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Protect our water supplies and aquifers by banning fracking. One single Frack uses up between 500,000 and 4 MILLION Gallons of water. A small family barely uses that much water in a lifetime, and these companies use that much water with a single Frack. Then they pump poisonous chemicals into the ground that no one even knows what they contain, leaving communities riddled with illness, cancer, and poisoned wells.

Submitted by Sabine Jordan from CA in Environment Dec. 10, 2014, 8:02 p.m.

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#19

5451 votes

Close the Halliburton Loophole. The oil & gas industry should not be exempt from environmental protection laws (Clean Water Act, Clean Drinking Water Act, Clean Air Act, RCRA).

Submitted by Melody F. from PA in Environment Jan. 5, 2015, 2:41 a.m.

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#34

4103 votes

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Preservation of fresh water, air and the environment. We must defeat the Keystone XL pipeline and make sure everyone knows how it threatens our lives. If it goes through we can kiss the largest natural aquifer in North America goodbye. We have plenty of oil but fresh water is becoming more scarce every day.

Submitted by James H. from CA in Environment Nov. 14, 2014, 10:28 p.m. 2

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#36

4026 votes

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WWII-scale mobilization to restore a climate that is safe, stable, & supportive of human civilization. Rapidly expand our carbon-neutral energy & agricultural systems, conduct groundbreaking research, & implement large-scale adaptation measures. As in WWII, full employment will be achieved. Reduce net greenhouse gas emissions 100 percent. Deployment of measures that remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere until a safe climate is restored.

Submitted by Michelle M, The Climate Mobilization in Environment Jan. 4, 2015, 12:18 a.m. 3

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#50

3316 votes

Mandate the use of new energy (Solar, wind, etc.) in all new construction.

Submitted by Greg Clarke in Environment Nov. 9, 2014, 12:02 p.m.

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#52

3216 votes

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Protecting our water for consumers. Water is the "new oil". Corporations should not be allowed to pollute and drain our water reserves.

Submitted by Chris E. from CA in Environment Nov. 17, 2014, 4:08 p.m.

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#54

3171 votes

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We need to go back to sustainable farming and put an end to Big Ag and large commercial farms that abuse animals and fill them with antibiotics and hormones, feed them pesticide ridden GMO food that contaminates our environment and our bodies!! We need to do away with ALL AG-GAG laws and make workers and corporations who abuse farm animals face strict penalties!

Submitted by Steph Trujillo in Environment Dec. 10, 2014, 3:15 p.m.

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#56

3153 votes

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Nationalize all of our resources including water, fossil fuels and minerals. Why should international corporations generate record profits using our resources while saddling the public with externalized costs such as pollution and the destruction of our wildlife and environment? If we are going to allow industry to profit off of our commons then we the people should share in the profits at the very least. Better yet this would de-incentivize many of these destructive practices.

Submitted by buckskin7777 in Environment Dec. 17, 2014, 2:51 p.m. 1

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#75

2721 votes

Begin implementing the necessary policies--strong renewable energy standard; continued tax credits for renewables; increased energy efficiency measures; restrictions on nuclear power and fossil fuels, etc.--to achieve a nuclear-free, carbon-free energy system by 2040.

Submitted by nirsnet in Environment Jan. 4, 2015, 4:03 p.m.

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#95

2293 votes

Save traditional farming! GMOs are drifting into traditional farm crops. Monsanto's RoundUp Ready crops are forcing stronger pesticide use. Animal feed contains 90% of the antibiotics used in the US. Must be stopped to save them for humans! Encourage traditional, organic farming with bigger subsidies, and cut the industrial ag subsidies.

Submitted by Katherine Miller in Environment Nov. 16, 2014, 8:24 p.m.

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#96

2258 votes

Lets put climate change first in everything we do. Close the loop holes for oil and gas companies and any corporation who send businesses overseas. Explain in simple language how making these changes will help bring back the middle class. It is mostly gone you know.

Submitted by Nancy H. from OR in Environment Nov. 14, 2014, 10:40 p.m.

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#97

2202 votes

Begin a five year program to install solar panels and power storage and transmission facilities on all public building roofs with greater than 250 Sft surface area. At the same time, install wind turbines on developed municipal lands, where local currents meet minimum performance standards.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Environment Dec. 16, 2014, 1:19 p.m. 2

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#102

2104 votes

Ban all mining and logging in OUR National Parks. Hands off our National Parks.. they belong to the People!

Submitted by Rosemary G. from CA in Environment Dec. 10, 2014, 4:37 p.m.

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#103

2101 votes

Immediately ban all neo-nicotinoid poisons; they are killing precious pollinators. Ban herbicides like roundup; glyphosates are causing an astonishing array of diseases without any benefit to farming. A quick search for "adverse affects of glyphosates & neonics" shows the many scientific research evidence, yet we still allow public consumption of these deadly toxins.

Submitted by Gemma in Environment Dec. 11, 2014, 2:42 p.m.

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#136

1702 votes

Clean up the trash in the oceans.

Submitted by Kris-Progressive in Environment Dec. 17, 2014, 3:21 p.m. 1

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#137

1666 votes

Solar panels over parking lots provide lots of electricity and shade for cars.

Submitted by Charlotte Shnaider in Environment Nov. 18, 2014, 8:44 a.m. 3

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#152

1503 votes

Prohibit all officers and senior staff of regulatory agencies from working for lobbyists and/or related industry for life following public service. Conduct routine, in-depth conflict of interest screenings.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Environment Dec. 16, 2014, 1:34 p.m.

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#159

1463 votes

Begin a strategic conversion of all schools and municipal buildings to renewable energy. This will save taxpayers billions every year and create a revenue stream for our schools and local governments and will protect taxpayers from future increases in the costs of fossil fuels.

Submitted by Li Longo in Environment Jan. 4, 2015, 8:48 a.m.

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#161

1439 votes

Moving away from fossil fuels now by development of alternative energy sources, improvements and addition of transmission facilities and increasing efficiency can create more long term jobs than adding a pipeline designed to transport the most polluting fossil fuel when it is known that our dependence on fossil fuels and the methods used to obtain them is damaging air and water needed to maintain life all the while causing costly health issues.

Submitted by Jim H. in Environment Jan. 10, 2015, 4:22 p.m.

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#169

1383 votes

To combat both Climate Change and Ocean Gyres created by plastics made from Petroleum products floating in our oceans, I call for R&D Federal Funding into the replacing of oil based petroleum plastics with Bio- Plastics made from Hemp and Algae!

Submitted by Roger M. from NY in Environment Dec. 30, 2014, 3:19 p.m.

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#174

1365 votes

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