To: International Hydropower Association members, to be delivered during May 2019's World Hydropower Congress in Paris Just days ago, the UN released a report warning of looming mass extinctions that will undermine humanity's existence unless we act. This is in addition to the mere 12 years that the UN has given us to avert the climate crisis. You, the global hydropower industry, worsen and accelerate these crises. You profit while your immense dams emit dangerous greenhouse gases and devastate biodiverse ecosystems, threatening half a billion people's survival. While scientists warn about what's happening, you've successfully deceived the public and major institutions with false claims that large-scale hydropower is renewable. This week's World Hydropower Congress (WHC) in Paris is purportedly about “delivering on the Paris Agreement and the UN sustainable development goals,” despite the fact that you continually undermine them. One major sign of your greenwashing? Your hypocritical partnership with UNESCO on this year's WHC, despite the threats that dams and other water infrastructure pose to nearly 25% of UNESCO World Heritage sites. For example, dam construction will soon flood and destroy a precious 12,000-year-old Mesopotamian village in Turkey. And UNESCO's World Heritage Committee has already recognized the danger posed by Ethiopia's Gibe 3 Dam because it has cut off the main water source for World Heritage site Lake Turkana, which supports a rich, diverse ecosystem -- including half a million indigenous people. Your projects drive aquatic species' extinction and devastate downstream species, including endangered orangutans and chimpanzees. And dam construction often opens up sensitive areas to environmentally destructive mining, agriculture, logging, and poaching. What's worse, emissions from dam-created reservoirs rival the dirtiest fossil fuel: coal. Hydropower reservoirs are the leading source of human-induced methane, a greenhouse gas up to 200 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Not to mention the widespread deforestation that dams cause, jeopardizing some of the world's most important carbon sinks. By flooding areas and ruining food and livelihoods, your projects have already displaced at least 80 million people and plunged nearly 500 million more people into poverty -- many of whom are indigenous and haven't received any reparations. Your large-scale dams are often approved in secret, through processes rife with corruption and kickbacks. These processes often violate human rights -- including the right to food and clean water, as well as indigenous people's right to free, prior, and informed consultation and consent, as mandated by the UN. When social movements oppose your projects, they often face intimidation, cooptation, and even murder. Given the catastrophic impacts that you have caused, you must fundamentally reconsider the types of projects you are involved in. We urge you to adopt and implement the highest global standards to ensure the protection of the environment and rights of communities. And as you co-sponsor this week's World Hydropower Congress with UNESCO, you must commit to halt or avoid any dam project that would impact our World Heritage sites. This is among the asks of a coalition organizing a parallel conference in Paris. Unlike the Hydropower Congress, this conference will raise up voices of indigenous people and dam-affected communities, who are often excluded from decision-making processes about hydroelectric dams. The coalition will protest during the first day of the Congress, and then deliver a joint statement from hundreds of civil society groups, along with this petition. The public is paying attention.

I/we the people are tired of our representatives having the lack of our interest but insist on having their own personal agenda. Our country is based on Moral and Legal values and laws and Mr. Graham, having served our country, should be ashamed of his conduct. His behavior represents some in his Republican Party, not the People who did or did not elect him.

According to the Washington Post, Donald Trump and Stephen Miller are considering a "shock and awe" plan targeting as many as 10,000 families, parents, and children for mass arrest and deportation across the United States. They seem to think that the implementation of this plan will deter new migrants from coming to the U.S.-Mexico border. Remember--this is what they said about their family separation plan too, and look how hugely destructive that was. ICE raids targeting 10,000 parents and children would mean: - ICE officials with guns in our neighborhoods - Families ripped out of their homes and taken away - Children crying as families are separated again - Children stranded in schools as parents are taken away This plan would be hugely scarring and destructive, and we need to take action if we don't want to see these scenes plastered across the media. This cannot be the defining image of America. TELL CONGRESS that they cannot allow our taxpayer dollars to fund any of this. If the Trump Administration implements this plan, there should be no funding for ICE. Please SIGN and SHARE.

The average woman spends 2,535 days on her period. That’s nearly seven years of her life of worrying if she has the necessary products to get through the day and trying to find a makeshift solution if she doesn’t. These “solutions” can lead to skipping work, school, or to severe health problems, like toxic shock syndrome. This is especially true for incarcerated women, where 80 percent have had to use a homemade tampon and 88 percent had to resort to leaking blood. While women spend a significant amount of money purchasing menstruation hygiene products each year—$2 billion to be exact—these essential goods are still inaccessible for many. There are currently no government assistance programs to help offset the cost. Menstrual hygiene products not only impact a woman’s health, but also her self-esteem, education, and economic empowerment. Yet for many, these essential products are not accessible. It’s time to fix that.

India, a country with a population of 1.34 billion, is trying to get a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. They have support from countries all over the world, and have given the UNSC the most peacekeepers out of all countries, including current P5 members. India deserves a seat on the P5.

I am researching this topic for my 8th Grade Speech and Debate class in Ridgewood, NJ. after asking around whether people would buy a self-driving car, I thought about what would convince people to be on board with the technology. If the government took action and decided what a car should do in an unavoidable accident, then the worries of many car makers and costumers will be lifted.

NCAA sports players make millions of dollars for their schools and for the NCAA yet they still get no money for it. Even though they can get scholarships, they still don't get what they deserve.

New research has shown that congestion has increased in large cities where Lyft and other ride-hailing services operate. At the same time, ride-hailing has simultaneously reduced transit ridership in nine major U.S. cities, including the three biggest. Both Lyft and Uber have run ads telling people to get out of public transit and into cars, and Uber even admits in its recent IPO filing that it views public transit as a competitor. Add your name here! Together we can put the pressure on Uber and Lyft to become true leaders of change in the fight against climate change and pollution.

The New York Tines reports that war mongers in the Trump administration are planning on sending thousands of troops to the Middle East to threaten Iran. We urge you to stand against this illegal plan and oppose any funding or approval for military action against the Iranian government or the people of the country, and to use your voice to speak out against violence and aggression against Iran.

This petition is about Democracy and an inclusion of all candidates in MoveOn’s upcoming event on June 1st. I am tired of seeing Tulsi Gabbard smeared, not covered, and the false information which is being spread by the establishment, about her. Any organization, such as Moveon.org has the responsibility to ensure that the American people are represented completely and with full transparency. I am petitioning this organization because they have not invited Presidential candidate: Tulsi Gabbard to the stage on June 1st. Join me!

I want this President stopped before our American Democracy is lost. The Democrats have the power to begin impeachment procedures. Yet they will not use it. Every day the President buries our Constitution a little deeper.... Where are the Democrats? Since the birth of this Country, ordinary Americans have been willing to fight for America. They have done it with everything they have. Sometimes facing terrible odds, often knowing they might fail. But they pressed on. Americans with that spirit still live here today... We are everywhere. We will not let the risks or the unknown stop us, nor will we waste time calculating the odds.... We will just fight with everything we have because we believe in the cause. There are millions of us... Where are the Democrats?.... Apparently they are waiting until they think it is safe to act because the polls say so. Or for some other "logical" reason?? Are they going to be heroes and leaders or are they just going to wait and analyze (while the house burns to the ground?). They are supposed to be our leaders and they have sworn to protect the constitution... Time for them to do both. If they are afraid to act then they should get out of the way. In which case, they will not need our financial support... Hence this petition....No more contributions to the Democratic Party until impeachment is initiated .

For those skeptical about being able to finance a "Green New Deal," this bill could provide that funding, if Congress would take it seriously. “Our bill is as timely as ever,” Norton said in her press release. “Although the United States possesses one of the largest nuclear arsenals, there are still plans to spend trillions of dollars more on these doomsday weapons while urgent domestic needs, including health care, infrastructure, and clean energy, face funding shortfalls. The United States can reestablish our moral leadership in the world by redirecting these funds to urgent domestic issues, not preparing for human extinction.” It's far past time to reverse this madness. Congress can do it. Eleanor Holmes Norton has been trying to do it! It's been stuck in the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committee. It needs to get to the floor for a vote ... WITHOUT mark-ups! Will you please help?