Next Thursday (12/12/13) the Erie County Legislature will vote on whether to ban fracking and it's incredibly toxic waste from Erie County, NY. This legislation would protect the health and safety of Erie County residents, and help bring New York one step closer to a statewide ban on fracking. Fracking is an incredibly dangerous drilling process that can contaminate and deplete local water, damage the environment, and threaten public health. Help us flood the county legislature with petition signatures this week to ban fracking in Erie County!

The education of the children of Asbury Park should be a high priority and free of politics. Democracy is a civil right!

Its time that we all open our eyes and realize that the plastic bags that we conveniently acquire at our local supermarkets, retail pharmacies, and convenience stores are extremely HAZARDOUS to our environment. They are responsible for so many PREVENTABLE marine and wild life deaths with the simple use of a reusable or bio-degradable bag . They affect 267 animal species annually including whales, fish, birds and turtles. The Pacific Leatherback sea turtle mistake the bags for jellyfish and consume them resulting in their declining population of 95% in the last 20 years. :-( -Over the last 25 years 7,825,319 plastic bags were collected from beaches around the world. -Of the 115 BILLION bags used nationally each year only 5% are recycled. -MILLIONS of taxpayers dollars are SPENT annually on landfill costs, litter prevention, cleanup efforts and enforcement. MONEY THAT COULD BE USED FOR BETTER PURPOSES. We are in charge of our planet. It is our God given right to protect it. Its time that we take a stand and make the essential changes needed to save our planet for ourselves and the future of our children before its too late. Please take a moment and sign this petition. Thanks

The Christmas season should be a time of celebrating the teachings of Jesus Christ. I cannot as a Christian sit silently by as Governor Rick Perry allows people to die because of politics. The Medicaid expansion will not cost the state of Texas one penny for the next three years but in that time Medicaid will save nearly 20,000 lives. Isn't saving even one life worth the time it takes you to sign this petition? Please join Texas Christians in urging Governor Rick Perry to listen to his heart and open the doors of health care to the working poor of Texas.

Please sign to encourage Kelly Westlund to run for Congress!

Gov. Corbett's newly appointed Department of Environmental Protection Secretary, Chris Abruzzo, just said “I’ve not read any scientific study that would lead me to conclude there are adverse impacts to human beings, animals, or plant life at this small level of climate change." Does this include Superstorm Sandy and Typhoon Haiyan? The devastating heat waves that have hit the country? Mr. Abruzzo is dangerously out of touch. Apparently he hasn't read the studies showing that warming-induced sea level rise has doubled the risk of Hurricane Sandy-scale coastal flooding. Or the studies showing that global warming-induced heat waves and droughts are already making life harder for corn farmers across the Midwest. Or the studies that link warming to pine beetle infestations and ecosystem shifts that threaten to drive many species to extinction. Clearly, Chris Abruzzo isn't the right person to figure out how Pennsylvania is going to tackle maybe the biggest problem facing the Earth—because he isn't even sure it is a problem. Tell the Pennsylvania Senate to reject Chris Abruzzo's nomination to lead the Department of Environmental Protection.

Upon joining the military I signed a "waiver of service" and a "general power of attorney" so that I may get divorced from an abusive, drug addict. And allowed his step-mother to stand in court for me. With these two signed documents she not only got my divorce, but she took custody of my children without my knowing or permission. Since then I have been unable to take custody of my children due to rapid deployments, I am now a year from getting out and have sustained injuries that prevent me from ever deploying, I am now in a position to have them with me. She is unwilling to give my children back to me. Please allow me the right to be a mother.

Our state senate is going to vote on Chris Abruzzo's nomination to head up the DEP as early as this week. Here's what he told the Environmental Resources and Energy committee when asked about climate change. "Abruzzo told the committee he does believe climate change is occurring and that it seems to be at least partially attributable to human factors, but he does not view it as harmful and sees no reason for Pennsylvania to adopt new policies to address it." And still the committee voted to approve him 10 - 1! Daylin Leach was the ONLY member of the committee to vote NO! Our senators need to know we don't want a climate denier heading up the DEP! http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/12/04/corbetts-pick-to-run-dep-does-not-view-climate-change-as-harmful/

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The current reality is “Out of sight, out of mind, we can then do whatever we'd like with animal kind immediately.” Millions of times per year animals are killed simply because no one knows they are going to be. It is a very quiet big BUSINESS making lots of money for a lot of companies and groups with NO public oversight. Despite a multitude of people trying to help save these animals the time for discovery is always the leading killer. While there is still such a very long road to go towards a world of No-Kill Nation the first step must be raising public awareness of exactly how bad current reality IS. So do we have a right to know how many and how often we, as a country, as a nation, and as a civilization, “euthanize” animals? Demand that right. Sign and share now! p.s. YES petitions WORK, now sign.... no more excuses... :) I promised I'll be proud of you and all the animals will love you for it. Bless you all each and every one.

My parents don't get to see my niece and its not right. They are the best grandparents any child could have and the only thing they want is to be apart of her life. Their are also other grandparents who help raise their grandchildren and without warning they can be taken out of their lives. It's not fare or right when all they want to do is love them and be there for them. A child can never have to many loving parents even grandparents.

Fracking is a dangerous practice that our government has failed to protect the public from. Stop fracking in California.