The South Dakota Department of Education is proposing top notch new science standards for K-12 students that include sound climate change education. But climate science deniers are trying to stop adoption of the South Dakota Science Standards. Opponents are creating the impression that parents don’t want climate science taught in South Dakota. At a recent hearing on the new science standards in Sioux Falls, one parent called evolution and climate change “fringe ideas.” Another said that “many South Dakota families have values that don’t match the school standards as proposed.” If they are successful, South Dakota kids will not only be kept in the dark about climate change, they will be denied access to a world-class science education. The Board of Education may vote on whether to adopt NGSS in May. It’s critical to tell Board members now that the vast majority of South Dakota parents strongly support the new standards and climate change education. Tell the Board of Education to adopt the South Dakota Science Standards that include climate science for all South Dakota students. Thank you for taking action!

Let's increase voter participation in Hawaii by making voting easier, not harder.

Protect Our Children (protectourchildrencoalition.org) is a coalition of parents groups and environmental and health advocates calling for a one mile minimum separation between schools and oil & gas wells or related infrastructure projects. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is accepting comments until May 4th on a proposed set of regulations that does not include the separation we've been calling for.

On February 12, those making a million dollars a year reached the annual tax cap. After that day, none of their income will be taxed to pay for Social Security. Meanwhile, 94% of Americans -- those who make less than $118,500 a year -- will chip in a portion of every single paycheck, all year long. That’s right. A single mother working as an ER nurse pays 6.2% of every paycheck toward Social Security, 12 months out of the year. Meanwhile, a wealthy investment banker on Wall Street isn’t paying a dime into the system for the rest of 2015. They say we can’t afford Social Security. No. We can’t afford to keep giving unfair tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires! Add your name. Sign the petition and tell Senator Dick Durbin, Senator Mark Kirk, and Rep. Rodney Davis it’s time to end the Social Security tax break for millionaires!

Now that I am drawing on my Social Security, i can do volunteer work in my community.

There were 73 decrees to wipe out Yezidis through murder and forced conversion over the past 700 years, which led to the loss of 22 million Yezidis. Please help us to stem the tide of this 74th attempt to wipe out the Yezidis. Yezidis International works to raise consciousness about the Yezidi crisis in Northern Iraq. The Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County, California is also sponsoring an effort to raise consciousness about the plight of the Yezidis.

I'm Starting this because I'm trying to help and PROTECT MAUNAKEA. Leave our Hawaiian Lands alone and target some where else! Hawaiian Lands belong to the Hawaiians not the to the state, gov, mainland or to where ever else us Hawaiians is going to do all in our power to save our Lands. KEEP THE COUNTY COUNTY AND BUILD OUT OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY US HAWAIIANS IS GOING TO BE HAPPY.

I hope for my son to attend the University of Texas someday unless this bill passes and any wacko can legally carry concealed handguns onto campus. Common sense has been lost in this legislation. Please keep our Texas campuses safe!

By saving these few remaining groves and surrounding forests, the Redwoods will finallly be given the names and protection they deserve. Trees know no borders,and these are not just the California Redwoods,but the Redwoods of Oregon and California. This area is one of the most biologically diverse regions in North America, and will connect with a 500,000 acre wilderness, protecting these ancient groves. We are seeking protection for 150,000 acres, all currently in Federal ownership.

I am the son of a union worker, a retired teacher who has worked closely with pro-public education unionized workers, and I am a former elected local official who believes this repeal would be disastrous.

Boston's North and South Stations represent a serious gap in rail service in the northeast corridor and also do a disservice to commuters in the communities of eastern Massachusetts. Although just over one mile apart, North and South Stations are not directly connected, making commuting between communities above and below Boston extremely cumbersome. Passengers taking commuter train into either station must then use additional public transportation to move between stations. The North/South Rail Link project has been talked about for decades but remains incomplete. Undertaking this project to its completion is long overdue.

To nurture and speed up the development of local and regional food systems. With 500,000 acres being removed from food production in California due to long term drought, and commodity agricultural exports raising food prices at home, the Local Food Security Tax Credit will make food available and keep food affordable for millions of Americans.