and the seismic air gun blasts that precede it. I was, of course, deeply concerned for my home state. Seismic air gun blasts can be devastating to marine life...everything from oysters and scallops to turtles and whales. The oil spill risk, by itself, should be enough to frighten anyone. Did we learn nothing from the BP oil spill? Governor Roy Cooper said, "Protection of our beaches, sounds and marine life is vital to ensuring a robust coastal economy." And I agree with Gov. Cooper. We must keep our Ocean waters clean and healthy for a thriving economy and a sound environment. Please join me and say "NO!" to offshore drilling!!!

West Virginia is known as "The Mountain State". Who wants to look at a denuded landscape? This will have a negative impact on the tourists coming here to see the natural beauty of the state.

Coqui frogs' loud call can cause hearing loss, inability to have conversations, lack of sleep, etc., and are still imported in potted plants. One coqui frog chirps at 95 decibels and with no snakes to control their numbers, the spread of coquis will continue and the density (reaching 10-20,000 per acre) of the coqui frog population will ruin Maui for all residents unless Maui County Council stops ignoring the seriousness of the issue and funds Maui Invasive Species Committee the full eradication budget needed over the next 5+ years.

I feel sorry for the horses that pull tourists around in the heat and among crazy drivers. Tourists can use a pedicab.

With our new Progressive New Jersey administration in place, New Jersey needs to form coalitions with other States to stop all of the negative aspects of the Trump regime. Let's start with something all New Jerseyans understand and want to protect - our precious Jersey Shore - from offshore drilling.

Current California law requires 50% renewables by 2030. We can do better and do it faster by passing Senate Bill 100. It's waiting for action in the Assembly. SB 100 will bring us 50% renewable energy by 2026. It will bring us 60% renewable energy by 2030. And it will bring us 100% zero-carbon energy by 2045. These goals are scientifically achievable. All that's needed is the political will in Sacramento. The vast majority of Californians favor a target of 100% renewable energy. It's time for our legislators to act.

As a mother and grandmother, I am determined to leave a habitable planet for my loved ones.

This Republican sponsored bill plans to circumvent existing land laws and avoid environmental impact studies in order to expand the Aurora Airport runway and surrounding property immediately to accommodate large corporate jets. Studies should be done first!