Please post any environmental petitions in this thread.

They can be to do with global warming,deforestation,drilling etc

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The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the world's greatest biological treasures. It is home to dozens of unique wildlife and plant species, many found nowhere else on Earth. Unfortunately, many of these species are on the brink of extinction, and the precarious status of San Francisco's wildlife and plants has become a topic of global concern.

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There comes a time when a country's citizens must choose not to degrade
the national and world environment that belongs to their descendants.
There comes a time when they must choose, as a nation, to no longer
promote and utilize fossil fuels as their primary energy source.

We, the undersigned, declare that this change has begun and must
continue until the United States finally develops energy technologies
that are truly sustainable.

As conscientious and far-sighted people, under God, we believe fossil
fuels cannot continue to be the primary source of energy for our
society. Fossil fuels pollute our environment and force us to depend on other nations to sustain our energy needs. Extracting fossil fuels from
the earth destroys delicate and precious ecosystems. Burning fossil
fuels for energy emits into our atmosphere chemicals that pollute and
disrupt the natural chemical balances of our earth causing various
environmental problems such as global warming.

In signing this Declaration, we accept that global warming is a
reality. We accept that ours is the generation that must make
significant changes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (especially that of carbon dioxide) and deal with other environmental problems so that
future generations can enjoy a sustainable earth.

We will work towards eliminating fossil fuels from our society by:

1. establishing an aggressive plan to cut gross personal and business
energy use by identifying and adopting economically justified energy
efficiency,

2. replacing our dependence on fossil fuels with renewable energy* that
do not pollute our environment, as they become practical,

3. educating our people to the importance of these changes, and

4. insisting that our government embrace and support these changes through the following means:

a) funding research and development of renewable energy technologies as a national priority,

b) offering tax incentives to promote efficiency and renewable energy sources,

c) identifying and removing barriers to efficiency and sustainable energy technologies, and

d) requiring all public institutions to be constructed as energy
efficient and equipped with the best available renewable energy
technology that is practical.

*Note: Due to the environmental problems associated with nuclear
energy, the undersigned do not define nuclear energy as a renewable or
sustainable energy source.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

http://www.petitiononline.com/7554/petition.html

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Global Warming Must Stop
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/580135952

Eliminate Dangerous Mercury Pollution from Cement Kilns
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/654826251

Demand Global Warming Leadership Now!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/865719217

Demand Global Warming Leadership Now!
http://action.lcv.org/campaign/gw_petition_0712?rk=n7_Tf5s13XyWW

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Our oceans are in serious decline. Overfishing, marine habitat destruction, coastal development, and pollution are pushing our ocean systems to the brink of collapse.

Urge your Representative to support strong marine protections. Ocean fisheries have significant effects on ocean ecosystems and are integral to national and coastal economies. That's why these activities have to be carefully managed.

In recent years, two national commissions have recommended strengthening marine protections. However, no action has been taken by the Federal Government to address this growing problem. Rather than building on the strengths of the current law, Congress is considering weakening longstanding safeguards, which would increase serious environmental threats to ocean fish and marine ecosystems.

Congress needs to know that we care about the health of our oceans and want them to oppose efforts to weaken marine protections.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/952766113

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"There is a general lack of knowledge regarding the 99% of chemicals (around 100,000 'existing substances') that were placed on the market before 1981. This is because prior to that date, no stringent health and safety tests were needed to market chemicals...While some well-known chemicals, such as asbestos, are already banned, the Commission believes that the rising incidence of diseases such as cancer and leukaemia could be linked to chemicals. Blood tests in humans and animals have shown contamination by known toxic substances, raising questions as to how they enter the body and the extent of the damage that they could cause"

Please sign this petition:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/877861972

and any help in modifying itto better it is appreciated

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Hi all!!

The University of California, San Diego student organization: VEG (Vegetarian Environmentalist Group) is happy to present an online petition which aims to reduce the livestock industry via means of removal of governmental subsidies for livestock farmers as well as implementation of tax for livestock products for their detrimental external social burden on the environment. If you are still unfamiliar with the relationship between livestock production and the environment, I have listed the key facts below. Here is our petition link:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/livestock-production-reduction-for-the-environment


Please support us and help us spread the word! This is definitely an attempt at a baby toward in the right direction!
Thank you!

---UCSD VEG
http://ucsdveg.blogspot.com/

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: SUMMARY OF LIVESTOCK'S IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT

(SOURCE: 2006 UNITED NATIONS FAO REPORT, LIVESTOCK'S LONG SHADOW)
Our current livestock industry is responsible for emitting 37% of all human-induced Methane, 65% of all human-induced Nitrous Oxide, 9% of all human-induced Carbon Dioxide, and 64% of human-induced Ammonia. The Carbon Dioxide equivalent of livestock industry emissions is 18%, which is greater than all transportation combined (transportation CO2 equivalent is 12%). So, we need to decrease the livestock industry along with turning to alternative transportation systems (like biking!!). We cannot just pin global warming on one single source and go from there, all aspects need to adapt to the current climate crisis.

In addition to the greenhouse gas emissions, livestock current needs 36% of the world grain and 74% of the world soy to sustain its industry. If you think about it, this is not sustainable at all in the long run. It is definitely not an efficient usage of world crop supplies.

Now let’s talk water. Water is essential for survival. Did you know that California currently imports 100% of its clean water supply? Yes... and we are not increasing our world water supply. Yes, there are technologies being researched to desaltize the ocean waters, but think about the cost of that. It’s not a quick and easy solution. The best solution would be for everyone to be frugal. While major medias are telling us to conserve water during showers and toothbrushing, they are leaving out a major part of water usage.

According to the Stockholm International Water Institute, 20% of all world water supply goes to industries, 10% of all water goes to households, and 70% of all water goes to producing food. These statistics awaken a lot of people because if you think about how much water we use in industries and households (it’s A LOT), many folds more is going to agriculture. Now get this: within the agricultural business (which uses 70% of all our clean water), 1 POUND OF LETTUCE takes 23 gallons of water to produce, 1 POUND OF WHEAT takes 25 gallons of water, 1 POUND OF APPLES take 49 gallons of water, 1 POUND OF CHICKEN takes 815 gallons of water, 1 POUND OF PORK takes 1,630 gallons of water, and 1 POUND OF BEEF takes 5,214 gallons of water. (You can do some research online to see how to have defined these water usage values according to pounds) So now the question is, one plate of dinner will fill most of us up (some go for seconds, thirds, but anyways..). If you fill that one plate with meat, that’s 6000 gallons of water or more. If you fill that one plate up with rice and veggies (this can be tasty faux meat too!), it takes less than 100 gallons of water. Please, be frugal and responsible. Imagine a planet with no more water.

Here are just some additional costs of livestock production. Did you know that livestock farming land takes up 70% of all agricultural land, and 30% of world's ice-free terrestrial surface? Yup. And for the forest lovers (we should all love forests, they are the lungs of our planet), 70% of the Amazon rainforest is currently being occupied by pastures; feedcrops occupy a large sector of the remaining 30%.

Everyone talks about saving energy now with new bulbs, solar power, etc. Well why not talk about food, too. The livestock sector requires 16 times more fossil fuel energy than other sectors of agriculture. Moreover, livestock is increasingly being fed with grains and cereals that could have been consumed by humans, converting only up to 33% of its nutrients for our consumption.

Lastly (for my purposes), the U.S. livestock sector alone produces 900 million tons of manure annually. Immense lagoons used to store waste are known to heavily degrade the surrounding air and water, creating dead zones within our clean bodies of water. Besides harming our precious marine life, it’s nice to know that we are surrounded by 80% of water of this planet. So if our ocean dies, we probably don’t have much of a chance for survival either.

All in all, it’s good that we are more aware of global warming and finally (most people) recognize it as partially (if not mostly) human caused. Now, besides being frugal, using a reusable bag, riding a bike or taking the bus, changing lightbulbs, and saving shower time, please also change your diet. It really makes a huge impact, even though it seems like you’re just intaking a piece of meat, that piece of meat came from loads of environmental damage (as well as suffering!). Inaction is inexcusable. If you’re a non-vegetarian, go vegetarian. If you’re already a vegetarian, go vegan. If you’re already a vegan... go organic Of course, if you can go straight to organic vegan that is the best for the environment in terms of personal contribution. Be Veg, Be Green, Save the Planet. (doubtful? do

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