Petition Coalition Roundup, 12/6/14 - Holding Chevron accountable for pollution; protecting big cats; banning dangerous livestock drugs; and protecting Arctic wildlife

Join the "Petition Coalition" by following these links and signing those that you agree with! 

Here in the United States, the EPA's Superfund program can force polluters to pay for the cleanup of the sites they've toxified. Unfortunately, they have no control over the Amazon, where Chevron has dumped billions of gallons of wastewater. Tell them to pony up the $9.5B in necessary cleanup fees in advance of the International Criminal Court case against them: http://action.sumofus.org/a/chevron-toxico/

Speaking of Chevron, the State Department is shockingly considering them for an official corporate excellence award. Tell State how horrifying a choice that would be, given their record of environmental destruction around the world: http://act.credoaction.com/sign/chevron_state_department

Soon the city of Beaufort, South Carolina may allow baby lions and tigers to be displayed in a “safari” flea market exhibit that is below the standards of the American Sanctuary Association for wildlife habitats. Please tell the city council not to subject these baby big cats to inhumane treatment: https://www.change.org/p/beaufort-county-council-keep-baby-lions-and-tigers-out-of-inhumane-safari-flea-market

It's a sad state of affairs when a drug banned by places like Russia and China (and, well, most of the rest of the world) is still given to livestock in the U.S. to ratchet up the rate of growth even though it has been proven to sicken or kill more pigs than any other pharmaceutical in the entire industry...and then it ends up on your plate. Tell Smithfield to make all of its pig farms ractopamine-free: https://www.change.org/p/tell-smithfield-to-stop-giving-animals-this-drug-banned-in-much-of-the-world

At this time of year, polar bears are omnipresent on greeting cards and in holiday-themed advertisements. Unfortunately, their numbers are still dwindling in the Arctic, and we continue to allow the energy industry to set up disruptive drilling rigs in their previously pristine habitats. Tell President Obama and Secretary of the Interior Sarah Jewell to end big oil's invasion of these waters: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/330/070/596/

Thanks for fighting the good fight, and for all the little ways you change the world!