When President Obama gave his landmark speech in June calling on America to address the causes and impacts of climate change, business station CNBC was the only cable news network that refused to run even one second of the speech. Sadly, this is just the latest example of the network’s egregious climate reporting. A recent Media Matters report found that over half of CNBC’s climate science coverage since 2013 has cast doubt on the scientific consensus that CO2 emissions from fossil fuels is causing climate change. When viewers called CNBC out over Twitter for presenting false information, Squawk Box co-host Joe Kernen responded with offensive statements, calling the tweets a “global warming jihad launched against me by the Eco Taliban”. What’s more, he responded on air, saying: “You haven’t read my Twitter feed, I’ll tell you that much […] there’s a lot of things happening the enviro-socialists are–man, it is a cult. It is a bona fide cult." Calling groups that acknowledge climate change part of a cult isn't just absurd, it’s really bad business advice. This is the kind of climate coverage we expect from Fox News, not a subsidiary of NBC. As a major business network under the banner of NBC Universal, CNBC has a responsibility to report on how climate change will impact its viewers, particularly from a financial perspective, not give voice to disproven conspiracy theories. When the recession hit, CNBC came under fire for making excuses for Wall Street. Now they’re denying climate change. We can’t afford to have CNBC go down the same path as Fox News, compromising their integrity to appeal to right wing viewers. Right now, because CNBC’s ratings are declining, CNBC management will be looking to make changes to get their ratings and advertisers back. We know they are listening. If we make a strong push for responsible journalism and accurate climate reporting, our efforts could help turn things around at CNBC. Please add your voice.

I know illegals who are hard working & have families. They have been here for 13 years with 3 children, 1 in college who just received her right to a social security card through Pres. Obama's program, and 2 who where born here & are citizens. Their parents need a path to legal citizenship, as do so many other families in this same situation .

During their final hours in Raleigh, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a foolish bill requiring those applying for public assistance to pass a drug test before they can become eligible for assistance. This unconstitutional idea has been tried in other states, but it has always been stopped by court order. A group of civil rights organizations sent a letter to the Governor outlining the problems with the bill and asking him to veto it. We are asking him to do the same, but we think the Governor should hear from you. HB 392 should be vetoed because it creates unnecessary hurdles for North Carolinians in need of public assistance. It imposes additional requirements on the Work First Program, which provides temporary support for families as they work toward self-sufficiency, and on Food and Nutrition Services, which helps low-income households buy adequate food. As state employees told legislators at legislative hearings regarding this bill, these programs already use a system of interviews and drug screenings to efficiently screen applicants who may be at risk of drug or alcohol addiction. Research shows the differences in the proportion of public assistance and non-public assistance recipients using illegal drugs are statistically insignificant. A more thorough consideration of HB 392 would have revealed that Florida, before its own drug testing law was declared unconstitutional, found that the rate of drug use among these populations is lower than in the general population. The bill is grasping at a problem that simply does not exist in the population of North Carolinians impacted by this legislation.

These two officers should be fired. Their racism and sexism directly reflect on the Minneapolis Police.

Mitch Daniel attack academic freedom by eliminating Howard Zinn's writings from classrooms! This is appalling and needs to be investigated. If this is allowed to continue then America is not a democracy!

Tell Panera Bread to stop hiding under the false pretense of claiming to be "healthy" when indeed they are not! Panera Bread needs to take action, remove GMO ingredients from their foods and move forward with full disclosure.

The time has come to stand up and say enough is enough to the murders. Nothing gets the attention of a state like cutting off the flow of money into that state. If you agree that enough is enough, and the time has come to make a change for the better, than sign this petition and pass it on to everyone you know.

A controversial rezoning issue threatens to deprive our neighborhoods of a sorely needed open space park in the most recreationally under-served region of Gwinnett County, Georgia. The 130 acres of undeveloped land, locally known as "The Range", is owned by Cisco Systems and is currently under a sales contract between Cisco and a developer. Making use of a contingency clause in the contract, Rocklyn Homes is trying to rezone The Range to permit construction of 399 homes, which promises to adversely impact the quality of life for all neighbors. If they succeed in rezoning, we can forget any and all chances of preserving the land for an open space park in one of Gwinnett's most populous census tracts. Please help us persuade our county commissioners to flat out deny Rocklyn Homes' application for rezoning. Not "approve"...and not "approve with conditions"...but to flat out "DENY"!

No sulfide mine has ever been successfully operated and closed without polluting nearby waters with sulfuric acid and toxic metals. But sulfide mines are being proposed for the first time in Minnesota, near the Boundary Waters and Lake Superior where they put our water and economy at risk. The cost for taxpayers to clean up sulfide mines in other states is estimated at $20 billion. Governor Dayton can protect our state's waters by demanding proof that mining companies can answer "yes" to these 4 simple questions. You can learn more about sulfide mining at www.miningtruth.org

The founding fathers needed a central meeting place to come together and discuss the concerns of their citizens. Now, with the amount of money that flows into the District of Columbia, politicians see this place as making it to the Big Leagues, that they are the Superstars. Is it any wonder why they are out of touch with those they represent? The internet now makes it possible for politicians to meet and work from home; where they can see the affect their policies have on their constituents. Having them meet online would limit the ability of money to influence a greater number of politicians. This idea would also make meetings that need to happen behind closed doors for national security reasons more transparent, because there would be more news coverage if they were the only ones in D.C.

Hundreds of fast food employees across the nation have walked out on strike this week. We've had enough of not being able to make ends meet on minimum wage, or barely more, while the corporations we work for make huge profits. It makes a huge difference when people like you stand with us. Shalonda Williams in New York was temporarily fired from Wendy's after she went on a one-day strike – but because people like you had her back, she was reinstated that same day. That's what happens when we stand together. We've all had it with fast food chains not paying workers enough to survive. Please add your name in solidarity!

Russia's elected leaders are out of control -- and we can't stand for it any longer. First came a ban on the adoption of Russian-born children not only to gay couples but also to any couple or single parent living in any country where marriage equality exists. Then came a law allowing police officers to arrest tourists and foreign nationals they suspect of being homosexual, lesbian or “pro-gay” and detain them for up to 14 days. And then the "gay propaganda" law, making any parent who tells their child that being gay is okay, any Pride parade organizer, any health official distributing information regarding safe sex between same-sex partners, even a judge or lawyer, can be subject to arrest or fine. Already people are being arrested, beaten, intimidated and more. One lawmaker even vowed that foreign nationals attending the 2014 Sochi Olympics would be subject to this. The St. Petersburg Assembly led the way for the "gay propaganda" law, legalizing it in 2012. The Los Angeles City Council failed to take action then, and Russia took the law nationwide recently. It is time for action now. In 1979, Los Angeles suspended its sister city relationship with Tehran, Iran over the hostage crisis. We can and should do so now. If we build enough pressure in advance of the 2014 Sochi Olympics, Russia will be forced to act. Sign with me to tell the Los Angeles City Council: sever your sister city relationship with St. Petersburg.