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November 2023
Happy Autumn. I hope this finds you well.
I’m writing from COP27 in Egypt where our delegation is poised to discuss climate challenges and solutions at the inaugural Climate Action Innovation Zone pavilion on the 14th. We’re
actively working to ensure America meets the UN climate goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions before it’s too late. With the passage of the inflation Reduction Act, President Biden
has an opportunity to make more of an impact this year, requesting international assistance to third world countries, than he did a year ago. For the IRA’s, which we supported to become
law, has restored America’s leadership in dealing with the climate crisis. (photo: EOPA represented at IRA White House celebration)
The IRA includes many incentives and rebates for consumers for solar, heat pumps, weatherization, electric vehicles and others. The transportation sector is responsible for over 40%
of greenhouse gas emissions.
To address this grievance, during a press conference <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409874/378474685/-1237424900?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc
3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIjQxNGE3MzE3LTI2NjEtZWQxMS1hZGU2LTE0Y2I2NTFlZTFkYiIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVmZmVyc29uLndhLnVzIg0KfQ%3D%3D&hmac=7lOPsvpnlAceC68CGFTojs2gW_ThfFHssFQjDa
GHM7M=&emci=dde56b1f-0d61-ed11-ade6-14cb6534a651&emdi=414a7317-2661-ed11-ade6-14cb651ee1db&ceid=16194077> our elected officials encouraged the EPA to use California standards as baseline
for light-duty vehicle standards.
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To further reduce emissions, at another press event we highlighted the Infrastructure Law’s allocation of $5 billion for electric school buses. The funds will help transform <https://click.everyactio
n.com/k/54409875/378474686/-803933705?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIjQxNGE3MzE3LTI2NjEtZWQxMS1hZGU2LTE0Y2I2NTFlZTFkYiIs
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4cb651ee1db&ceid=16194077> bus fleets from diesel which have been hurting our children’s cognitive abilities and filling their lungs with toxins.
In Washington D.C., with 160 organizations, we took part in the launch of the ‘Solutions for Pollution’ <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409876/378474687/-177129068?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5
ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIjQxNGE3MzE3LTI2NjEtZWQxMS1hZGU2LTE0Y2I2NTFlZTFkYiIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVmZmVyc29uLndhLnVzIg0KfQ
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to work on. During Climate Week in New York City, with Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance, <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409877/378474688/682689459?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9
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lAceC68CGFTojs2gW_ThfFHssFQjDaGHM7M=&emci=dde56b1f-0d61-ed11-ade6-14cb6534a651&emdi=414a7317-2661-ed11-ade6-14cb651ee1db&ceid=16194077> we asked for stronger climate leadership in the
goal to transition to 100% clean energy.
Local governments across the US and Canada have been enacting building electrification ordinances at a record pace to protect inhabitants from methane gas with Safe Cities with EOPA
in full support <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409878/378474689/557578728?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIjQxNGE3MzE
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cb6534a651&emdi=414a7317-2661-ed11-ade6-14cb651ee1db&ceid=16194077> .
EOPA California is hosting a statewide California Climate Emergency & Energy Security Summit <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409879/378474690/-819493080?emci=70cbef63-eb5a-ed11-819c-002248258d2f&e
mdi=ea000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&ceid=6323249&nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIjQxNGE3MzE3LTI2NjEtZWQxMS1hZGU2LTE0
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in Sacramento on December 5 and at the Capitol on the 6th. Ensuring frontline communities are represented, our Summit will highlight the urgency for affordable clean energy security
for all Californians. We are also supporting Governor Newsom’s windfall profits cap on oil companies that are price gouging Californians and will highlight energy solutions —with a
major focus on offshore wind power.
Governor Newsom’s office is currently checking his schedule in the hope he will be able to speak to us. If you are a current or former CA elected official, please attend our Summit in
person or online and register HERE <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409880/378474691/-819493080?emci=70cbef63-eb5a-ed11-819c-002248258d2f&emdi=ea000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&ceid=6323249&nve
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Offshore wind has the potential to provide more than 2,000 gigawatts (GW) of energy in the United States — two times the present generation of the entire U.S. electric grid, according
to a National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimate.
Recently, EOPA elected officials from New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts urged responsible offshore wind development <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409881/378474692/-106340743?nvep=ew0KICAiVG
VuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIjQxNGE3MzE3LTI2NjEtZWQxMS1hZGU2LTE0Y2I2NTFlZTFkYiIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVmZmVyc
29uLndhLnVzIg0KfQ%3D%3D&hmac=7lOPsvpnlAceC68CGFTojs2gW_ThfFHssFQjDaGHM7M=&emci=dde56b1f-0d61-ed11-ade6-14cb6534a651&emdi=414a7317-2661-ed11-ade6-14cb651ee1db&ceid=16194077> to fight
the climate crisis and stabilize energy prices during a press conference and over 5 million people listened to the radio report on it.
Thank you all or your leadership. Everything we do is because of you. Please reach out to me with any questions, news, policy questions or projects you’d think we should be involved
in.
Warm regards,
Alex Cornell du Houx EOPA President,
Former Maine State Representative,
Marine Veteran
alex@protectingamerica.net
PROTECT EARTH NEWS MAGAZINE ISSUE XV
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FEATURES —
* Elected officials from NY, NJ and MA urge offshore wind development to fight the climate crisis and stabilize energy prices <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409882/378474693/-106340743?nvep=ew0KI
CAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIjQxNGE3MzE3LTI2NjEtZWQxMS1hZGU2LTE0Y2I2NTFlZTFkYiIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVm
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* Elected officials applaud federal $5 billion funding for electric school buses as Vice President Harris announces first grant recipients <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409883/378474694/95429734
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* Major study finds super-emitters responsible for nearly 40 percent of methane emissions in five U.S. basins <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409884/378474695/-1875375063?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJp
IjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIjQxNGE3MzE3LTI2NjEtZWQxMS1hZGU2LTE0Y2I2NTFlZTFkYiIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVmZmVyc29uLndhLnV
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* Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance urged to deliver on real climate leadership during Climate Week in NYC <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409885/378474696/682689459?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZ
hbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIjQxNGE3MzE3LTI2NjEtZWQxMS1hZGU2LTE0Y2I2NTFlZTFkYiIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVmZmVyc29uLndhLnVzIg0KfQ%3D%
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* CA safety zones around fossil fuel wells becomes law with other critical climate measures <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409886/378474697/-1424029783?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3
Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIjQxNGE3MzE3LTI2NjEtZWQxMS1hZGU2LTE0Y2I2NTFlZTFkYiIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVmZmVyc29uLndhLnVzIg0KfQ%3D%3D&hmac
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* 160+ advocacy organizations launch ‘Solutions for Pollution’ campaign <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409887/378474698/-177129068?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg
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* EOPA California welcomes BOEM’s news that Morro Bay offshore wind leasing can move forward <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409888/378474699/-1780470470?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL
3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIjQxNGE3MzE3LTI2NjEtZWQxMS1hZGU2LTE0Y2I2NTFlZTFkYiIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVmZmVyc29uLndhLnVzIg0KfQ%3D%3D&hma
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* New Jersey increases offshore wind goal to 11 gigawatts <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409889/378474700/-1966217799?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAg
IkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIjQxNGE3MzE3LTI2NjEtZWQxMS1hZGU2LTE0Y2I2NTFlZTFkYiIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVmZmVyc29uLndhLnVzIg0KfQ%3D%3D&hmac=7lOPsvpnlAceC68CGFTojs2gW_ThfFHss
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* Elected officials encourage EPA to use California standards as baseline for Light-Duty Vehicles <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409890/378474701/-1237424900?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZh
bjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIjQxNGE3MzE3LTI2NjEtZWQxMS1hZGU2LTE0Y2I2NTFlZTFkYiIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVmZmVyc29uLndhLnVzIg0KfQ%3D%3
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* Gen Z Mayor-Elect Alexander Walker-Griffin advocates for eco-friendly laws – passed All New Building Electrification ordnance <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409891/378474702/-1003374537?nvep=ew
0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIjQxNGE3MzE3LTI2NjEtZWQxMS1hZGU2LTE0Y2I2NTFlZTFkYiIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28ua
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* Local governments across the US and Canada enact building electrification ordinances to protect people from methane gas <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409892/378474703/557578728?nvep=ew0KICAiVG
VuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIjQxNGE3MzE3LTI2NjEtZWQxMS1hZGU2LTE0Y2I2NTFlZTFkYiIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVmZmVyc
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* Elected officials urge legislators to heed CA Gov. Newsom’s request and convene a special session on a windfall tax on fossil fuel companies <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409893/378474704/5107
95540?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIjQxNGE3MzE3LTI2NjEtZWQxMS1hZGU2LTE0Y2I2NTFlZTFkYiIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVm
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SPOTLIGHTS —
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* Fitzpatrick speaks out about the benefits of offshore wind for NJ <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409894/378474705/-2021005476?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3OD
YyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIjQxNGE3MzE3LTI2NjEtZWQxMS1hZGU2LTE0Y2I2NTFlZTFkYiIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVmZmVyc29uLndhLnVzIg0KfQ%3D%3D&hmac=7lOPsvpnlAceC68CGFTojs2
gW_ThfFHssFQjDaGHM7M=&emci=dde56b1f-0d61-ed11-ade6-14cb6534a651&emdi=414a7317-2661-ed11-ade6-14cb651ee1db&ceid=16194077> Video of Atlantic City County Commissioner Caren Fitzpatrick
* Sustainability is key for our environment <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409895/378474706/-1906744434?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dG
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ci=dde56b1f-0d61-ed11-ade6-14cb6534a651&emdi=414a7317-2661-ed11-ade6-14cb651ee1db&ceid=16194077> Op-ed by Dr. John Polimeni, Schenectady New York Councilmember, Professor Ecological
Economics
* An Act Driving Offshore Wind and Clean Energy will ensure MA meets its clean energy goal <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409896/378474707/-2055227062?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Z
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* CA Local elected officials call for windfall Tax on companies that overcharge for gas <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409897/378474708/1560954451?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9
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* Elected officials condemn Sen. Manchin proposal to fast-track energy permits <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409898/378474709/1840023226?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAw
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* Elected Officials seek more offshore wind farms to combat climate crisis and grow economy <https://click.everyaction.com/k/54409899/378474710/471651226?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zh
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