Most popular petitions in U.S. Miscellaneous P in 2012
Stop transportation of donkeys from Bonaire to Haiti
The government of Bonaire wants to capture all 200 stray donkeys that roam the island and send them to Haiti to be used as working animals. I completely agree that the stray donkeys must be rescued from the streets. Donkey Sanctuary Bonaire has already been trying to get this done for many years. But because they do not get any financial support from the government they did not succeeded to do so until now. However, I do not agree with the governmental plan to send the captured donkeys to Ha
Created: 2012-07-12 Statistics
Petition for the Gabriel Millet Collection
The Collection chrétienne et byzantine Gabriel Millet (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Section des Sciences Religieuses, Paris) is under threat! To the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes The rich Christian and Byzantine Collection (Collection chrétienne et byzantine) of the École Pratique des Hautes Études, more widely known as the Photothèque Millet in honour of its founder Gabriel Millet, consists of more than 100000 photographic documents. Millet, a great traveller and famous archeologist
Created: 2012-04-22 Statistics
Stop Talvivaara/Terrafame mining disaster
For the rivers and lakes - Stop TalvivaaraFinland is a land of tens of thousands of lakes and rivers.The Talvivaara polymetallic and uranium mine in Sotkamo was granted a license to mine nickel in 2006. Talvivaara has since proven itself to be a hazard for water systems on both sides of the watershed.Talvivaara mine has exceeded both estimated and permitted levels of emissions by multiple amounts.Severe damage has been caused to precious wilderness lakes and rivers as far as over one hundred kil
Created: 2012-03-29 Statistics
An Appeal to President Xi Jinping from the International Tibetan
An Appeal to Vice-President Xi Jinping from the International Tibetan Studies Community Dear Mr Vice-President, As you will be assuming your new role as President of the People’s Republic of China in March 2013, the scientific community of Tibetologists would like to express to you its deep concern about the state of the Tibetan language in the Tibet Autonomous Region and in the Tibetan autonomous prefectures in neighboring provinces. We know that many schools have been established in Tibeta
Created: 2012-11-17 Statistics
555 - stop speculative banking
555 (°) – Stop speculative banking We, the undersigned, with different political, philosophical and religious opinions, identify speculative banking as one of the worst current problems, since: -Speculative banking, in taxing the real economy, increases unemployment and provokes systemic crises. -Speculative banking, in granting shocking remunerations, de-values any other work and creates unbearable inequalities. -Speculative banking, in foc
Created: 2012-02-09 Statistics
VÉDJUK MEG KRISNA-VÖLGYET ÉS A SZENT TEHENEKET!
A Magyarországi Krisna-tudatú Hívők Közössége a hindu világvallás legfőbb képviselője Magyarországon. A Krisna-hívők példamutató vallásgyakorlatot és tiszta életmódot folytatnak, elkötelezettségük az örökérvényű lelki értékek közvetítésére közismert. A nélkülözők megsegítésére, valamint a környezetvédelmi problémák elleni küzdelemben és a fenntartható fejlődés népszerűsítése érdekében tett erőfeszítéseiket és eredményeiket világviszonylatban is nagyra értékelik. Krisna-völgy ökofalu több száz
Created: 2011-12-03 Statistics