We are starting this petition because we believe that all people should feel safe on their college campuses. According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, 1 in 5 women and 1 in 16 men are sexually assaulted in college. Less than 10% of those assaults are reported. If we make this process any more difficult, as this bill is attempting to do through mandated reporting to police forces, we will be endangering the future of our college students. We do not believe that Alpha Epsilon Phi, or any sorority or fraternal council should support this endangerment.

In just a few days, we could see thousands of solar jobs in jeopardy. The solar industry is one of the brights spots in the Massachusetts economy, now employing 12,000 people. But our growing solar businesses could come to a screeching halt if power company lobbyists have their way. Our most successful solar program, called net metering, allows solar panel owners to sell their excess power back. But that program, and the thousands of jobs it helped to create, has reached its cap, meaning that projects all over the state have been put on hold. You'd think raising the cap would be a no-brainer, but thanks to a lobbying blitz by the power industry, we've been stalled for months. We're down to the wire, the last formal session of the year is next week. If legislators don't act this week, we will lose our chance to act in 2015. Both the governor and legislative leadership have said they will act before the end of the year, but if we are going to overcome the industry opposition, they need to hear from you.

In 1838, Georgetown University president Thomas Mulledy sold 272 human beings of African descent, legally owned by the Jesuit religious order, to Louisiana in order to cover the school's debts. To this day, Georgetown has a resident hall named after this slave owner. Like the confederate flag flying on state grounds, memorials to slave owners have no place in this society. As part of a growing student and social movement, Georgetown University students are sitting in at school president John J. DeGioia's office until our demands are met. Support our students, our demands and our movement.

My son has fallen into the progression of a drug addiction. He is now cutting school and running away. His high school sent him for a drug test at Cape Regional Hospital and he tested positive for cocaine. The doctor told me in front of my son that it could very well be a false positve. He said he's fine to go back to school. I asked him to be held because he is hurting himself. They sent him home.

Oil companies are trying to expand their Northwest operations, putting our communities at risk from explosive oil train derailments, huge increases in rail traffic, and oil spills from trains, tankers, and barges. And with each additional project, they add to climate disruption. Dangerous types of oil – volatile Bakken crude from the Midwest and toxic tar sands oil from Canada – pose unique dangers to public health and the environment. Unchecked, the oil industry will turn our region into a thoroughfare for crude oil with terminal proposals that impact the Northwest, the country and the world. We remember the disaster in Lac Megantic Canada —a derailment and explosion that killed 47 people. We also remember the Exxon Valdez, the BP Horizon, and the ominous warning of the 1989 Nestucca oil barge spill off Grays Harbor that fouled beaches from Oregon to Vancouver Island, and killed 56,000 sea birds. But we have an opportunity to say no to the oil industry’s proposed expansion through our region: A public comment period is now underway to evaluate the risks of two of the terminals in Grays Harbor, Washington – the Westway and Imperium terminal proposals. Our job is to let the Department of Ecology and the City of Hoquiam know that the risks outweigh the benefits of these projects.

Oil companies are trying to expand their Northwest operations, putting our communities at risk from explosive oil train derailments, huge increases in rail traffic, and oil spills from trains, tankers, and barges. And with each additional project, they add to climate disruption. Dangerous types of oil – volatile Bakken crude from the Midwest and toxic tar sands oil from Canada – pose unique dangers to public health and the environment. Unchecked, the oil industry will turn our region into a thoroughfare for crude oil with terminal proposals that impact the Northwest, the country and the world. We remember the disaster in Lac Megantic Canada —a derailment and explosion that killed 47 people. We also remember the Exxon Valdez, the BP Horizon, and the ominous warning of the 1989 Nestucca oil barge spill off Grays Harbor that fouled beaches from Oregon to Vancouver Island, and killed 56,000 sea birds. But we have an opportunity to say no to the oil industry’s proposed expansion through our region: A public comment period is now underway to evaluate the risks of two of the terminals in Grays Harbor, Washington – the Westway and Imperium terminal proposals. Our job is to let the Department of Ecology and the City of Hoquiam know that the risks outweigh the benefits of these projects.

The December 18th 2015 debut of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is a chance to tell vast audiences to defeat the dark side of man-made climate change and awaken the force of worldwide actions that will allow us to live sustainably on Mother Earth. One excellent series of Hollywood-produced film shorts is the "Nature Is Speaking" series made by Conservation International narrated by major actors, including Harrison Ford and Lupita Nyong'o who are members of the Star Wars cast. Ford and director James Cameron brought us the recent Showtime Documentary series,"Years of Living Dangerously," demonstrating the entertainment industry's ability to elevate environmental realities. Ford spoke out passionately for the earth by confronting Indonesia's president and condemning that country's palm oil industry for destroying its forests. With Ford's return to star in "The Force Awakens" -- a blockbuster that may well set world records for theater viewership -- he and James Cameron should use their star power and status to demand that theaters precede each showing with a film short for the Earth. We are also targeting Star Wars creator George Lucas, distributor Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Director/Producer J.J. Abrams, co-producer Bryan Burk, and Kathleen Kennedy, president of co-producer Lucasfilm. as well as the CEOs of large Theater and Cinema Companies like Carmike, AMC, Regal, Harkins, Cinemark, and more. Perhaps the best film short to suggest is the Louie Schwartzberg/Morgan Freeman film short to the 2014 UN Climate Meeting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4r5OsKyTUU

MOST SENIORS AND DISABLED ARE EFFECTED ONCE THEY RECEIVE THEIR COLA RAISE, WHICH ISN'T A RAISE IF IT'S TAKEN AWAY AS SOON AS THEY GET IT.

Adding density only benefits developers and reduces the quality of life for the residents of Lyon Township and the surrounding communities.

As Batteries contain dangerous chemicals and valuable resource deposits, and we need to maximize this factor by recycling these batteries more often. Lead acid batteries from cars are one of the most recycled items in America. If this wasn’t the case, lead would slowly be coming out of landfills and polluting lots of land and water, and developing nations typically pay less attention to mounting environmental problems. This would lead to a lot of lead poisoning if the lead got into food or water. To make people recycle batteries (in general) more we could put deposits of 10-20 cents per battery. This would give people more of an incentive to return these batteries to a recycling center. People would get the deposits back after they gave the batteries to the recycling center. With the money that is earned from the batteries not being recycled we could make more recycling centers to bring batteries too. Recycling batteries saves energy in the long run, reduces pollution, reduces the need for a landfill, generates income and jobs, lessens the amount of regulations, and reduces imports. Laws have been passed to promote disposal, and 98% of all lead batteries are recycled. In North America only, one in six households recycles rechargeable batteries. Some steps that we can take to reduce or minimize the damage caused to the environment due to improper battery disposal includes the recycling of used batteries, using rechargeable batteries more, buying batteries containing less mercury, lead and cadmium, providing information to customers about recycling, using alternative energy storage in devices, and looking for renewable sources of energy. The metals in batteries such as, cadmium, nickel, and lead, are harmful to people and the environment. Some of the dangers include burns and danger to the eyes and skin, polluted ground water, and the vaporized form becoming trapped in the atmosphere and polluting lakes and streams through form of rain. Recycling saves the recovered plastics and metals can be used to make new batteries. It also keeps toxic metals out landfills. Additionally, a key step to disposing of any battery is reading the label. With all that being said, batteries contain dangerous chemicals and valuable resource deposits that we can really take advantage of for our own good.

It's about the injustice he has done to this loving couple because they are gay. Because of this, he has removed the child from their home and put the child in a heterosexual home because he and his religion believe gays are not fit to be parents. He needs to be removed from office.

As a gay ex-Mormon I am infuriated by seeing a civil servant using his religious views to tamper with Utah citizens' lives. This couple is legally married and meet ALL the requirements to adopt the child they have been fostering for 3 months. This judge's decision came about less than a week after the LDS church put out a new policy punishing the children of gay parents. These actions are linked and proof of the dangers legal citizens face when a religion is intertwined with legislation. Apparently there have not been enough anti-discrimination laws put into place to stop this type of thing from happening. There is a terrible shortage of foster parents here in Utah as well. We should be grateful and respectful to every couple that opens their home in order to relieve this crisis. Please sign so we can submit this petition in order to uphold the law and reverse this discriminatory ruling.