We need legislation that adheres to science and facts and which enables us to use all possible technological means to combat climate change. We should not allow energy policies having ulterior motives (and fossil fuel bedfellows) to derail united efforts to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. Renewables (because they are intermittent) are increasingly forcing utilities to build natural gas capacity . . . defeating progress reducing emissions. Only 100% Clean Energy standards force utilities to drive down emissions. This means they must pair renewables with other types of clean energy, including hydro, geothermal and clean nuclear power. Let's shut down the RPS backdoor, that has allowed natural gas and fossil fuels to thrive at our climate's expense.

The federal government continues to deny the reality of climate change and refuses to take immediate action to protect the future of humanity. A recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states that emissions must peak by 2020 to limit global warming to 1.5C and then steadily drop. According to the Global Carbon Project, U.S. emissions rose in 2018. Our government is not doing enough to protect us.

Due to the fact that students need to be able to sleep more this would be beneficial because of students would not be as tired in class and would be able to function better overall with more sleep.

My family is set to be evicted on December 14, 2018. The judgement, the foreclosure, the sheriff sale and the eviction were all granted based on Fraud and Forgery being allowed to be committed by Wells Fargo Home Mortgage in the courtrooms of Burlington County Judges Kathy Fiamingo and Judge Paula Dow. Judge Dow issued an order for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage to modify the Pick-a-Payment mortgage we had, and Wells Fargo never did. But then Judge Dow ruled against us when we fought this in court and then removed herself from our case. We have all the proof of Wells Fargo and this illegal mortgage, if we can be heard on this matter FAIRLY. People are being foreclosed on ILLEGALLY, as we were. This must be stopped. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage continues to violate their court order to stop doing this. Where is the Justice.

RFK stadium is to be razed in the next couple of years and the mayor and some council members want to see another NFL size stadium at that location. We feel the residents deserve a better experience at the RFK campus all year round.

Cable companies are petitioning the FCC to deduct the cost of in-kind services from the money they pay to community stations. This could mean the end of this vital grass root system of communication which allows citizens to view local city council meetings and election debates. The law needs to stand as it is and thus protect the freedom of speech for our local communities.

Having SIP days or half days on Monday’s are not beneficial compared to them being on Friday’s. Having them on Fridays allows something for people to look forward to where having them on Monday only brings students skipping a day of school.

Sexual assault is a serious offense and these cases keep happening, wherein the assailant is not brought to justice and the victims are left in the cold. Universities claim they take the safety of the student body very seriously. If that is true, universities have a responsibility to keep potential predators off campus.

Chaco Canyon is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a sacred ancestral place for the Hopi, Navajo, and Pueblo people. Oil and gas development threatens the area’s rich cultural resources, treasured landscapes, and living native communities while ignoring federal law. Over 91% of Greater Chaco is already leased for oil and gas drilling, and after record-breaking protest comments in March 2018, Interior Secretary Zinke deferred the lease sale of over 4,000 acres of land in Greater Chaco, calling for more cultural study and consultation. But no additional study or consultation occurred. Although BLM quietly deferred parcels within the Farmington Field Office, the agency proceeded with the sale of 30 parcels and 41,000 acres of lands within the Rio Puerco Field Office, still within Greater Chaco and home to living Navajo communities and innumerable culturally sacred sites. The Western Environmental Law Center is a nonprofit, public-interest environmental law firm and our expert attorneys are committed to fighting in court to save Greater Chaco and its people from oil and gas exploitation and to transition away from dirty fossil fuels. Please help us take a stand.

We facilitate the erosion of our democracy with every dollar we give to companies that do not care about protecting democracy. Walgreens is paying off Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin $1,000 and $6,000 at a time for corporate tax breaks. This is while Republicans legislators are undermining democracy by power grabbing before a Democratic governor and attorney general step in. Wisconsin is not a corporate prize to win. The rise of corporate self interest has been meteoric. We must act, so let’s get going. Stop buying from Walgreens and tell them to stop helping Republicans undermine American democracy .

Chicago Public Schools is rushing to set up a new student data platform using Aspen Student Information System by Follett. This includes data about student's citizenship and immigration status which could be misused and pose a threat to students and families, especially since CPS has suffered repeated data breaches. We want the implementation of Aspen halted until these fields are removed and the parties commit to protecting our children, their families, and their communities.

So far this year, numerous trains have arrived around 6:30 am, preventing students from making it to school on time, which has resulted in unnecessary tardies and detentions. Arriving at school on time can have a major effect on students' education, which is a top priority. Please spread the word so the current train schedule can be ratified!!!