Starbucks Joins Lawsuit Against the State of Vermont

Hiding behind the “Grocery Manufacturers Association,” Starbucks has teamed up with Monsanto to support a lawsuit aiming to block the landmark law that requires genetically-modified (GMO) ingredients be labeled.? They claim this law assaults corporations’ right to free speech.? Vermont is the first state in the US to require labeling, after which many other states said they would follow suit.? Help this law to stand.? Whatever you think of GMOs, do not let corporations use massive lawsuits to overturn legitimate, democratic decisions with strong public backing.? Add your voice.

Sign the Petition for a National Food Policy

Our food and agriculture system is broken. Government policies have contributed to this mess, and legislative attempts to fix it have been disjointed, lacked a clear direction, and often just made the problems worse. Join prominent food leaders Michael Pollan, Mark Bittman, and Olivier de Schutter in a call to President Obama.? Together, let’s urge the President to do something bold and necessary:? issue an executive order establishing a National Food Policy.? Speak up now.

Tell President Obama:? Stop Keystone XL Pipeline! And tell NY State to Stop the Algonquin Pipeline

As most of you know, the Keystone Pipeline is an issue very close to my heart. I participated in the Civil Disobedience demonstration in Washington, DC a few years ago, and got arrested, along with 1,200 other people. This is an issue we all need to care about! There are many reasons to reject the Pipeline — it will contribute to climate change through production of carbon pollution at great quantities, it will decrease jobs with harm done to farmland and water resources, it will prevent us from allotting money to renewable energy sources, it will threaten drinking water across three states . . . and, most pressingly, at the moment:? the Republican majority Congress has vowed to use all it’s resources to force the President’s hand in making a decision for, not against, construction.? Sign the petition now!

And right in our own backyard, the Algonquin Pipeline would cross the Hudson River from Stony Point, Rockland County, right next to Indian Point Nuclear Power Point and under the proposed Champlain Hudson 1000-megawatt electric transmission line! Stop the Algonquin Pipeline Expansion (SAPE) is a grassroots organization with a mission to educate our fellow citizens and elected officials about the negative impacts associated with Spectra Energy Corporation?s Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) Project. SAPE opposes the AIM gas expansion project because it may exacerbate climate change, endanger our safety and quality of life, contaminate water, air and soil, cause harm to domestic animals and wildlife, and threaten farmland and property values.