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October 2023
Dear Kate,
I hope this finds you and yours well. We have a lot to report on as it has been a busy summer and fall for EOPA.
We are excited to extend a warm invitation to our annual Energy Security Summit: IRA Implementation <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217196/431503570/-1142462727?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncH
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of Energy (DOE) November 15-16 in Washington D.C. Our summit will focus on the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) implementation, highlighting the opportunities from the $369 billion in
IRA funding, and how to apply for the historic investments for our communities to prosper. Veteran owned businesses and Justice40 communities will have special presentations. If you
haven’t yet, register HERE. <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217200/431503576/-1142462727?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkI
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The summit follows on from our successful D.C. National Press Club press conference <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217204/431503581/1167176916?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9
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on how local communities and states have benefited from the IRA investments on its one-year anniversary. C SPAN broadcast the event:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?529880-1/climate-energy-initiatives <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217208/431503585/1914699893?529880-1/climate-energy-initiatives&nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5nc
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A series of 4 syndicated radio shows followed from the August press conference and reached over 5 million people. In California the program <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217212/431503589/-145133
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highlighted Fullerton Councilmember Ahmad Zahara, Former Culver City Mayor Meghan Sahli-Wells, and impact investor Stephan Nicoleau who talked about its investment importance. In New
York, our radio interviews <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217216/431503598/1164424330?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjo
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ee11-9937-00224832eb73&emdi=ef60d43a-2a66-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&ceid=16194077> featured Assemblymember Angelo Santabarbara and Schenectady Councilmember John Polimeni. As an economist,
John spoke about the IRA’s ripple effect as it reaches out from small communities to national investments in clean energy technology. Angelo highlighted how the CLCPA New York climate
plan works in tandem with the IRA helping Justice40 communities. More than 1.6 million people listened. In Georgia, Representative Sandra Scott <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217218/431503608/-2
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highlighted how the IRA is boosting our economy and supporting veteran and minority owned small businesses. Over 2 million people heard or read the story. Additionally, I highlighted
how Maine <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217219/431503620/1245473909?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogImVmNjBkNDNhLTJh
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2eb73&emdi=ef60d43a-2a66-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&ceid=16194077> will build the first floating offshore wind farm for research and development and how internationally the IRA has become
a model for other countries to follow.
Pennsylvania elected officials, scientists, and public health professionals at a Philadelphia City Hall press conference <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217220/431503627/-2008793381?nvep=ew0KICAiV
GVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogImVmNjBkNDNhLTJhNjYtZWUxMS05OTM3LTAwMjI0ODMyZWI3MyIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVmZmVy
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the strongest EPA standards to cut carbon pollution from power plants. We also collected 22 comments from EOPA elected officials to support the EPA’s new proposed standards for smog
pollution that were submitted to the EPA.
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On August 3rd we held an EOPA California Long Beach Offshore Wind Roundtable <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217221/431503631/791822224?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8
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GCQtySovN4rh2_YsKoDzVWXNtJ0=&emci=d7f9f506-d565-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&emdi=ef60d43a-2a66-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&ceid=16194077> in partnership with Schwarzenegger Institute where over
50 key leaders gathered for an offshore wind roundtable dialogue to exchange perspectives between different stakeholders and to learn about the proposed Long Beach Pier Wind Project.
Rex Richardson; Mayor of Long Beach, Senator Lena Gonzalez; Senate Majority Whip, Representative Nannette Barragan and Assemblymember Mike Gibson were key speakers.
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Our successive radio show <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217222/431503632/545280021?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogIm
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1-9937-00224832eb73&emdi=ef60d43a-2a66-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&ceid=16194077> and press release highlighted how the different stakeholders from union workers to elected officials and
environmental groups are working together to herald the transition to 100% clean energy with offshore wind. Mayor Richardson and former State Senator Fran Pavley, of the Schwarzenegger
Institute, were featured.
In California, we also ran a series of full-page ads in the Sacramento Bee, San Gabriel Valley Tribune,
and Los Angeles Daily News in support of offshore wind policies for procurement, port jobs, and ocean life protections, with our C-4. Additionally, we promoted the passage of key offshore
wind bills, which passed, with a radio show <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217223/431503633/1206843167?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dG
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ci=d7f9f506-d565-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&emdi=ef60d43a-2a66-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&ceid=16194077> that reached over 3 million people with Mayor Devin Murphy and Mayor Alex Walker-Griffin.
EOPA’s C-3 sponsored a billboard that could be seen on the way to the Capitol, so lawmakers would hopefully think about making fossil fuel companies pay for their idle well pollution
they’ve left behind—not taxpayers. After further promotional work, the legation, SB1167, passed. EOPA California Director Meghan Sahli-Wells attended a press conference to urge the
Governor to sign the legislation and was quoted in the LA Times <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217224/431503634/561841197?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiw
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previously interviewed and quoted in a Guardian article, ‘Double agents’: fossil-fuel lobbyists work for US groups trying to fight climate crisis <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217225/431503635/
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out. CA Leadership Council Member, Former Mayor Heidi Harmon spoke with Jane Fonda on her Fire Drill Friday programs <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217226/431503636/-803653937?v=zEo9Ll9TT40&nvep
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. Listen here. <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217227/431503637/-803653937?v=zEo9Ll9TT40&nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkI
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Our elected officials have had over 6 op-eds published. One, authored by Phoenix’s Vice Mayor Yassamin Ansari titled: We must act like Heat is the Emergency it is <https://click.everyaction.com/k/712
17228/431503638/-1256635628?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogImVmNjBkNDNhLTJhNjYtZWUxMS05OTM3LTAwMjI0ODMyZWI3MyIsDQogICJFbW
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3&ceid=16194077> was published in Newsweek. <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217229/431503639/-1766944691?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1d
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Our CEO, Christian Brock, Virginia Mayor Dereck Wood and I attended the DOE energy conference in New Orleans this summer where we heard about valuable programs for our elected officials.
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I was graciously invited by our National Leadership Council Co-Chair Representative Debbie Sarinana to speak to the New Mexico legislature’s Veterans Government Affairs Committee on
clean energy and how fossil fuels present a clean and present danger to national and international security. I was honored to speak and answered insightful questions. Debbie has gathered
18 other colleagues to join the N.M. National Leadership Council <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217230/431503640/1688213689?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyI
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phase out fossil fuels.
From August 11 to August 13, EOPA hosted the third Certificate in Public Leadership course in partnership with University of San Francisco. The in-person instruction took place at the
USF campus in Washington D.C. The seven-week course recently concluded online. There were 42 outstanding participants from across the United States and internationally, including veterans
who are elected officials. The international students heralded from the Ukraine, Mexico, the UK, and Australia.
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The Ukrainian contingent that took part <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217232/431503642/-1679956612?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvbl
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7f9f506-d565-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&emdi=ef60d43a-2a66-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&ceid=16194077> are helping develop and support a Ukraine Energy Security Marshall Plan to help ensure clean
energy is powering hospitals and command. There were many firsts in the class as well, including: The first African American elected to the New Mexico Senate, the first Asian-American
woman elected to the Ohio State Senate, the first woman to be elected to Rhode Island’s District 15 House of Representatives, the first African American woman elected as Council President
for the City of Jersey City, and the first openly LGBTQ Muslim to be elected in the nation. The Prosperity for the Commons and Nelson Del Rio provided a $5,000 prize for the best policy
that came from the participants of the Certificate Program.
In September we highlighted the importance to Justice40 communities from the IRA’s $27 billion green bank investment with two radio shows. The CA program <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217233/431
503643/855617874?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogImVmNjBkNDNhLTJhNjYtZWUxMS05OTM3LTAwMjI0ODMyZWI3MyIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc
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4077> reached 2,8 million listeners with Berkley Auditor, Jenny Wong and Fullerton Councilmember Ahmad Zahara. The New York show <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217234/431503644/957655200?nvep=ew
0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogImVmNjBkNDNhLTJhNjYtZWUxMS05OTM3LTAwMjI0ODMyZWI3MyIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28ua
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heard from Brighton Councilmember Robin Reynolds Wilt and 1.4 million tuned in.
Minnesota Rep. Larry Kraft’s Climate Corner podcast, which is available on our PEN magazine, <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217235/431503645/252084139?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Z
hbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogImVmNjBkNDNhLTJhNjYtZWUxMS05OTM3LTAwMjI0ODMyZWI3MyIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVmZmVyc29uLndhLnVzIg0KfQ%3D%3D&hmac=
ykgm_-m4p5kB-GW7GCQtySovN4rh2_YsKoDzVWXNtJ0=&emci=d7f9f506-d565-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&emdi=ef60d43a-2a66-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&ceid=16194077> interviewed co-founder Dominic Frongillo
and myself about EOPA’s <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217236/431503646/-2064044237?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogI
mVmNjBkNDNhLTJhNjYtZWUxMS05OTM3LTAwMjI0ODMyZWI3MyIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVmZmVyc29uLndhLnVzIg0KfQ%3D%3D&hmac=ykgm_-m4p5kB-GW7GCQtySovN4rh2_YsKoDzVWXNtJ0=&emci=d7f9f506-d565-ee
11-9937-00224832eb73&emdi=ef60d43a-2a66-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&ceid=16194077> programs keeping fossil fuels in the ground, supporting offshore wind, and fighting for environmental justice.
<https://prod.cdn.everyaction.com/images/van/EA/EA007/1/87862/images/City%20Climate%20Corner.jpg>
Just this month we held a zoom press conference with veterans who are elected officials from Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, California and New Mexico on EPA’s proposed clean
car standards that will accelerate the transition to electric vehicles and protect people. <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217237/431503647/-891293509?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Z
hbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogImVmNjBkNDNhLTJhNjYtZWUxMS05OTM3LTAwMjI0ODMyZWI3MyIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVmZmVyc29uLndhLnVzIg0KfQ%3D%3D&hmac=
ykgm_-m4p5kB-GW7GCQtySovN4rh2_YsKoDzVWXNtJ0=&emci=d7f9f506-d565-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&emdi=ef60d43a-2a66-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&ceid=16194077> Our Michigan syndicated radio <https://click.everyacti
on.com/k/71217238/431503648/-1244314291?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogImVmNjBkNDNhLTJhNjYtZWUxMS05OTM3LTAwMjI0ODMyZWI3My
IsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVmZmVyc29uLndhLnVzIg0KfQ%3D%3D&hmac=ykgm_-m4p5kB-GW7GCQtySovN4rh2_YsKoDzVWXNtJ0=&emci=d7f9f506-d565-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&emdi=ef60d43a-2a66-ee11-9937
-00224832eb73&ceid=16194077> show featured Gary Schlack, Allen Park City Councilmember who spoke up for UAW workers and how electric vehicles will grow jobs over 2 million people listened
in. Our CA radio <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217240/431503650/1169895153?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogImVmNjBkN
DNhLTJhNjYtZWUxMS05OTM3LTAwMjI0ODMyZWI3MyIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVmZmVyc29uLndhLnVzIg0KfQ%3D%3D&hmac=ykgm_-m4p5kB-GW7GCQtySovN4rh2_YsKoDzVWXNtJ0=&emci=d7f9f506-d565-ee11-9937-
00224832eb73&emdi=ef60d43a-2a66-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&ceid=16194077> show highlighted Hercules Mayor Alex Walker-Griffin, NM Representative Debbie Sarinana and New York’s Assemblymember
Angelo Santabarbara, which over 2.8 million people heard from coast to coast.
Dominic Frongillo and I recently attended Climate Week in New York and met a multitude of people representing unique organizations we hope to work with in the near future.
We all are looking forward to seeing you at our Energy Security Summit: IRA Implementation <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217242/431503653/-1142462727?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3
Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogImVmNjBkNDNhLTJhNjYtZWUxMS05OTM3LTAwMjI0ODMyZWI3MyIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVmZmVyc29uLndhLnVzIg0KfQ%3D%3D&hmac
=ykgm_-m4p5kB-GW7GCQtySovN4rh2_YsKoDzVWXNtJ0=&emci=d7f9f506-d565-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&emdi=ef60d43a-2a66-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&ceid=16194077> , co-hosted with the U.S. DOE on November
15-16.
As always, we are grateful for your hard work and dedication to our shared goals. 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.
Enjoy Autumn!
Warm regards,
Alex Cornell du Houx, EOPA President,
Former Maine State Representative,
Marine Veteran
alex@protectingamerica.net <mailto:alex@protectingamerica.net>
PROTECT EARTH NEWS MAGAZINE ISSUE XIX
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FEATURES —
* Elected officials speak about the challenges and benefits of the IRA on the law’s anniversary <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217245/431503655/1167176916?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjo
vL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogImVmNjBkNDNhLTJhNjYtZWUxMS05OTM3LTAwMjI0ODMyZWI3MyIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVmZmVyc29uLndhLnVzIg0KfQ%3D%3D&h
mac=ykgm_-m4p5kB-GW7GCQtySovN4rh2_YsKoDzVWXNtJ0=&emci=d7f9f506-d565-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&emdi=ef60d43a-2a66-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&ceid=16194077>
* EPA’s proposed clean car standards will accelerate transition to electric vehicles and protect people, say veterans who are elected officials <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217248/431503658/-89
1293509?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogImVmNjBkNDNhLTJhNjYtZWUxMS05OTM3LTAwMjI0ODMyZWI3MyIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiam
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* International students at the Certificate Program are part of EOPA’s Energy Security Marshall Plan for Ukraine <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217251/431503661/-1679956612?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50V
XJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogImVmNjBkNDNhLTJhNjYtZWUxMS05OTM3LTAwMjI0ODMyZWI3MyIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVmZmVyc29uLndh
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* UAW strike continues: Officials say EPA standards must catch up <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217254/431503664/-1244314291?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYy
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* Elected officials speak about the importance to Justice40 communities from the IRA’s $27 billion green bank investment <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217256/431503667/-1823491066?nvep=ew0KICAiV
GVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogImVmNjBkNDNhLTJhNjYtZWUxMS05OTM3LTAwMjI0ODMyZWI3MyIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVmZmVy
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* People of the State of California sues Big Oil <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217259/431503669/379933673?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ
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&emci=d7f9f506-d565-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&emdi=ef60d43a-2a66-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&ceid=16194077>
* Pennsylvania elected officials, scientists, and public health professionals call for the strongest EPA standards to cut carbon pollution from power plants <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217262/
431503672/-2008793381?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogImVmNjBkNDNhLTJhNjYtZWUxMS05OTM3LTAwMjI0ODMyZWI3MyIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFk
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=16194077>
* EOPA California lawmakers and USC Schwarzenegger Institute hold Port of Long Beach Offshore Wind Round Table with over 50 participants <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217266/431503674/791822224?
nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogImVmNjBkNDNhLTJhNjYtZWUxMS05OTM3LTAwMjI0ODMyZWI3MyIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2
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* Groups celebrate the Orphan Well Prevention Act – to make polluters pay to clean up idle oil wells, and the continuation of holding refiners accountable for price gouging <https://click.everyaction
.com/k/71217269/431503681/503624310?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogImVmNjBkNDNhLTJhNjYtZWUxMS05OTM3LTAwMjI0ODMyZWI3MyIsDQ
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* CA local elected officials urge action on bills that will advance offshore wind, environmental justice, and protect coastal environments <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217272/431503684/-5741790
6?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogImVmNjBkNDNhLTJhNjYtZWUxMS05OTM3LTAwMjI0ODMyZWI3MyIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJv
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* Deadline nears in CA, U.S., for climate proposals under ‘green bank’ initiative <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217277/431503687/855617874?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQT
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* Elected officials seek to fight climate change in underserved NY communities with IRA green banks <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217280/431503692/957655200?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZh
bjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogImVmNjBkNDNhLTJhNjYtZWUxMS05OTM3LTAwMjI0ODMyZWI3MyIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAiamVmZmJvY2NAY28uamVmZmVyc29uLndhLnVzIg0KfQ%3D%3
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* IRA funding set to boost Colorado’s clean energy economy <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217283/431503695/-284353085?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAg
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* NY’s Elected Officials celebrate anniversary of Inflation Reduction Act progress <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217285/431503699/1164424330?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9F
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* GA’s elected officials mark anniversary of Inflation Reduction Act in anticipation of more of its promised funding <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217287/431503701/-2146685632?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuY
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* Major emissions reductions in electricity sector from Inflation Reduction Act <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217289/431503703/611228595?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAw
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* U.S. EPA and U.S. Department of Energy announce partnership to provide more than $1 Billion to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas sector <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217291/431503705/1
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* South Fork Wind achieves the state’s first offshore wind “Steel in the Water” with installation of foundation for U.S.-built offshore substation <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217293/43150370
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Op-ed by NM State Representative Debbie Sariñana
* New Jersey must choose offshore wind progress over Big Oil profits <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217297/431503711/1023986853?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3OD
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Op-ed by NJ Atlantic County Commissioner Caren Fitzpatrick
* We must act like Heat is the Emergency it is <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217299/431503713/-1256635628?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ
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Op-ed by Phoenix, Arizona Vice Mayor Yassamin Ansari
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Op-ed by John Polimeni, Schenectady City Councilmember, EOPA Dept. of Energy Taskforce Chair
* Wind Development is a Win for N.J. <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217301/431503717/434598904?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF
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Op-ed by NJ Assemblywoman Carol Murphy
* Uniting climate action and social justice in New York <https://click.everyaction.com/k/71217302/431503718/651922018?nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9FQS9FQTAwNy8xLzg3ODYyIiwNCiAgIkRp
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Op-ed by NY State Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara
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