http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-41866046/the-giant-mass-of-plastic-waste-taking-over-the-caribbean

This is straight out of Trump's playbook and is dangerous to our democracy.

This is an important issue for me and I’m sick of just white women trying to be the only ones who obtain these rights. ALL women should have rights not just the ones who are white. I want to make this clear to everyone. Start at the state level and work up.

The need for wood in 2018 far outweighs natures ability to provide. With California on fire, for instance, the trees needed to rebuild will not be there in 10 years because it really takes 500 years to grow a 500-year-old tree. So now, timber companies are buying up private properties and Forest Service properties and taking every tree, including 500-year-old trees. The poisons they spray will give me cancer, and I can't afford cancer.

Our entire populace, as well as those of other countries conned by Monsanto, Syngenta, DuPont/Dow, have driven millions of people into the hands of Big Pharma, who then charge billions of dollars to cover over symptoms (with drugs) caused by the toxicity of pesticides. Wake up, people!

Governor Dayton has been misinformed about the high standards of review at the Department of Natural Resources. I respectfully ask him to review the work of the attorneys for The Friends of the Boundary Waters or read the public testimony from the hearing in Duluth on February 8. Please get the facts and find a better way to bring jobs to our fellow citizens in Northern Minnesota. We can do better than endangering our ground water, rivers, and Lake Superior, which we share with other states and Canada. Do the right thing!

It is upsetting seeing innocent people being shot . So many young people getting these guns, and murdering people, just be for the sport of it. Something needs to be done.

In our age of convenience, many of us use delivery apps and have unwanted plastic utensils piling up in our kitchen drawers, or simply being thrown away after one use or no use. The CEO of these delivery companies has the power to make a significant impact by introducing an option at checkout so customers can refuse utensils. Single use take-out packaging is a harder problem to tackle, but right now, this small fix could create a big change! PLEASE share this petition!

Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria have left thousands of households displaced from their housing. Extremely low income people are facing serious barriers to accessing FEMA's transitional shelter program, which expires permanently six months after the time of the disaster. Disasters on this scale require more long-term solutions administered by HUD officials who have experience running successful housing programs. Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP) has a proven track record of providing housing solutions to low income people whose lives have been severely disrupted by these disasters. To this point, FEMA has not requested that HUD make DHAP available to the households in Puerto Rico, Texas, and Florida who are now living in cars, camping on the streets, or crowded into scarce habitable apartments. My mother is an example, her house was affected by Hurricane Maria. Since September she house had no roof, no light and no water. She did not want to move but because of medical conditions had to leave for California to get the care needed. Like her, many people have no choice but to relocate to survive. Ensuring the safety and security during imminent risk of a mass homelessness crisis should be everyone's priority.

Let's shine a light on this horrible bill and ask the Colorado's state senators to vote NO on Tim Neville's dangerous bill.

I want to read the Democratic memo. I want to compare the Republican and the Democratic memos. I want full disclosure and transparency in our government.

For years, medical marijuana patients in California have depended on easy access to medical marijuana to relieve an array of health conditions and restore health and vitality in their lives. But now the well being of the state's thousands of medical cannabis patients have been jeopardized by overly complicated procedures and higher costs. Here's why we are strongly opposing the requirement of a state-issued medical marijuana ID card and need your support for facilitating a complete rollback of the aforementioned scheme: 1) The entire process is redundant, time-consuming and overly complicated for patients holding a valid MMJ recommendation. 2) Added costs of up to $100 in getting a state medical marijuana ID, in addition to the excise state tax rate on cannabis. 3) Hampered tax savings for patients with a valid medical marijuana recommendation. 4) Delayed medical assistance for state's MMJ patients. 5) Though MMJ retailers would be able to claim the exemption on their sales and use tax return, retailers would need to retain supporting documentation to substantiate exempt transactions at their own cost and time, potentially passing those costs to patients. 6) State ID cards require in-person appointments at the CDPH, limiting access to physically impaired and seriously ill patients. 7) In rural areas, access to the CDPH to apply for your card is limited and could result in excessive travel times and cost, potentially leading to lost wages as appointments may be limited to Monday through Friday. 8) Applications require additional paperwork [Application/Renewal (CDPH-9042), Physician Attestation, Medical documentation or Written Documentation of Patient’s Medical Records (CDPH-9044)] to be filled out by the prescribing physician resulting in an unnecessary repeat appointment at the patient’s cost 9) The ID Card program is discriminatory and violates doctor/patient privilege. 10) Applications require proof of residence via a Government-issued photo ID, limiting patients’ access. Medical patients feel betrayed by state's top regulators, including Governor Jerry Brown, who himself recommended eliminating the need for a state-issued medical marijuana identification card in April last year. But, his promises have now turned into questions. So, show your support in ensuring uninterrupted access to medical marijuana at lower prices, lower tax rates and most importantly, complete legal protection.